- Yale University's Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) office created a simple spreadsheet and later an Access database to track their compliance with various regulations from agencies like OSHA, EPA, and others. - The Deputy Provost was pleased with this system but wanted to expand it to include other university compliance units. - An official request for proposal was issued to develop a single, expanded database that would enable automated notifications, task tracking, and reporting across multiple compliance units at Yale. This would help increase efficiency and ensure compliance with changing regulatory requirements.