June 12: Instrument drafted and circulated for comment
June 19: Instrument approved for use
June 20: Pilot test
June 27: First mailing
July 10: Second mailing
July 17: Phone follow-up
July 20: Data entry completed
August 21: Data analysis completed

July 10: Select site
July 17: Select individual and contact local coordinator
August 10: Begin site visit
September 15: Conclude site visits
September 29: Results ready for analysis

6.4 Change in Membership: If a change in membership becomes necessary due to resignation, removal, or change of job status, the sub-sector or agency represented is responsible for nominating or recommending the replacement member to the Council. The nomination or recommendation will then be approved recommended by a simple majority of the Council members present and forwarded to the NITC for approval.

6.5 Length of Service: The current members will serve until June 30, 2001, with subsequent two-year staggered terms expiring on June 30 of each odd numbered year, corresponding with the evaluation and review period of the Legislature's Transportation and Appropriations Committees, as explained in Section 14-1 of LB924. There is no limit to the number of consecutive terms that can be served.

One-half of the K-12 and one-half of the postsecondary members' terms shall expire on even numbered years and one-half of the K-12 and one-half of the postsecondary members' terms shall expire on odd numbered years.

7. Meeting Procedures

7.1 Chair(s):

7.1.1 The elected Chair or Co-Chairs will conduct the meetings of the Council, oversee the establishment, operation and dissolution of committees, propose meeting agendas, and maintain the general operations of the Council. The Council will follow an informal protocol as defined by Robert's Rules of Order.

7.1.2 The current Chair or Co-Chairs of the Council will serve until June 30, 2001; with subsequent one two-year elected, staggered terms expiring on June 30 of each year.

7.1.3 One Co-Chair shall be representative of K-12 education and one Co-chair shall be representative of postsecondary education.

The nominees unanimously recommended by the Education Council on 5-19-00 for approval by the NITC:

• Dr. Rob Ziegler, Madison Public Schools Superintendent to replace Dr. Woody Ziegler
• Mr. Con Dietz, Creighton University Vice President to replace Dr. Uma Gupta
• Dr. Joseph Preusser, Central Community College President to replace Dr. Richard Gilliland

Commissioner Smith moved to approve the proposed modification of Education Council charter regarding staggered terms and the membership nominations to replace recent resignations. Commissioner Brown seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Kosman-Yes, Bryan-Yes, Maurstad-Yes, Brown-Yes, Smith-Yes, and Adams-Yes. Motion was carried.

Report on NEB*SAT Training Grants (PDF 19k)

Mr. Rolfes reported that twenty-three applications were received. The review committee met on May 1st. There were five applications that were eliminated due to non-compliance. Fourteen of the remaining eighteen applications were funded. The report was provided as an informational item.

Council report (PDF 5k)

Mr. Wibbels reported that the committees that are now part of the Council (formerly part of NEB*SAT) are taking their work seriously and have been meeting regularly. The follow-up focus groups from the Ed Tech 2010 Conference will be submitting white papers related to the Education Council's six priorities. Two members have been nominated to serve on the TINA Technical Advisory Committee. NEHEIT (Nebraska High Education Information Technology) group provided a presentation to the Council about IP-centric networking.

STATE GOVERNMENT COUNCIL – Steve Schafer & Rick Becker

State Government Technology Collaboration Fund grants (PDF 167k)

Mr. Schafer explained the review process. A total of 14 grants were received. Twelve reviewers were selected. Each project grant was evaluated by four grant reviewers (programmatic and business case). Staff discussed the conflict of interest issue. The decision was made to manage the situation by attempting to limit number of reviewers who may have a conflict of interest to 1 per project. A total of $500,000 was available for grants. The State Government Council established E-government as a priority for this grant funding cycle. The State Government Council, at their meeting on June 8, 2000, reviewed the 14 applications for funding from the Government Technology Collaboration Fund and recommended that the following projects be funded, (some with conditions):

$41,000.00 - Request #2000-01, Nebraska Arts Council, E-granting conversion project

Condition for the applicant:

1. Create a steering committee, with representatives from at least three other agencies which manage grants (e.g. HHS, University of Nebraska, Crime Commission, Dept. of Education), to aid in the review and selection of an electronic grant application.

$62,000.00 - Request #2000-02, Crime Commission, NCJIS Enhancement

$50,000.00 - Request #2000-03, Department of Revenue, Common Business Identification Number

$32,300.00 - Request #2000-09, UNL-Conservation and Survey Division, Creating Digital Access and Archiving of the Conservation and Survey, Division Aerial Photography Collection

Condition for the applicant:

1. Provide a briefing to the GIS Steering Committee on this project.

$151,440.00 - Request #2000-12, DAS - IMServices, Generic Internet Licensing Application

Conditions for the applicant:

1. Establish a steering committee of participating agencies.
2. Coordinate efforts with Nebraska Online.
3. As part of the requirements analysis, include the other agencies which submitted GTCF applications relating to licensing (Dept. of Natural Resources and Board of Engineers & Architects/Board of Geologists).
4. After completing Phase 1 (Analysis) and prior to expending more than $53,040 of grant funds, provide a report to the State Government Council including the results of the analysis and a plan for any further expenditures.

$50,000.00 - Request #2000-13, DAS - IMServices, Lotus Notes Collaboration Research and Test Environment

The total amount of recommended funded awards totaled $386,740.00.

Lieutenant Governor Maurstad requested that the Commissioners consider funding the Volunteer Service Commission project. It is a small agency with few state dollars. Most of its funding comes federal dollars that must be matched. Discussion followed.

Commissioner Kosman moved to approve the State Government Council's Government Technology Collaboration funding recommendations with the addition of the Volunteer Service Commission's grant project. Commissioner Brown seconded the motion. Roll call vote:Kosman-Yes, Bryan-Yes, Maurstad-Yes, Brown-Yes, Smith-Yes, and Adams-Yes. Motion was carried.

The Commissioners expressed appreciation for the State Government Council's work and recommendation report. Mr. Schafer commended Rick Becker for his efforts.

Council report. Mr. Schafer reported that the Council has met twice since the last Commission meeting on May 11th and June 8th. The Security Architecture Workgroup has been working on a draft for Security Policies. It will be available in July for broader distribution and discussion. E-government has been a topic of discussion at meetings. It is projected that the State will conduct another E-government conference in the Fall. Agency comprehensive IT plan are due July 1st. Staff will be summarizing information from the I.T. plans. The Council will utilize this to develop the state's e-government strategy. It was suggested to have someone (possibly from Policy and Research Office) come to the future meeting and provide a briefing and what is happening nationally with the issues of sales tax and e-commerce.

TECHNICAL PANEL – Walter Weir, Chair

Technical Panel nomination for member representing Assistive Technology. At the April 20th meeting, the NITC approved the membership expansion of the Technical Panel to include an individual with assistive technology expertise. Mr. Weir presented the nomination of Dr. Christy Horn, Compliance Officer, Director, of the Accommodation Resource Center and Co-Director of the Center for Instructional Innovation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to serve on the Technical Panel.

Commissioner Smith moved to approve the nomination of Dr. Christy Horn on the Technical Panel. Commissioner Bryan seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Adams-Yes, Brown-Yes, Bryan-Yes, Kosman-Yes, Maurstad-Yes, and Smith-Yes. Motion was carried.

Mr. Weir reported that the Technical Panel has three active work groups: Security Architecture, Network Architecture (also serving as the TINA Technical Advisory Committee), and E-Commerce. The Technical Panel has been discussing the process for review and compilation of the information of state agencies I.T. plans. As requested by the NITC at their last meeting, Mr. Weir distributed a draft Confidentiality Statement to the Commissioners for discussion at a future meeting.

STAFF REPORT – Michael Winkle and Tom Rolfes

Status Report and Update on Statewide Technology Plan Action Items (PDF) . Mr. Winkle reported that staff and council continue to work on the action plan items. Staff will update the Status of Action Plans document and will have the status report up on the website within the next couple of weeks.

Update on NITC Newsletter. The first NITC electronic newsletter was sent out on June 1st to the Commissioners, councils membership, the Technical Panel and others who indicated as interest in receiving information. Mr. Rolfes reported that there are currently 581 subscribers and will be up to 600 after July 1st.

Timeline and process discussion regarding biennium budget review (PDF 15k) . The grant review process utilized for the Community Technology Fund and Government Technology Collaboration Fund grants proved to be effective for rating and prioritizing projects. Mr. Winkle proposed utilizing this method for the state biennium budget requests. Staff are currently preparing a list of reviewers for the technical and programmatic reviews of a request. Once reviewed, scoring summaries will be routed to the appropriate councils for prioritization at their meetings in October. Two approaches were discussed for the NITC biennium budget review process: 1) the NITC can discuss, review and prioritize all three prioritized lists submitted by the councils; or 2) organize a committee comprised of representative from each of the three councils to discuss, review and prioritize all three lists for final approval by the NITC. The Commission indicated by group consensus to form a review committee comprised of council members. At its November 6th meeting, the NITC will review and make decisions regarding a final prioritized list of appropriation requests.

ANNUAL APPOINTMENT OF THE NITC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Commissioner Smith moved to reappoint Michael Winkle as the NITC Executive Director for another term. Commissioner Brown seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Bryan-Yes, Brown-Yes, Kosman-Yes, Adams-Yes, Maurstad-Yes, and Smith-Yes. Motion was carried.

NEW BUSINESS

There was no new business.

NEXT MEETING DATE, LOCATION, AND TIME:

The next NITC meeting will be held on Monday, November 6th, in Lincoln, Nebraska. The location and time to be determined.

ADJOURNMENT:

Lieutenant Governor Maurstad adjourned the meeting at 11:43 a.m.

Minutes were taken by Lori Lopez Urdiales, Administrative Assistant, and reviewed by Michael Winkle, NITC Executive Director.