STATE GOVERNMENT COUNCIL
Thursday, February 8, 2001, 1:30 p.m.
Department of Labor, 3rd Floor Conference Room,
550 South 16th Street, Lincoln, NE
APPROVED MINUTES
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mahendra Bansal, Natural Resources
Ron Mowrey, Education
Tom Conroy, Administrative Services
Jon Ogden, Roads
Keith Dey, Motor Vehicles
Gerry Oligmueller, Budget
Dick Gettemy, Revenue
Mike Overton, Crime Commission
Steve Henderson, IMServices
Steve Schafer, Chief Information Officer
Greg Lemon, Secretary of State
Robert Shanahan, Labor
Jim McGee, Health & Human Services
Joe Steele, Supreme Court
Glenn Morton, Workers Compensation Court
Rod Wagner, Library Commission
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Mike Calvert, Legislative Fiscal Office; Brenda Decker, Communications; Patrick Flanagan, Private Sector; Dorest Harvey, Private Sector; Lauren Hill, Policy Research
ROLL CALL AND MEETING NOTICE
The chair called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m. It was stated that the meeting notice was posted to the Public Meetings Calendar and NITC web site on February 1, 2001. Roll call was taken. Twelve members were present at time of roll call. A quorum existed to conduct official business.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - JANUARY 11, 2001
Mr. Henderson moved to approve the minutes as presented. Mr. Overton seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion carried by voice vote.
GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION FUND (2000) Report: Internet Licensing Grant-IMServices (PDF 344k)
Laurie Schlitt and Jerry Brown, IMS,
Mr. Ogden, Mr. Oligmueller arrived at 1:37 p.m. Mr. Lemon and Mr. Wagner arrived at 1:38 p.m.
The project began in August 2000. Phase I was to investigate licenses and focused on licensing of individuals. The project did not use all of the funding budgeted for Phase I.
Mr. Steele arrived at 1:40 p.m.
Phase II would focus on developing templates for online licensing and would implement a pilot project. Phase III would then expand on the number of online licenses.
Ms. Schlitt and Mr. Brown entertained questions and comments from the members regarding the following: exploring commercial products already available; working and cooperating with NOL; what are other states doing in this area; and proposed focus of remaining phases.
By group consensus, it was agreed that the project should, utilizing the balance of Phase I monies, review the following possibilities:
- Purchasing a commercially available application
- Transfer and modification of existing application from NOL or others
- Development in-house
The Project will report back to the Council at the next meeting.
UPDATE: Security Work Group, Steve Schafer
The next meeting will be held on Monday, February 12th and discussion will focus on next steps regarding security issues.
UPDATE: E-Government Architecture Work Group, Steve Schafer
The draft is almost complete for distribution. It will be available prior to next month’s meeting.
UPDATE: Clearinghouse, Steve Schafer
Council members were asked to provide feedback as to its usefulness of the clearinghouse and suggestions for modifications.
UPDATE: Governor's E-Government to Business Initiative - Forms Inventory, Steve Schafer
The Business Portal Work Group has been meeting every two weeks. A draft plan has been developed and is almost ready for the Governor’s review. A forms inventory is one element of the initiative. Correspondence was sent out to agencies requesting forms information. The response has been good.
STATEWIDE TECHNOLOGY PLAN - UPDATING SGC PRIORITIES AND ACTION ITEMS
The Statewide Technology Plan must be updated annually by July 1st. All the NITC Councils will need to review their Council priorities and action items. Member were given materials to review and asked to prepare for discussion at next month’s meeting.
OTHER BUSINESS
Mr. Schafer reported that several members had attended a Microsoft Windows 2000 sessions regarding "active directory". Windows 2000 provides enhanced capabilities but in order for this to work a root directory must be developed at the start. Discussion followed regarding Novell, Linux, and other issues relating to an enterprise directory.
Mr. Ogden moved to form a work group to study enterprise directory options for state government and report back to the Council. Mr. Conroy seconded the motion. Discussion followed as to the focus of the Work Group:
- Explore the concept of an enterprise directory - evaluate the pros and cons and make a recommendation.
- Explore Microsoft's active directory – evaluate the pros and cons and make recommendations.
Roll call vote: Bansal-Yes, Mowrey-Abstained, Conroy-Yes, Ogden-Yes, Dey-Yes, Oligmueller-Yes, Gettemy-Yes, Overton-Yes, Henderson-Yes, Schafer-Yes, Lemon-Yes, Shanahan-Yes, McGee-Yes, Steele-Yes, Morton-Yes, and Wagner-Yes. Motion was carried.
Members who volunteered to serve on the Work Group were Jon Ogden, Dick Gettemy, Jim McGee, Bob Shanahan, Keith Dey, Mahendra Bansal, and Steve Henderson. It was pointed out that governance is another issue that will need to be addressed by the work group
AGENCY REPORTS
Nebraska Information System - Mr. Conroy reported that the RFP's are being evaluated and oral interviews will be conducted. Scripted demonstrations will be held in March. Over 100 persons will be participating. The vendors being evaluated are Oracle, JD Edwards, and SAP.
Natural Resources – Mr. Bansal reported that Community Development funds are being explored to help develop a natural resources database.
Secretary of State – Mr. Lemon reported that the Records Board voted to renew the NOL contract for another 2 years though 2004. Rod Armstrong announced that Tim Erikson has left NOL's Marketing Division and introduced Michael Anania as his replacement.
Revenue – Mr. Gettemy reported that 73,000 tax returns filed electronically. Forty-one percent (41%) have done electronic direct deposit totaling $10.8 million.
NEXT MEETING, DATE, TIME AND LOCATION AND ADJOURNMENT
The next meeting of the State Government Council will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, March 8, 2001, State Office Building, Lower Level, Conference Room C. Mr. Schafer adjourned the meeting at 2:54 p.m.
Minutes were taken by Lori Lopez Urdiales and reviewed by Rick Becker, Office of the CIO/NITC.
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