STATE GOVERNMENT COUNCIL
Thursday, February 12, 2004, 1:30 p.m.
Department of Labor, 3rd Floor Conference Room
550 S 16th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska
MINUTES
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Bob Beecham, NDE Support Services
Jon Ogden, Department of Roads
Jim McGee, Health and Human Services
George Wells, Department of Correctional Services
Rex Gittins, Department of Natural Resources
Dorest Harvey, Private Sector
Robert Shanahan, Department of Labor
Randy Cecrle, (and for part of the meeting, Glenn Morton) Workers’ Comp. Court
Gerry Oligmueller, Budget Office
Steve Schafer, Chief Information Officer
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Dennis Burling, Dept. of Environment Quality; Mike Calvert, Legislative Fiscal Office; Al Curtis, Crime Commission; Brenda Decker, Division of Communications; Mary Jane Egr, Dept. of Revenue; Patrick Flanagan, Private Sector; John Gale, Secretary of State's Office; Steve Henderson, IMServices; Lauren Hill, Governor’s Policy Research Office; Lori McClurg, Department of Administrative Services; Scott McFall, Nebraska State Patrol; Bev Neth, Department of Motor Vehicles; John Cariotto, Supreme Court; Rod Wagner, Library Commission
CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL AND NOTICE OF POSTING
Mr. Schafer called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m. Roll call was taken. There were ten voting members present at time of roll call. A quorum was not present at the time to conduct official business. It was stated the meeting notice posted to the NITC Website on December 12, 2003, and the Nebraska Public Meeting Calendar websites on December 22, 2003 and the meeting agenda posted to the NITC Website on February 6, 2004.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - DECEMBER 11, 2003
Due to the lack of a quorum, no vote was taken.
DATACAST DEMONSTRATION
Michael Beach, Chief Technology Officer at Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, provided information about NET's ability to transmit data over the air using part of the DTV spectrum. Mr. Beach also provided a demonstration of this technology. Digital technology gives NET the capability to use a portion of its bandwidth, or broadcast spectrum, to transmit data -- including video, audio, text and graphics -- over the air to PCs or set-top boxes throughout the state. NET is currently focused on providing this resource to educators, but plans to make it available to state agencies as well.
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE, SHARED SERVICES AND STANDARDIZATION
Update on Developing an Enterprise Architecture for State Government (PDF 100k)
Mr. Schafer reported that at the January working session of the Council, members recommended using the NASCIO methodology for developing an enterprise architecture. Staff at NASCIO may be able to provide some assistance to the state. The state can modify the model to meet our needs.
Mr. Ogden moved to adopt NASCIO methodology for developing an enterprise architecture for state government. Mr. Harvey seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Beecham - Yes; Ogden-Yes; McGee-Yes; Wells-Yes; Gittins-Yes; Harvey-Yes; Shanahan-Yes; Cecrle-Yes; Oligmueller-Yes; Schafer-Yes
AGENCY IT PLANS - DRAFT REVISED FORM (PDF 188k)
Mr. Schafer discussed changes to the form, including those recommended by the Technical Panel. Members discussed other revisions to the form. Mr. Schafer indicated that staff would make changes based on the discussion.
Mr. Oligmueller left at 2:50.
Mr. Morton arrived at 3:05.
NITC - PROPOSED CHANGES TO POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR GUIDING INVESTMENTS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (PDF120k)
Mr. Schafer led a discussion on the changes proposed in the document. The changes are intended to give the NITC a more proactive role in guiding investments in information technology by the state. As part of the process, each council is recommending a list of strategic initiatives. Members discussed possible initiatives for the SGC.
Mr. Beecham left at 3:20.
Mr. Morton moved to recommend four State Government Council Strategic Initiatives: (1) Enterprise Architecture; (2) E-government; (3) Security and Business Resumption; and (4) Broadband Communications Network. Mr. Ogden seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Ogden-Yes; McGee-Yes; Wells-Yes; Gittins-Yes; Harvey-Yes; Shanahan-Yes; Morton-Yes; Schafer-Yes
Due to a lack of time, only the E-mail Work Group update was provided.
E-mail Work Group - Draft Report (PDF 1MB)
Mr. Becker indicated that the work group report is intended to provide a framework for the discussion on a revised e-mail standard for state government. The report includes the goals for the revised standard, and a recommendation for a "unified e-mail system" that includes both a business-class e-mail -- Lotus Notes -- and a new, low cost "Basic E-mail." The next step would be to draft a revised standard to be presented to the Council at their April meeting. The work group will also prepare a separate standard regarding a naming convention for e-mail addresses. Members discussed the report.
AGENCY REPORTS
None
OTHER BUSINESS
Mr. Cecrle asked that the Council instruct IMServices to investigate using Reverse DNS Lookup as a method of Spam blocking. After discussion, it agreed that this issues should go to the existing Spam Work Group for discussion and recommendations.
With no further business, Mr. Schafer adjourned the meeting at 3:55 p.m.
Meeting minutes were taken by Rick Becker of the Office of the CIO/NITC.
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