STATE GOVERNMENT COUNCIL
Nebraska Information Technology Commission

Thursday, November 9, 2000, 1:30 p.m.
Nebraska State Office Building, Lower Level Room F
Lincoln, Nebraska

APPROVED MINUTES

 

ROLL CALL AND MEETING NOTICE

The Chair, Steve Schafer, called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m. Roll call was taken. There were nine voting members present at the time of roll call. A quorum was not present to conduct official business. Mr. Schafer stated that the meeting notice was first posted to the Public Meetings Calendar on October 31, 2000 and that the revised agenda was posted on November 7, 2000.

PUBLIC COMMENT

No public comment.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Approval of the minutes was tabled until a quorum was present or until the next meeting.

UPDATES

IT Retraining Program - Steve Schock, DAS-Personnel. Mr. Schock provided background on the IT Retraining Program with statistical information on the two classes held so far. Agency surveys indicated satisfaction with the program. At a focus meeting, agency directors requested a change in the curriculum. A handout entitled IT Retraining Program Application Development Curriculum was distributed. Lotus Notes training is a great need of agencies. Discussion followed regarding Lotus Notes, NIS, and the IT retraining selection process. Mr. Schock will be organizing a group of Lotus Notes users to discuss specific curriculum needs and length of training.

NITC Meeting. Mr. Schafer reported that the NITC met on Monday, November 6th. Action items approved were: 1) prioritized list of biennium budget requests from the Joint Committee; 2) new member Pat Flanagan; and 3) adopted the E-government strategy.

Mr. Hoffman arrived at 1:52 p.m.

Security Architecture Work Group. The Work Group met on October 30 to review the draft Security Policies. The draft policies were sent to the NITC Commissioners, agency I.T. contacts, and agency directors for review. Comments and suggestions received so far are being incorporated into the document. The draft document will go to the Technical Panel for endorsement at the December meeting. If the Technical Panel recommends adoption, the document will be presented to the NITC for approval at the January meeting. There has been some discussion of taking the policies and developing templates for all agencies to use. Volunteers are encouraged to assist.

E-Government Architecture Work Group. The Work Group has been meeting monthly. Discussions have focused on how detailed does the architecture have to be.

Assistive Technology. The Technical Panel has established a work group for Assistive Technology issues. Their first duty is to develop language for contract clause regarding accessibility by January 1st per LB 352. After completion of the contract clause, the work group will look at broader issues regarding accessibility and standards.

Council members requested that the following groups provide an update at the next meeting: the Lotus Notes Collaboration Group and the GIS Steering Committee.

Mr. Williamson left the meeting at 2:36 p.m. Mr. Bansal, alternate, was present.

NEXT STEPS FOR THE E-GOVERNMENT

Mr. Schafer reported that the NITC was pleased with the document overall. There was a concern about things not happening until 2002-2003. The Commissioners wanted more specific information on what has been done for example on-line applications, downloadable forms, and data available to the public. Need to get this information from agencies. Mr. Schafer and Mr. Becker recommended the development of an on-line form that agencies would complete and submit to the CIO on an on-going basis. The Council made the following suggestions:

• In a cover page, describe what the form is and what type of information is requested and indicate who this information is for;
• utilize the 4 goals in e-government strategy document;
• Include keywords for easy searches.

Staff will work on the template and send it out to members for their review and suggestions.

Mr. Schanahan left at 2:50 p.m. Mr. Brown left the meeting at 3:03 p.m.

AGENCY REPORTS

Revenue: Mr. Gettemy reported that 500 sales and use tax forms were submitted during the first month.

Roads: Mr. Ogden reported that the agency has been working with IMServices on a pilot program to train programmers in java development.

OTHER BUSINESS

There was no other business.

NEXT MEETINGAND ADJOURNMENT

The next meeting of the State Government Council will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, December 14th. Location to be determined.

Mr. Schafer adjourned the meeting at 3:09 p.m.

Minutes were taken by Lori Lopez Urdiales and reviewed by Steve Schafer and Rick Becker of the Office of the CIO/NITC.

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