TECHNICAL PANEL
Nebraska Information Technology Commission
Wednesday, December 10, 2003, 9:00 a.m.
University of Nebraska-Varner Hall
3835 Holdrege, Lincoln, Nebraska
approved Minutes
MEMBER PRESENT:
Mike Beach, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission
Brenda Decker, Department of Administrative Services, State of Nebraska
Steve Schafer, Chief Information Officer, State of Nebraska
Walter Weir, Chief Information Officer, University of Nebraska
CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, AND MEETING NOTICE
Mr. Weir called the meeting to order at 9:08 a.m. Four members were present at the time of roll call. A quorum existed to conduct official business. The meeting notice was posted to the NITC and Nebraska Public Meeting Calendar web sites on November 21, 2003. The meeting agenda was posted to the NITC web site on December 4, 2003.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
APPROVAL OF NOVEMBER MINUTES
Ms. Decker moved to approve the November 12, 2003 minutes as presented. Mr. Schafer seconded the motion. Roll Call vote: Beach-Yes, Decker-Yes, Schafer-Yes, Weir-Yes. Motion carried by unanimous vote.
TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURE
Acceptable Use Policy - State Data Communications Network (PDF 49k)
Ms. Decker reported that the Acceptable Use Policy is an existing policy that applies to all state agencies (excluding higher education) that has been revised to reflect needed changes and updates. The policy is based on state statues.
Mr. Becker will make format changes to the document.
The next step will be to present this acceptable use policy with revisions to the State Government Council. In addition, the Technical Panel needs to publish the document for public comment.
Mr. Beach moved to set the policy for public comment. Mr. Weir seconded. Roll Call vote: Beach-Yes, Decker-Yes, Schafer-Yes, Wier-Yes. Motion carried by unanimous vote.
REGULAR INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND WORK GROUP UPDATES (as needed)
Accessibility Architecture Work Group, Christy Horn. Ms. Horn reported that workshops will be conducted in January.
CAP, Brenda Decker. Ms. Decker reported that the CAP group will meet after the Technical Panel’s meeting today, Wednesday, December 10, 2003. Phase 2 of the contract has been signed. Network Nebraska news conferences were held on December 2, 2003. All news conferences went well in the communities of North Platte, Alliance, and Norfolk.
Security Architecture Work Group, Steve Schafer. Mr. Schafer reported that the work group has not met recently. There are plans to meet in January.
Statewide Synchronous Video Network Work Group, Mike Beach. Mr. Beach reported that the work group has not met for about a month. The work group did break into smaller groups to determine what still needs to be done.
The work group has determined that 4 areas need to be discussed and worked on. The 4 areas are: funding, governance/coordination, scheduling, and migration.
Mr. Beach reported that he doesn’t know when the next meeting will be, however the future meetings should be successful if small groups are working together.
NIS. Mr. Schafer reported that he met with Tom Conroy on Tuesday, December 9, 2003. Tom Conroy would be please to make a full report to the Technical Panel at the January meeting.
Mr. Schafer did report that the NIS project has been working on several issues including; procurement, Human Resource functions, and budget preparation functionality.
ELECTION - TECHNICAL PANEL CHAIR FOR 2004*Mr. Schafer nominated Mr. Walter Weir to serve as the Technical Panel Chair for 2004. Ms. Decker seconded the motion. There were no further nominations and Mr. Wier was elected chair by voice vote.
Mr. Wier was pleased to accept the position.
OTHER BUSINESSMr. Schafer stated that the State Government Council has one primary action item on their next agenda. The council has determined that there is a need to identify potential enterprise opportunities. The next step is to perhaps develop an enterprise architecture.
Mr. Weir stated that the University of Nebraska is currently developing a document to outline, explain and state the current value of information technology. This document will detail the advantage of IT and what the University of Nebraska is doing to collaborate with others also involved in IT, such as other campuses, state agencies, etc.
Christy Horn arrived at 10:19 a.m.
NEXT MEETING DATE
All regular meetings will be moved from the second Wednesday to the second Tuesday of each month.
The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 13, 2004.
Ms. Horn moved to adjourn. All were in favor. The motion carried by voice vote.
The meeting adjourned at 10:20 a.m.
Meeting minutes were taken by Jen Soucie Kitt and reviewed by Rick Becker of the Office of the CIO/NITC. Meeting Minutes