David Fletcher: Utah GovernmentIssues in State of Utah Government(Untitled)- February 24, 2005 Jack Sunderlage, who was a member of Governor Huntsman's technology transition team, was just appointed to be the president and CEO of ContentWatch. HB 109 was amended and passed out of the Utah Senate's Government Operations Committee this afternoon on a vote of 3-0. Raylene Ireland, former director of the Dept. of Administrative Services for about 10 years, was just hired as the director of community and governmental relations for Provo City.http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/utahGovernment/2005/02/23.html#a1599 Technology for a New Day: ITS Open House 2005- February 17, 2005 ITS is holding its annual open house today where we share information about the many technology products and services that we support for the State of Utah. If you're around, please stop by and visit. We will be in the State Office Building auditorium until 5:00 this afternoon. Deputy CIO Al Sherwood reviews some of AGRC's GIS products Sarah, Eva, and Tracy support statewide email services and provide desktop support ITS runs a statewide microwave system and supports VHF radio...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/utahGovernment/2005/02/17.html#a1594 Consolidation Bill Concerns- February 12, 2005 The House Public Utilities and Technology Committee met this morning to review HB 109 - the statewide IT consolidation bill. One of the things that the bill does which has many state workers upset is that it makes all new positions in the consolidated department exempt from career service (merit status). I have never been too concerned since I gave up merit status over 14 years ago. I figure that you just do your best and if that's not good enough then you move on. At...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/utahGovernment/2005/02/11.html#a1592 HB 109 Outlines IT Consolidation Proposal for Utah- February 2, 2005 Representative Dave Clark's massive bill restructuring IT in the State of Utah is now publicly available. House Bill 109 creates a Department of Technology Services and provides for mechanisms to transfer employees from other agencies into the department. It also outlines the responsibilities of the new department and a structure which includes three divisions: the Division of Enterprise Technology, the Division of Integrated Technology, and the Division of Agency Services. My...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/utahGovernment/2005/02/02.html#a1588 |