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« l <br /> ' ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 19, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> SUBJECT: Stategic Automation Plan Technical Review Task Force Report <br /> DEPARTMENT: Information Systems PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: (YIN) <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Task Force Transmittal Letter Dick Taylor, ext 2276 <br /> Strategic Automation Plan for Orange County <br /> SAP2001 Short Term Plan <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the report and recommendations of the Technical Review Task Force <br /> appointed by the Board of Commissioners to review the County's Strategic Automation Plan(SAP). <br /> BACKGROUND: In May 1997, staff presented a draft Strategic Automation Plan to the Board of <br /> Commissioners as a blueprint for the County's automation improvements over the next three to five <br /> years. In August 1997,the Board appointed a Technical Review Task Force to examine the plan for <br /> its technical direction and to suggest refinements that would allow the plan to deliver more effective <br /> service and reliable access to information for citizens, Commissioners, and County staff. <br /> The thirteen member task force has met weekly since mid-September, and has prepared the attached <br /> transmittal letter and"Strategic Automation Plan for Orange County" to convey its <br /> recommendations. The draft SAP prepared by staff included nine short-term and nine long-term <br /> initiatives to enhance the County's automation capabilities. The task force has revised and <br /> consolidated those into six broad initiatives, listed briefly here and described in detail in the SAP <br /> report: <br /> • upgrade the Orange County network <br /> • upgrade the pool of County PCs <br /> • establish more effective technical support and training programs <br /> • upgrade department legacy systems, including installing World Wide Web servers <br /> • provide citizens and County Commissioners with access to information and services through the <br /> County's computer and communication system <br /> • establish an on-going Citizens' Advisory Council <br /> The task force report reflects an incremental approach to implementing the SAP. The task force <br /> recommends implementation of the attached short-term plan during the remainder of FY 1997-98. <br />