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EXAMPLE lz • Continue to explore ways to develop further synergies between County and City functions where costs can be saved or avoided and capabilities can be increased. However, the County should also develop capabilities on its own where existing or planned relationships may result in service delays and higher than necessary costs. 8. Monitoring and Integration of New Telecommunications Technology and Services. Policy Statement: The County will continue to monitor the development of new telecommunications technology and services and integrate them where appropriate to increase service levels and operational efficiencies and reduce costs. The County also will react and respond, in accordance with its Telecommunications Policy and Plan, to new telecommunications technologies and services that have an impact on the ROW or other public property. The County also will encourage the development and deployment of new telecommunications technologies and services that enhance the competitive service climate for XLYCounty's citizens, businesses, government, and other organizations and institutions. Applicable Action Steps: • Continually monitor telecommunications technological trends as part of ongoing County research and development functions,to determine their potential application to both the County's internal and external telecommunications environments. • At this point,actively monitor trends regarding: fiber optics transmission systems and applications; advances in wireless communications system infrastructure and applications; the development of Digital Subscriber Line services for both the home and business marketplaces;the continuing advancement of data-over-cable transmission technology and applications; and the rapidly increasing utility of the Internet for both voice and video, as well as data, communications. 9. Continued Focus on Citizen Input.Involvement and Interests Policy Statement: The County will continue to inform, involve, serve the interest of and receive input from citizens in both the implementation of the Telecommunications Policy and Plan, as well as in proceedings concerning future Policy and Plan reviews and changes. Regarding citizen telecommunications needs and interests, the County will work to advance the availability and diversity of cost effective telecommunications services within X ff County. The County will work to provide an increasing amount of government information and services electronically. The County will strive to protect the privacy of information provided by citizens, or obtained from them, electronically, consistent with State, Federal, and local law. The County will strive to protect the integrity of the information, systems, and databases it maintains and provides electronically. The County will enhance its oversight, to the extent allowed under Federal and State law, of the placement of visible wires and structures consistent with the needs and interests of affected citizens and service providers. Applicable Action Steps: • Continue to inform,involve, serve the interest of, and seek input from,all XXX County Communities of Interest as the County implements both the Telecommunications Policy and Plan.