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13 <br />Departments responsible are posting agendas and schedules. <br />d. County departments get individual Web pages posted at a reasonable pace. <br />Included in proposed contract with ITS pending Board approval. <br />e. Other appropriate additions are made, including a Youth Voices area. <br />3. Process for Improving the Web Site <br />a. Administration of the site's content should be shifted, at least temporarily, from the Information Systems <br />(IS) Department to the Clerk's Office, with IS continuing to provide technical support. This will free the <br />IS staff to concentrate on more pressing issues, such as continued office automation, database <br />administration and Y2K issues. <br />NOTE: THIS HAS BEEN DONE. <br />b. Commissioners' reactions to the current Orange County Web site, and their ideas on what might be <br />added, should be solicited. This would help shape a direction for further efforts at improvi~ig the site. <br />NOTE: ONGOING <br />c. Subsequent to consultation with the BOCC, the .staff should develop and implement,a systematic plan to <br />improve the information provided on the Web site. <br />NOTE: ONGOING <br />E. INTRANET <br />1. Board Access <br />The BOCC should have complete access to the County's Intranet,. as well as have a site on the Intranet that <br />serves the Boazd. <br />NOTE: THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE COUNTY'S <br />INTRANET SITE. <br />2. Improved Provision o£Information <br />The staff should develop and implement a plan for augmenting the information included on the Intranet. <br />Some additions to consider include the following: <br />a: The Manager could develop and implement a plan to post appropriate lists ofpending items, such as those <br />that aze periodically distributed to the Board as part of a Manager's Memo. The Intranet could also be used for <br />the posting of summaries that project agenda topics for an upcoming month. <br />NOTE: THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. <br />b. The Intranet is the logical place to develop a County calendaz of community events, wherein a directory is <br />established listing everything from park dedications to dinners and "roasts" sponsored by service organizations <br />to local appeazances by state and national legislators. <br />F. OTHER CO CATIO DEVICES <br />1. Citizens' Guide <br />The staff should develop for Boazd approval a citizens' guide to accessing the public process. This will take <br />a citizen step-by-step through such matters as the ground rules for a public hearing, a rezoning, and a special use <br />6 <br />