Date: December 4, 2003
Presenter: Tracy Svevad
Affiliation: DOT.COMM, the Douglas Omaha Technology Commission - website
The guest speaker was Tracy Svevad - Client Services Director of DOT.COMM, the Douglas Omaha Technology Commission. Tracy was previously employed by the City of Omaha for 11 years. She worked in the Management Information Systems Division and the Human Resources Division. Tracy has a Bachelors of Science Degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a double major in Human Resource Management and Management Information Systems.
Tracy participated in the drafting of the inter-local agreement and the creation of DOT.Comm. She was a member of the selection team for the Interim CIO and chaired the DOT.Comm Human Resources Sub-Committee. Tracy is now responsible for the Service Desk which includes PC Support, Telephone Support, Cabling Support, and Training. She is also responsible for creating and implementing the project management office.
The Douglas-Omaha Technology Commission was created through an Interlocal Agreement in an effort to restructure all City and County technology functions under an independent Technology Commission. By merging the City of Omaha and Douglas County Information Services departments, DOT.Comm is underway in its efforts to streamline technology throughout the City and County, resulting in better, more cost-effective services to the taxpayer.
As a result, several initiatives are in process. Those include:
- Web Services
- Infrastructure Consolidation
- Network Infrastructure support
The mission of Douglas-Omaha Technology Commission (DOT.Comm) is to provide ongoing innovative technological solutions and services in the most cost efficient and effective manner possible for all customers. Some examples of the technology solutions were the two RFPs that closed December 3, 2003:
- A Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Service Desk and Asset Management
Applications, and,
- a pilot project to demonstrate electronic recording capabilities for
the Douglas County Register of Deeds and Clerk offices, and document
submitters from private businesses.
Interesting to note for web programmers - the RFP page was coded in PHP.
