Nine people attended, representing four state agencies. There are now more than two dozen regular committee and subcommittee members representing local, state, and federal government agencies. The committee asked for public input on government services in a survey distributed to 5,000 businesses. The BSU Small Business Development Center compiled the responses to the survey. The Tax Commission, Department of Labor, and Industrial Commission developed a single application which contains the information needed by all three agencies.
Attendance is good, and response to the fairs is very positive.
The combined form replaced the separate forms previously required by the State Tax Commission, Public Utilities Commission and Idaho Transportation Department. Expanding the combined application form concept to other agencies. Exploring the possibility of a telecommunication information system. Questions to site maintenance personnel are held in confidence. No identifying information is ever forwarded to any agency for use in regulatory or investigative action, or for marketing or other purposes.