Each issue of en touch will be published on the MCPS Web. In addition to the print content, en touch online will include links to Web documents with more detailed information and to streaming video from the television production. Please share your ideas for future en touch features with Niecey Pearson, managing editor, OGAT, Division of Information Services. Address FirstClass Internet e-mail to Niecey Pearson. Technology Modernization provides technology tools and support to schools.
Information systems enable daily operations and data-driven planning for the school district.
John Q. Porter was appointed MCPS chief information officer in July 2000. As a lawyer and president of Spectrum International, Inc., a Montgomery County-based information technology and professional services firm, Mr. Porter previously helped Dr. Weast assess and reorganize the MCPS technology enterprise. Under Mr. Porter's leadership, OGAT people plan for the future, build on the past, and support the present. They design, work with vendors and schools to install, and maintain computer networks, including the wiring, equipment, and software in more than 200 buildings. OGAT people research emerging technologies and develop new programs and applications.