Ms. Nancy Hard, Director of Child Care, informed the Commission that the board of the college does not meet until mid-March and that she anticipates receipt of that signed contract on or about March 27, 2001. Chair Rath also suggested that the proposed bill that places Smart Jobs in the Agency's Workforce Development Division administratively limits the Agency's Executive Director's ability to best administer the program within the Agency. Commissioners O'Mahoney and Lehman and Ms. Reed concurred with Chair Rath's suggestions. Ms. Howes stated that for the e-Vision project there is a great deal of global preparation to accomplish to support the new Internet applications, including building a Web foundation, currently being developed, to provide some common routines to support all Web applications. Ms. Howes also noted that a migration to a new platform for local databases is also in progress for the project.
Key issues are security and data integrity.
Among other advantages, this will enable the Boards and contractors to review their budgets and expenditures and to obtain various reports. There was no discussion of this item. Ms. Maxson explained that the Governor's office has requested that state agencies submit comments to the Governor's office for consolidation and subsequent submission to the federal agencies in response to the request for comments. Ms. Maxson stated that staff recommends approval of the draft letter for submission to the Governor's office. Ms. Maxson stated that she will work with representatives of the Boards to redraft the letter for signatures by the Commission.