Since the site would be dedicated to all governments in Colorado the board would include county and city representatives as well as representatives from all three branches of state government. Discussions include having private industry representatives participate on the board. The portal RFI generated 19 responses. The comments were all very positive. The portal model includes such services as authentication, credit card and other electronic payment processing, security, search engines and a call center.
Further review is anticipated.
Several strategies are being considered to keep the marginal cost to the citizen low for using the portal. Doug Windes reported good turnouts at his credit card orientation programs. Over a third of his last audience was from local government. There are some outstanding issues about what is and isn t credit card fees for purposes of reporting. OIT is also working to assist the State Archive Interim Committee as it examines current law regarding electronic records.