The group will provide recommendations on how to stage the content of Wisconsin s portal as well as recommendations on future strategy. The Deputies should also act as a communications channel, carrying information from the group to their agencies. The group will be representing both their own agencies and as well as an enterprise perspective. He emphasized the need for an orderly expansion of services beginning in January. Dennis emphasized the need to develop procedures that will allow us to modify and update our portal quickly, as we receive feedback from users on what they like and what else they want.
More information stimulates interest in and return traffic to the portal.
The Deputies had questions about the scope of the portal being developed for January 2001. A portal that includes topical areas with links to agency processes that have been reengineered for efficiency. This could include combining similar services from different agencies or actually changing and automating back office procedures to take advantage of internet processing. The last alternative best meets the project s objectives to improve citizen convenience and process efficiencies. We ll strive for the third alternative where it is possible and compromise to less desirable outcomes where necessary.