Participation is welcome. Scott Malm will staff the Biennial Budget Format committee to work on improving the IT budget format and make it a more workable document. They will try to reduce the burden of agencies submitting multiple information. At the kick-off meeting they agreed the document should move in a strategic direction in terms of building connections between systems. The next meeting is scheduled for October 21.
Participation is needed, especially from the larger number agencies.
They need someone to chair the committee. The Electronic Government Services project is scheduled to have a kick-off meeting immediately following the Information Policy Council meeting. The committee will try to define what electronic commerce means for state agencies. They will discuss electronic delivery of service, the barriers agencies may face, and what is needed from the legislature to implement electronic services. Tom Rowland will chair the committee.