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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Trinity County Grand Jury
• 1998-1999
Trinity County Data Processing: Follow-Up to 1997-98 Grand Jury Report
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Findings 3 findings
F1
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The county is in the process of establishing a purchas- ing department that would handle most purchases of equipment and supplies for the various county depart- ments.
F2
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Almost all county departments are on a intra-govern- mental network and work is continuing to connect the others. In addition, efforts are being made to establish a county Internet connection that would allow the public to access certain public records by PC.
F3
Page 22
The to-be-established purchasing department can serve as the Office of Technology if persons with the appro- priate background and training staff the department. While funds were allocated this year to perform the net- working and other tasks related to the computer envi- ronment, no technology fund was established for future replacement of PCs and software.
Recommendations 3
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R1Page 22County decision-makers should be commended for start- ing this purchasing consolidation process and hopefully it will become a reality soon.
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R2Page 22Commendations to county staff and hopefully the tasks will be completed soon.
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R3Page 22This year’s budget process was, according to all ac- counts, an easier and more cooperative one than in past years. Thus the allocation of funds to the necessary computer networking of intra-government departments is laudable. A concern remains when a lean budget and the need to make large expenditures for software and equipment occur simultaneously. The 1998-99 Grand Jury concurs with the previous Grand Jury in believing the establishment of a technol- ogy replacement contingency fund would be a judicious act on the part or the Board of Supervisors. CONCLUSION: Great progress has been made to bring the county gov- ernment up to date in the computer world but our con- cern for future technology acquisition remains. 30-DAY RESPONSES REQUESTED FROM: Board of Supervisors and County Data Processing Personnel. Response of County Data Processing Personnel In the 1997-98 Grand Jury Report Trinity County Data Processing, three finding and recommendations are dis- cussed. The following is a response and status report of those findings and recommendations.