Program Guide

DESCRIPTIONS
Lower Colorado River Authority
Shared Radio System
Booth 723 / 725
In demanding situations, reliable communications
is often critical. As a result, the Lower
Colorado River Authority (LCRA) built a 900
MHz trunked radio system in 1995, with permission
from the Legislature. This system has been
growing since its inception, providing enough
capacity to allow LCRA employees and external
public organizations throughout the service territory
to communicate.
With more than 45 radio sites strategically
scattered within LCRA’s service, radio coverage
reaches from the northwest counties of
McCulloch, San Saba and Lampasas all the way
southeast to Dewitt and Matagorda. More than
4500 radio users rely on the LCRA system for
daily communications.
The radio users have different needs, depending
on the agency. LCRA uses the system
for data exchange for its Hydromet system of
gauges that provide real-time data on rainfall
and stream flow. Automatic Vehicle Location
(AVL), park ranger communication and general
business communications are also conducted by
LCRA employees over the radio system. Transit
authorities use radios to dispatch vehicles to
pick up bus riders, including those with special
needs, while public safety and fire departments
use the radios for routine calls and emergency
situations. Electric cooperatives use radios
to communicate locations of outages and crew
dispatching.
All of LCRA’s radio users have the ability to
use common groups to collaborate with one
another in certain circumstances, even if the
entities do not typically work together. Collaboration
has occurred during catastrophic events,
such as flooding, to weekly events, such as
placing police officers at schools to monitor
football games.
Contact: Whitney Sklar
wsklar@lcra.org
512.482.6393
Railroad Commission of Texas
Oil and Gas Information Technology Solutions
Booth 629
The Railroad Commission has made significant
strides in automating agency operations to
provide better service. As stakeholders continue
to demand increased availability of information
over the Internet, the Commission has continued
to respond with new capabilities that redefine
and reshape the way oil and gas well and
pipeline information is portrayed and provided.
Stakeholders have requested more immediate
access via the web to the Commission’s volumes
of information stored on paper, microfilm or in
the Commission’s mainframe databases. In addition,
both internal and external stakeholders
strive for more efficient filing and processing of
regulatory data via the web. Recently implemented
information technology initiatives include
on-line filing capability for oil and gas regulatory
data, efficient processing of that data through
electronic workflow, expanded web-based query
systems for interested stakeholders, and a
Public GIS Map Viewer that provides interactive
search capabilities and map views for oil and
gas wells and pipeline data. Commission staff
will demonstrate several modules now available
through the RRC Online System including the
Production Data Query (PDQ), Drilling Permit
Application System, and Production Reporting
System. Demonstrations will also be provided
on the many ways oil and gas well information
and pipeline data can be located using the
Public GIS Map Viewer.”
Contact: Deborah Lahood
deborah.lahood@rrc.state.tx.us
512.463.7193
Texas Building & Procurement Commission
HUB Program
Booth 728
Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Program:
Mission
To encourage and effectively promote the
utilization of Historically Underutilized Businesses
(HUBs) by all state agencies, including
institutions of higher education.
Goals and Objectives
The Texas Building and Procurement Commission
(TBPC) fulfills this mission by:
• Developing and administering HUB rules
and statute to ensure full and equal access
to state procurement opportunities for
minority and women-owned businesses,
• Administering the certification and compliance
functions for the State of Texas
minority and women-owned business
program,
• Assisting state agencies and institutions of
higher education with training, planning,
and implementing HUB education and
outreach efforts, and
• Compiling and reporting the State’s HUB
expenditures and contract awards semi-
annually.
Contact: Stephanie Richmond
stephanie.richmond@tbpc.state.tx.us
512.475.2414
Texas Building & Procurement Commission
Cooperative Purchasing Program
Booth 728
The TBPC Cooperative Purchasing Program
was created by legislation in 1979, the Texas
Building and Procurement Commission Cooperative
Purchasing Program (TBPC Co-Op) offers
members a unique opportunity to purchase goods
and services from state term contracts and the
CISV Catalog Purchasing Program. Using these
services through TBPC will meet your competitive
bidding requirements.
Information on Membership
Sections 271.081-271.083 Local Government
Code, V. T. C. A., Section 2155.202 and
2175.001(1) of the Texas Government Code, Title
10, Subtitle D, provide the legal authority for the
following entities to participate in TBPC Co-Op:
Local governments (municipalities, counties,
school districts, etc.) MHMR community centers
Assistance organizations. If you are not a member,
please contact us at coop@tbpc.state.tx.us,
or by phone at 512-463-3368.
Benefits joining the Co-Op Team
Using the TBPC Co-Op can be highly beneficial.
All state contract purchases made through
the TBPC Co-Op have already been competitively
bid, saving you valuable time. To use state
contracts all you need to do is send us a requisition
for the items you need. We will generate a
purchase order on your behalf and send a copy
of it to both you and the vendor. The vendor will
then ship the merchandise and invoice your
entity directly. Have more questions? E-mail the
Co-Op group at coop@tbpc.state.tx.us.
Contact: Karen Fuller
karen.fuller@tbpc.state.tx.us
512.463.4509
Texas Department of Information Resources
Cyber Café
Booth 523
The Texas Department of Information Resources
(DIR) presents the GTC Cyber Café with
convenient access to the Internet and e-mail access
for conference attendees. The desktop and
notebook computers used in the Cyber Café are
those featured in the new DIR Buyer Alert program,
a program offering significant savings off
of already low prices on standard configuration
computer hardware.
Schedule an appointment, answer e-mails or
surf the Web at the Texas Department of Information
Resources (DIR) Cyber Café. Hosted by
DIR and cooperative contract vendors Hewlett
Packard, Dell, IBM and Gateway, the Cyber Café
is provided for your convenience. No hard sales
pitch, just the chance to catch up on the office,
test drive some computer hardware and take
a break on the exhibit floor. Located in Booth
721 at the entry to Government Solutions, the
DIR Cyber Café is a must visit during this year’s
Government Technology Conference.
Contact: Leslie Mueller
Leslie.Mueller@dir.state.tx.us
512.936.7047
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