Technology SteeringCommitteeTOGETHER, WE PROVIDETECHNOLOGYINFRASTRUCTURE TO KEEPCOUNTY GOVERNMENTWORKINGThe Technology SteeringCommittee continues to fulfillits mission in providingrepresentation on counties’behalf in technology interactionwith state and other agencies, and indeveloping and providing services thatwill respond to and improve technologyuse and access at the county level. Thiscommittee has served as an ad hoc committeesince 2003. In March the CCAPmembership voted for this committee tobecome a standing committee. Consisting<strong>of</strong> county commissioners, county technologydirectors, county human service representatives,and CCAP staff, the committeemet regularly this past year at CCAPconferences and held conference calls asneeded. We continue to provide coordinatedfeedback, strategy development andrecommendations to CCAP technologystaff and the CCAP Board <strong>of</strong> Directorsconcerning key technology, telecommunicationand GIS issues and initiatives.While there is always technology evo-32 <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2011 <strong>County</strong> <strong>Commissioners</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong>
lution occurring each day, the steeringcommittee focused its attention this yearon emerging issues around shared technologyservices, hosted s<strong>of</strong>tware (“cloud”)and broadband availability. In addition thecommittee recognized the importance <strong>of</strong>county websites in <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> and hasapproved implementing an “Excellence in<strong>County</strong> Websites” award. The first awardwill be presented at the 2011 <strong>Annual</strong> Conference,with criteria being based on areassuch as content, functionality, design,accessibility and standards.Other 2011 goals are summarized below.These include the expansion <strong>of</strong> programsfor criminal justice technology support,shared agreements and hosted services,educational opportunities, and geospatialinitiatives.PROGRAMS FORCRIMINAL JUSTICESeveral years ago, CCAP, in conjunctionwith the <strong>County</strong> Chief Adult Probationand Parole Officers’ <strong>Association</strong> and the<strong>Pennsylvania</strong> District Attorneys Institute,received federal grant funding to improve“While there is always technologyevolution occurring each day, thesteering committee focused itsattention this year on emergingissues around shared technologyservices, hosted s<strong>of</strong>tware (‘cloud’) andbroadband availability.”the quality <strong>of</strong> information collected withinthe local criminal justice record keepingsystems. This grant documented the majorexisting data quality issues. In additionfive counties participated in a pilot to testmethods developed under this projectfor improving the quality <strong>of</strong> informationcollected within the local criminal justiceautomated records systems.Last year, CCAP was awarded a $475,000ARRA grant through the <strong>Pennsylvania</strong>Commission on Crime and Delinquency(PCCD) to deploy this program in anadditional 33 counties. The PCCD grantfunded project is approximately 60percent complete and receiving wonderfulreviews and feedback. The project isdesigned to assist counties in the clean-up<strong>of</strong> criminal justice data for county districtattorney, jail and adult probation <strong>of</strong>fices,including fields missing or not havingdata entered, fields having data enteredmultiple ways, missing <strong>of</strong>fender trackingnumber (OTN), missing sentence start orend date, and misunderstanding betweenethnicity and race. Participating countiesare standardizing the method usedto intake and describe <strong>of</strong>fenders usinga national standard called NIEM. As aresult <strong>of</strong> the standardization, counties areexperiencing an average improvementin data quality scores <strong>of</strong> 300 percent andreport numerous secondary benefits tothe project including a reduction in thetime necessary to intake an <strong>of</strong>fender andimproved reporting capabilities for countymanagement.As a result <strong>of</strong> the lessons learned andresponding to county questions and input,CCAP is <strong>of</strong>fering an optional report writingand dashboarding program to supplementcurrent system capabilities and hasexpanded its <strong>of</strong>fering <strong>of</strong> an existing programcalled CJIEP. The Criminal Justicecontinued next pageMark McCrackenChairClearfield <strong>County</strong>Mark McCracken, Commissioner, Clearfield <strong>County</strong>,ChairKelly Andrisano, Executive Director, PACHSAGlenn Angstadt, CIO, Chester <strong>County</strong>Karl Demi, Deputy Director, Information Services,Lycoming <strong>County</strong>Stephen Englot, Director <strong>of</strong> Information Technology,Luzerne <strong>County</strong>Terence Farrell, Commissioner, Chester <strong>County</strong>Scott Fergus, Director <strong>of</strong> Administration, Washington<strong>County</strong>Joe Giles, Council Member, Erie <strong>County</strong>Kristin Hamilton, GIS/Technology Research Director,CCAPDonald Jacobs, CIO, Bucks <strong>County</strong>Thomas Jones, First Deputy Chief Information Officer,Philadelphia <strong>County</strong>David Keller, Commissioner, Franklin <strong>County</strong>Timothy Kelley, Director, Information Technology andServices, Crawford <strong>County</strong>Bob Patterson, CIO, Allegheny <strong>County</strong>Laura Simonetti, Director <strong>of</strong> GIS, Mifflin <strong>County</strong>Christie Ward, Captive Programs Manager, CCAPWilliam Warren, Jr., Esquire, Saul Ewing LLPMaggie Weidinger, Director, Information Technologyand Budget Services, Lancaster <strong>County</strong>STAFF LIAISONRita Reynolds, Director <strong>of</strong> Technology Services andTelecommunications<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2011 <strong>County</strong> <strong>Commissioners</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pennsylvania</strong>33
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