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CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY 451 SOUTH STATE STREET, ROOM 304 P.O. BOX 145476, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5476 SLCCOUNCIL.COM TEL 801-535-7600 FAX 801-535-7651 LUKE GARROTT | DISTRICT 4 |COUNCIL CHAIR || JAMES ROGERS | DISTRICT 1 | COUNCIL VICE CHAIR || KYLE LAMALFA | DISTRICT 2 || STAN PENFOLD | DISTRICT 3 || ERIN MENDENHALL | DISTRICT 5 || CHARLIE LUKE | DISTRICT 6 || LISA R. ADAMS | DISTRICT 7 COUNCIL BUDGET STAFF REPORT CITY COUNCIL of SALT LAKE CITY TO: City Council Members FROM: Lehua Weaver Budget & Policy Analyst DATE: May 19, 2015 RE: FY 2015-16 Budget Information Management Services (IMS) Department Mayor’s Proposed Budget ISSUE AT-A-GLANCE The Department of Information Management Services (IMS) provides technical support for General Fund departments and Enterprise Funds in the City. IMS is operated as an Internal Service Fund, which means that its source of revenue comes from charging fees to the City departments and funds based on the services provided. The proposed 2015-16 budget reflects a year of great change for the IMS department, including organizational restructuring, reclassification of positions, and re-evaluating budgets for equipment and IT infrastructure maintenance. Part of the organizational restructuring is the creation of a Division of Innovation and Transformation (DoIT). IMS will continue to operate with 70 positions (FTEs) and a total proposed budget of $12,123,361, an increase of $1.5 million to the 2014-15 budget. POLICY QUESTIONS 1. In the past, IMS has not had all the necessary resources for all department requests they receive. As significant as the resource limitations, its challenge has also been that it does not have the authority to mediate competing needs or to decide citywide direction on IT matters. As such, they have tried to be all things to all Departments, and it can spread the resources among so many projects that success is undermined. The organizational restructuring in the proposed budget aims to overcome those challenges. Does the proposed budget adequately address each component of budget, resources, and authority? 2. One proposed change to the organizational structure is to identify IT employees who will serve a more dedicated role working with each City department for end user device and software support (any

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CITY COUNCIL OF SALT LAKE CITY

451 SOUTH STATE STREET, ROOM 304 P.O. BOX 145476, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5476

SLCCOUNCIL.COM TEL 801-535-7600 FAX 801-535-7651

LUKE GARROTT | DISTRICT 4 |COUNCIL CHAIR || JAMES ROGERS | DISTRICT 1 | COUNCIL VICE CHAIR || KYLE LAMALFA | DISTRICT 2 || STAN PENFOLD | DISTRICT 3 || ERIN MENDENHALL | DISTRICT 5 ||

CHARLIE LUKE | DISTRICT 6 || LISA R. ADAMS | DISTRICT 7

COUNCIL BUDGET

STAFF REPORT

CITY COUNCIL of SALT LAKE CITY

TO: City Council Members

FROM: Lehua Weaver

Budget & Policy Analyst

DATE: May 19, 2015

RE: FY 2015-16 Budget – Information Management Services (IMS) Department

Mayor’s Proposed Budget

ISSUE AT-A-GLANCE

The Department of Information Management Services (IMS) provides technical support for General Fund departments and Enterprise Funds in the City. IMS is operated as an Internal Service Fund, which means that its source of revenue comes from charging fees to the City departments and funds based on the services provided. The proposed 2015-16 budget reflects a year of great change for the IMS department, including organizational restructuring, reclassification of positions, and re-evaluating budgets for equipment and IT infrastructure maintenance. Part of the organizational restructuring is the creation of a Division of Innovation and Transformation (DoIT). IMS will continue to operate with 70 positions (FTEs) and a total proposed budget of $12,123,361, an increase of $1.5 million to the 2014-15 budget. POLICY QUESTIONS

1. In the past, IMS has not had all the necessary resources for all department requests they receive. As

significant as the resource limitations, its challenge has also been that it does not have the authority to

mediate competing needs or to decide citywide direction on IT matters. As such, they have tried to be all

things to all Departments, and it can spread the resources among so many projects that success is

undermined. The organizational restructuring in the proposed budget aims to overcome those

challenges. Does the proposed budget adequately address each component of budget, resources, and

authority?

2. One proposed change to the organizational structure is to identify IT employees who will serve a more

dedicated role working with each City department for end user device and software support (any

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technical needs that come up in offices), and to serve as a liaison between individual offices and the IMS

administration.

o Is it possible that this access to IMS employees will generate additional work ideas or requests

for IT solutions?

o If so, how will that new – and potentially large – workload be coordinated, prioritized, and

funded? How will they fit in with previous requests that are back-logged?

o How will those requests be handled differently than in the past, when requests have outpaced

available IMS resources and budget?

3. The Police and Fire Department budgets include the addition of IT service positions for a total of

$140,005. Fire: Technology Services Manager: $76,000 and Police: Civilian IT Coordinator: $64,005.

o If the new IMS organizational structure provides departments with greater access to software

and end user support, are these two other positions necessary in the Police Department and Fire

Department budgets?

o If it is necessary for Police and Fire to have additional IT support, should the positions be added

to IMS with the purpose of providing a higher level of service to those departments, but report

to the IMS director, in keeping with the proposed centralized model?

4. Will the creation of the new Innovation & Transformation Team Manager affect previous IMS practices

with the IT Strategic Master Plan and other citywide IT visioning efforts?

5. The Administration has indicated that over the coming months, more work will be done to evaluate

technology needs and upgrades for the City. The Council may wish to share any hopes or requests for

consideration during that process. (Refer to the Additional Information section below for a list of

possible unfunded IT needs.)

6. Funding proposed in Budget Amendment #4 – The Council may wish to pull out the IMS Department-

related funding requests (listed below) from Budget Amendment #4 to weigh them against the other

needs in the overall FY 2016 budget. If the Council determines that the items should be funded as a part

of the annual budget, they could be funded from general fund balance (the same source proposed in the

budget amendment).

o Laptops for new recruits: $28,500 (also considered with the Police Department)

o Overall Laptop replacement: $380,000 (also considered with the Police Department)

o IMS Servers and Infrastructure: $118,100

7. Are there any specific measurements of success for the new IMS organization that the Council would like

the Administration to track for future budget discussions?

8. CRM update - The Council previously budgeted funds for the City to explore options for a Constituent

Resource Management (CRM) system. The system would serve the City as a central collection point to

track constituent contact, constituent requests & issue resolution, provide an electronic means for

submission, and expand the City’s ability to engage residents based on interests, follow up with topics,

and generate statistical information on the amount of City time to resolve issues.

Some of the funding was used toward a needs assessment and the travel of some City staff to a related

conference. The City has launched a CitySourced application for receiving complaints electronically

from the public. This achieves some but not all of the functionality that was desired with a CRM system,

such as tracking requests and generating work orders. The CitySourced app could also begin to shift

citywide staff habits for handling of complaints into a centralized system.

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The need for reorganization of IMS and the sheer volume of pending projects has precluded the program

from moving forward, but it is still considered an important project by the Council, staff, and IMS. The

City would still significantly benefit from a full CRM system that would allow data-based decision

making, enhance transparency, reduce staff duplication in processing complaints and add to

accountability. Would the Council prefer to carryover the funds and keep them available for the CRM

system or when the City is poised to implement? If the Council is interested in carrying-over the funds

and keeping them for a CRM system, staff would add that to Budget Amendment No. 1 of fiscal year

2015-16. If the funds are not carried-over they will lapse to fund balance and is likely that the

Administration will assume that the Council no longer holds this project as a priority.

ADDITIONAL & BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Other Proposed budget changes

1. IMS continues to support the Library and Housing Authority of Salt Lake City. Both entities are

billed for services rendered, and the revenue covers the cost of providing services.

2. Organizational Changes

a. Two parts:

i. Traditional IT Services – includes communications and messaging, network

services, software development, software support, and end user support

Citywide- or Enterprise-wide central services are software engineering and

network services

Customer-focused services will be provided onsite by location or office –

end user support and software support.

ii. Innovation & New Technology (new Division)

Address challenges facing the City

Total budget $181,100, includes $50,000 toward third party services and or

hardware and software purchases, and one staff position.

Form project teams using IMS staff, other City staff and stakeholders, and

outside consultants as necessary.

b. Most City departments and offices have the most interaction with former “business

analysts” and “project managers.” These positions have been shifted to end user support

and software support.

i. Offices will be asked to make space for IMS staff assigned for end user and software

support.

ii. The hope is that IMS will become more integrated in office functions and

understand IT needs.

3. Other expense changes:

a. IMS is switching to Office 365 for the City’s office program needs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

etc.). This requires an annual subscription for the service for each employee, but allows

greater flexibility when multiple devices are used. There is also an option for cloud storage

of documents, but IMS will continue to utilize server storage.

b. Software support for Accela is increasing by $289,024 for more modules to be supported.

c. As a new accounting rule, internal service funds, such as IMS, are now required to account

for employee retirement liabilities (amounts payable to employees upon retirement from

the City).

d. IMS is budgeting for the next phase of their asset management and work order system,

which includes development of a resource library.

4. Unfunded needs

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a. The Administration has indicated that more work will be done in the coming months to

address the funding needs for known IT services or systems citywide and/or department

specific.

b. A draft list of projects or needs include:

i. Server / infrastructure upgrades

ii. Software purchases

iii. Hardware purchases

iv. PC rental program funding

v. Department technical services

vi. GRAMA related services

Records retention

Archive searches

vii. Constituent Resource Management (CRM)

viii. Agenda management system - roll out to all City Boards & Commissions

ix. Sharepoint upgrades and development of intranet sites

x. SLC-TV equipment upgrades

The proposed budget includes some funding for new workstations and

software to support the ever-increasing demand for filming and support

Additional upgrades may still be needed

ATTACHMENTS:

Attachment 1 – Summary Comparison Budget Charts

Attachment 2 – Division of Innovation & Transformation job description information

Attachment 3 – IMS Budget Powerpoint presentation for May 19th briefing

Attachment 4 – Powerpoint presentation regarding organizational changes

Attachment 5 – IT Strategic Master Plan

Attachment 6 – Project listing

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ATTACHMENT 1

SUMMARY COMPARISON BUDGET CHARTS

By Program / Service area:

Proposed Proposed

2014-15 2015-16

Revenue & other sources

General Fund / Non-Dept $7,849,989 $8,587,421 737,432 9.39%Other Funds (Enterprise) $1,862,612 $2,193,215 330,603 17.75%PC Rental Program Fund $598,329 $563,421 (34,908) -5.83%Other Agencies, Misc. 644,520 779,304 134,784 20.91%Fund Balance 109,700 0 (109,700) -100.00%

Total Revenue $11,065,150 $12,123,361 1,058,211 9.56%

Expenses & other uses

Network/infrastructure $4,385,526 $3,302,087 (1,083,439) -24.70%Innovation & Transformation $0 $181,100 181,100 Software engineering / GIS 2,907,122 1,792,923 (1,114,199) -38.33%Business Services 1,006,309 983,375 (22,934) -2.28% Formerly called Consulting Team Web services 457,758 0 (457,758) -100.00% Transferred to Multi-media Services SLCTV – video processing 395,772 0 (395,772) -100.00% Transferred to Multi-media ServicesMultimedia Services 0 1,246,218 1,246,218 Transferred from Web Services, SLCTV Administration 1,093,406 1,131,281 37,875 3.46% Computer lease program 598,329 0 (598,329) -100.00% Transferred to End User SupportSoftware Support 220,928 1,891,202 1,670,274 756.03% Formerly just AccelaEnd User Device Support 0 1,595,175 1,595,175 Now includes Computer lease, too

Total Expenses $11,065,150 $12,123,361 1,058,211 9.56%

NotesDifference

Percent

Change

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

PROPOSED BUDGET

By Overall Expense Type:

Adopted Proposed

2014-15 2015-16

Expenses & other uses

Personal Services $7,728,234 $7,937,263 209,029 2.70%Operations & Supplies 84,637 157,465 72,828 86.05%Charges for Services 2,364,224 3,322,200 957,976 40.52%Other - OneSolution Transfer 19,024 0 (19,024) -100.00%Capital 598,329 558,000 (40,329) -6.74%Fund Balance To/(From) 270,702 148,433 (122,269) -45.17%

Total Expenses $11,065,150 $12,123,361 1,058,211 9.56%

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

PROPOSED BUDGET

Difference

Percent

Change

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ATTACHMENT 2

DIVISION OF INNOVATION & TRANSFORMATION – JOB DESCRIPTION INFO

Information from the Administration: The final job description is still being developed. The position will be posted externally with the hopes of nationwide applicants. Job duties will include:

Work with City Administration and Council to identify target areas or projects that will benefit from a new and innovative approach.

Work with DoIT Team to identify the level of technology best suited to solving the identified challenge.

Work with DoIT Team to identify the appropriate technology solutions to solve the identified challenge.

Coordinate efforts between departmental stakeholders, internal IT resources, and third party providers.

Minimum qualifications will include:

Demonstrable skill in identifying, analyzing, and implementing effective and efficient ways to resolve complex business challenges

Demonstrable skill in managing large, diverse, and dynamic teams

Demonstrable skill in managing third party provider as well as internal technical resources

Certification in traditional as well as agile project management methodologies

Exceptional written and verbal communications skills

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Salt Lake City Information Management Services

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IMS Mission and Vision

IMS Vision Provide Salt Lake City employees with great information technology service that results in improved service to the residents of the City.

IMS Mission Serve Salt Lake City by providing reliable, secure, cost effective technology and related services. We proactively develop, research, and recommend the best technology to facilitate positive interaction with our City departments, residents, businesses, and visitors.

Restructuring of IMS

Goals of Restructuring Eliminate Redundancies

Project Management and Business Analysts functions assigned to Software Support Team

Customer Centric IMS staff spend a part of their workweek in the departments

Innovative and Transformative Opportunities Work with Administration, Council, and Departments on civic and business challenges Team based approach Highly agile, creative solutions

Bimodal IT

Mode 1 Organized and Staffed for Traditional IT Services Focused on Governance, Predictability, Reliability

Risk Averse High Reliability – Low Tolerance for Failure Most Commonly Associated with Enterprise Systems Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Service Level Agreements for Networks and Systems

Bimodal IT

Mode 2 Organized and Staffed for Agility and Flexibility Focused on Innovation and New Technologies

Certain Amount of Risk is Acceptable and Expected Agile Implementation of Technologies

Embracing the Cloud Act Like a Startup

IMS Organization Chart

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I J Division of Administration

Business Services Innovation and Accounts Payable

Program and TransformSJ,tion Accounts Receivable

Portfolio fDo IT/ Inventory Control

Management Procurement

I l I l Software Support NetwOrk Seryjces Communications End User Software

Network Devices SLCTV Device Support E.agia~~dag SLCGOV Servers/Cloud

SharePoint Security

Centralized Services

Administration Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable Inventory Control

Procurement

Software Engineering

Business Services

Network Services Network Devices

Servers/Cloud Security

Customer Centric Services

City County

Public Safety

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Help Desk

Public Ublities

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Innovation and Transformation

IMS Division of Innovation and Transformation Focused on Innovative Solutions to City Issues Directed by the Administration and Council Goals Forming Project Teams Consisting of: Departmental Stakeholders Third Party Providers IMS Team Resources

Highly Agile Highly Responsive

Innovation and Transformation

IMS By the Numbers

Computers 1943 desktop computers 1156 notebook computers 319 tablet computers 1400 mobile devices – combination of City and employee owned

Printers

450 networked printers 100 dedicated printers

Phones 1800 phones

Network Components 380 servers running on 290 physical devices– 35% virtualized 190 switches 110 wireless Access Points 25 firewalls

IMS By the Numbers

Using 7% less power today than in 2008 73 Projects completed to date Help Desk Requests

16251 tickets 62% are resolved in under 2 hours

Email System In April

1.07M email messages received each day 1.05M identified as spam 98% of spam blocked by our systems

Intrusion Attempts Port scans of our systems are constant ranging from 20K to more than 100K every day Multiple DDoS probes/attacks

IMS By the Numbers

In House Developed Software Applications Over 100 desktop and server based apps Over 80 web based .Net apps and pages

3rd Party Vendor Applications 81 vendor provided applications including

Accela – Land Use – Asset Management – Licensing OneSolution – Finance – HR - Payroll Versa-Term – Public Safety Dispatch – Police Records FDM – Fire Records

Websites and Domains Over 120 registered domains Websites deployed on

Native HTML Native HTML5 Drupal WordPress Joombla DotNetNuke

IMS By the Numbers

Recipient of

Center for Digital Government Digital Cities Award for our use of technology

every year since 2000

Recipient of 9

Center for Digital Government Best of the Web and

Digital Government Achievement Awards

IMS By the Numbers

Staffing Currently – 70FTE Industry average – 3.6% or 81 FTE SLC Spend per FTE – $4581 Industry Spend per FTE – $5817

Budget Currently – $11.0M Proposed – $12.4M Increase over FY15 - 9.4%

Source: Gartner 2015 IT Metrics Study

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IMS Priorities for FY16

Infrastructure Replacement of email systems Currently 6 years old

Replacement of office productivity – Office365 Subscription service

Cloud based

Replacement of key infrastructure Average server is 4 years old – Some are much older

Average desktop computer is 3 years old Goal is no more than 4 years

Salt Lake City yInformation Management Services

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IMS Mission and VisionIMS Mission and Vision

IMS VisionProvide Salt Lake City employees with great information technology service that results in improved service to the technology service that results in improved service to the residents of the City.

S i iIMS MissionServe Salt Lake City by providing reliable, secure, cost effective technology and related services We proactively effective technology and related services. We proactively develop, research, and recommend the best technology to facilitate positive interaction with our City departments,

d b dresidents, businesses, and visitors.

Restructuring of IMSRestructuring of IMS

Goals of Restructuring Eliminate Redundancies

Project Management and Business Analysts functions assigned to Software Support Team

Customer CentricIMS staff spend a part of their workweek in the departments

Innovative and Transformative OpportunitiesWork with Administration Council and Departments on civic Work with Administration, Council, and Departments on civic and business challengesTeam based approachHighly agile, creative solutionsg y g ,

Bimodal ITBimodal IT

Mode 1Organized and Staffed for Traditional IT ServicesFocused on Governance, Predictability, Reliability

Risk AverseHigh Reliability Low Tolerance for FailureHigh Reliability – Low Tolerance for FailureMost Commonly Associated with Enterprise SystemsInformation Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)S i l f k d SService Level Agreements for Networks and Systems

Bimodal ITBimodal IT

Mode 2Organized and Staffed for Agility and FlexibilityFocused on Innovation and New Technologies

Certain Amount of Risk is Acceptable and ExpectedAgile Implementation of TechnologiesAgile Implementation of Technologies

Embracing the CloudAct Like a Startup

IMS Organization ChartIMS Organization Chart

Centralized ServicesCentralized Services

Customer Centric ServicesCustomer Centric Services

Innovation andInnovation andTransformation

IMS Division of Innovation and Transformation Focused on Innovative Solutions to City IssuesDirected by the Administration and Council Goals Forming Project Teams Consisting of:

Departmental StakeholderspThird Party ProvidersIMS Team Resources

Highly Agileg y gHighly Responsive

Innovation andInnovation andTransformation

IMS By the NumbersIMS By the Numbers

CComputers1943 desktop computers1156 notebook computers

t bl t t319 tablet computers1400 mobile devices – combination of City and employee owned

Printers t k d i t450 networked printers

100 dedicated printersPhones

8 h1800 phonesNetwork Components

380 servers running on 290 physical devices– 35% virtualized it h190 switches

110 wireless Access Points25 firewalls

IMS By the NumbersIMS By the Numbers

Using 7% less power today than in 200873 Projects completed to dateHelp Desk RequestsHelp Desk Requests

16251 tickets62% are resolved in under 2 hours

Email SystemEmail SystemIn April

1.07M email messages received each day1.05M identified as spam5 p98% of spam blocked by our systems

Intrusion AttemptsPort scans of our systems are constant ranging from 20K to more y g gthan 100K every dayMultiple DDoS probes/attacks

IMS By the NumbersIMS By the Numbers

I H D l d S f A li iIn House Developed Software ApplicationsOver 100 desktop and server based appsOver 80 web based .Net apps and pages

d P V d A li i3rd Party Vendor Applications81 vendor provided applications including

Accela – Land Use – Asset Management – Licensing O S l ti Fi HR P llOneSolution – Finance – HR - PayrollVersa-Term – Public Safety Dispatch – Police RecordsFDM – Fire Records

Websites and DomainsWebsites and DomainsOver 120 registered domainsWebsites deployed on

Native HTML Native HTML5Native HTML Native HTML5Drupal WordPressJoombla DotNetNuke

IMS By the NumbersIMS By the Numbers

i i fRecipient ofCenter for Digital Government

Di it l Citi A dDigital Cities Awardfor our use of technology

every year since 2000every year since 2000

Recipient of 9C t f Di it l G tCenter for Digital Government

Best of the Web andDi it l G t A hi t A dDigital Government Achievement Awards

IMS By the NumbersIMS By the Numbers

StaffingCurrently – 70FTE I d t 6% 8 FTE*Industry average – 3.6% or 81 FTESLC Spend per FTE – $4581Industry Spend per FTE – $5817*Industry Spend per FTE $5817

Budget Currently – $11.0MCurrently $11.0MProposed – $12.4MIncrease over FY15 - 9.4%

Source: Gartner 2015 IT Metrics Study*

IMS Priorities for FY16IMS Priorities for FY16

InfrastructureReplacement of email systems

C l 6 ldCurrently 6 years oldReplacement of office productivity – Office365

Subscription serviceSubscription serviceCloud based

Replacement of key infrastructureA i ld S h ldAverage server is 4 years old – Some are much olderAverage desktop computer is 3 years oldGoal is no more than 4 years4 y

  

     

Information Technology

Strategic Master Plan

 

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Index  Overview  Page 2 IMS Mission and Vision Statement  Page 3 Strategic Goals  Page 4 Strategic Roadmap  Page 5 Completed Projects and Goals for 2014  Page 9   Citywide Objectives  Page 11 Current Projects  Page 12 Governance, Standards, and Operational Protocols  Page 15 Mobile Development  Page 26 Departmental Projects  Page 32 Steering Committee Policy and Procedures  Appendix A Service Catalog  Appendix B 

   

Salt Lake City Corporation Information Technology

Strategic Master Plan Effective January 2015

Revised: January 2015 Page 2

Overview:   Salt Lake City Corporation’s mission  is “To make Salt Lake City  the best place  to  live, work, play, visit, and do business."  Technology supports this mission by enabling City departments to effectively and efficiently provide services to the public.  This master plan was recommended by the City’s IT Steering Committee, as required by City Policy 4.01.04. See Appendix A. It was approved and signed by the Mayor in January 2013.  Well planned technology and digital infrastructure projects enhance economic development. Neighborhoods,  groups,  and  individuals  are  better  served  through  well  designed,  user friendly  websites  providing  “around  the  clock”  access  to  government  information  and services.   Public safety  is  improved by getting needed  information to police officers and firefighters  in the field. Lives and property are saved/protected when these public servants are able to get the  information needed  in a convenient, efficient manner. Geographic  Information Systems makes  it easy for City staff to  locate features of the City’s  infrastructure and helps residents and visitors find the City’s attractions as well as where to go for services.  This  Information  Technology  Strategic Master  Plan  creates  the  framework  that  will  help ensure  individual departments, and  the City as a whole, address  the  following  information technology planning objectives:  

Ensure  hardware and software compatibility with other City systems; 

Reduce duplicate systems; 

Ensure the security of the City’s networks; and 

Promote efficiency and effectiveness in management of our systems and data.   

 This  is  a working  document  and will  be  updated  as  requirements  change  and  technology evolves. As the budget process is completed and priorities are set by the Administration and Council, this document will be amended to reflect the final priorities.   

   

Salt Lake City Corporation Information Technology

Strategic Master Plan Effective January 2015

Revised: January 2015 Page 3

IMS Vision Statement: Provide Salt Lake City employees with great information technology service that results in improved service to the residents of the City. 

 IMS Mission Statement: 

The mission of  IMS  is to serve Salt Lake City by providing reliable, secure, cost effective technology and related services.  We proactively develop, research, and recommend the best  technology  to  facilitate  positive  interaction with  our  City  departments,  residents, businesses, and visitors.  We are a united team that provides the following best in class services which include: 

Network Operations 

o Infrastructure design, management, and support 

o End  user  device  maintenance,  management  and  support  of  PCs, 

notebooks, and mobile devices. 

o Access  to  a  full  service Help Desk  support  team between  the  hours of 

7am and 6pm Monday through Friday.  On call support after hours. 

Software Services 

o Software design, development, and maintenance 

o Third party software installation, support, and maintenance 

o Document Management 

o Geographic Information Systems 

o Technical Consulting Services 

o Business Analysis 

o IT project Management  

Web Services 

o Web site design, development, and maintenance 

o Content  Management  Systems  deployment  using  SharePoint,  Drupal, 

WordPress, and Joombla 

SLCTV 

o Live Broadcast of select meetings 

o Full studio production work 

   

Salt Lake City Corporation Information Technology

Strategic Master Plan Effective January 2015

Revised: January 2015 Page 4

Strategic Goals       

IMS Technology Strategy To enable City departments to efficiently fulfill their mission through the appropriate use of technology, IMS will provide the infrastructure, products, and services that will facilitate delivery of services, open communication and community engagement, and transparency of City operations.  

State of Information Technology in 2014 

Project Management 2+ yrs backlog 

Help Desk Ticket Resolution  60% resolved in less than 24 hrs 

Equipment Replacement 25% or less replaced within 90 days of expiration 

Systems/Infrastructure  Less than 10% of servers/storage in the cloud Internet capacity averaging 30% capacity 

IT Spend per Employee 53% of Industry Average  

Data Center Power Usage Less than 1% increase since 2008 

 

 Strategy and Actions 

State of Information Technology in 2017 

Project Management12 month backlog

Help Desk Ticket Resolution 50% resolved by through self service portal. 75% of remaining resolved in less than 24 hrs 

Equipment Replacement 90% replaced within 90 days of expiration 

Server/Infrastructure60% of servers/storage in the cloud Internet capacity averaging 30% capacity 

IT Spend per Employee85% of Industry Average

Data Center Power Usage20% decrease over 2008 

 

While not suitable for every project, Agile Project Management methodologies hold the promise of more frequent deliverables, higher quality end results, and an increase in productivity. The use of Agile methodologies will help reduce and maintain the estimated backlog time to 6 to 12 months. Funding for training and tools may be required. 

Implement an employee self service portal that will allow employees to solve common PC related problems without calling the IMS Help Desk utilizing a searchable, indexed knowledge base. This will result is a comparable level of service but allowing IMS to recognize cost savings of $10,000 annually. 

Standardization of the desktop configuration and implementation of technology that will simplify the process of deploying systems will pave the way for a streamlined hardware replacement cycle. The further rollout of Virtual Desktop technology will also greatly reduce the time needed to replace PCs and notebooks. Funding and training will be needed to continue VDI deployment but will result in a more efficient process.  

As servers reach end of life, move to cloud based computing wherever possible.  Work with available service providers to increase the City’s communications bandwidth to ensure the available capacity is adequate for the City’s needs.  

Work with the Administration to ensure appropriate levels of funding are available based on industry averages provided by industry analysts such as Gartner.  

Through the replacement of less efficient systems and migration of servers to the cloud, reduce the power consumption in the data centers by 20% 

  

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Strategic Roadmap  

1. General.  

The guiding principles and strategies used by IMS are in direct support of the goals and 

mission of the City’s departments and ensure the City’s technology infrastructure is 

positioned to properly support their needs.  

 

Be they things such as Digital Inclusion, Transparency, Civic Engagement, Transportation, 

or any other product or service needed to better serve the City, IMS must ensure that the 

tools and technology are in place and ready to support the endeavor. IMS’s role is that of 

a technology provider, advisor and integrator. IMS’s primary responsibility is to ensure 

the technology is in place to support the products or services are needed by the 

department and to integrate those technologies to the fullest extent possible.  

 

2. Mayors Livability Agenda.  

Mayor Becker’s Livability Agenda plays a key role in the products and services provided by 

IMS. This plan will address multiple technologies, services, policies, and procedures. Each 

will be directly tied to one or more of the Mayor’s agenda. The Livability Agenda items 

are: 

a. A Resilient Economy  

b. Salt Lake City In Motion 

c. A Wise Energy Future and Quality Environment 

d. Innovation and Celebration of Salt Lake City Education e. A Commitment to Equality  and Opportunity f. Enhancing the Artistic and Cultural Life 

 Generally speaking, IMS’s role is to ensure City computing resources are in such a state that any project undertaken by the Administration or City Council can be supported in an expedient, secure manner and to have the technology and knowledge at the ready when a request comes our way.   

3. Governance.  

IMS receives its direction from our business partners in the departments. There are 5 

ways a project or initiative comes to IMS.  

o Directives from the Mayor’s Office.  

o Legislative Intents from the City Council  

o System Steering Committee 

o Departmental Directives and Initiatives.   

o Internal Infrastructure Needs.  

IMS follows standard practices and procedures set forward by the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). ITIL is a set of internationally recognized best practices for service management. Multiple staff members hold ITIL certifications. These standards are incorporated in and enforced by IMS’s work order tracking system.   

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IMS also follows best practices in project management as defined in the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) from the Project Management Institute (PMI). IMS uses both traditional waterfall project management as well as Agile Project Management techniques. Multiple staff members hold certifications in Project Management from The Project Management Institute (PMI).  

 

4. Current Status.  

Due to the 2008 economic downturn, replacement life cycles of all City computing 

resources were extended and numerous upgrades/enhancements have been delayed. 

Hardware replacement schedules for desktops and notebooks were extended by 1 year 

while servers and switches were extended 2 years and more. As a result, the City’s digital 

infrastructure is aging and is in need of attention.  

 

IMS has responsibility for the maintenance and support costs for many of the software 

applications used in the City and numerous applications have been added to the portfolio 

managed by IMS. Traditionally, the cost for the hardware and software necessary for 

these newly added systems is borne by the requesting department for the first year. It is 

then up to IMS to fund the cost of replacement hardware and in many cases, the ongoing 

cost of maintenance and support. This too has impacted the departments overall funding 

situation. 

 

The City generally purchases maintenance and support agreements for software. The 

software assets of the City are current or near current in terms of the version being run in 

the City. A notable exception is the desktop productivity suite including the City’s email 

systems. Currently, the City is running Office 2007 which is 2 versions back from the 

current Office365. Office 2007 is no longer supported by Microsoft.  

 

The email servers are more than 5 years old and certain components are no longer 

supported by the manufacturer.  

 

More than 80% of IMS’s expenses are fixed costs from either personnel costs or charges 

for services such as telecomm circuits or hardware/software maintenance and support 

from third party providers. 

 

In 2012, the City assumed responsibility for IT Services for the City Library System and, in 

2014, for the Housing Authority of Salt Lake.  

 

5. Technology Goals. 

a. Network and Infrastructure. 

IMS will  need  to  expend  considerable  effort  in  terms  of  enabling  the 

infrastructure to efficiently and securely migrate to the cloud for servers, 

storage, and applications. 

Multiple  applications  and  servers  are  already  hosted  externally  to  the 

City.  

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Over the next 3 years, IMS will move hardware and software to the cloud 

as  is appropriate. This will provide redundancy, higher availability  in the 

event  of  a  disaster,  and  greater  access  for  mobile  devices.  Certain 

systems will of necessity remain in City data centers.  

b. Software.  

The  City  operates  as  a  best  of  breed  organization.  Department  are 

encouraged to find the best solution for the specific business problem to 

be solved.  

IMS’s strategy in relation to business application software is to purchase 

applications  that are  commercially available,  referred  to as Commercial 

off  the  Shelf  (CotS)  applications  and  develop  custom  software  only  in 

cases where no third party software that meets the business need can be 

found.  

Many software vendors now offer their products on a subscription basis. 

Software  as  a  Service,  (SaaS),  will  become more  commonplace  as  we 

update and replace City IT applications. 

Over the next 3 years, IMS will ensure that the network architecture will 

support  hosted  applications  in  an  efficient  and  secure  manner.  The 

decision to implement SaaS applications will be driven by the department 

responsible for the system.  

c. Communications Media.  

Internet and Intranet Services 

o Over the next 3 years, IMS will work to migrate web servers and 

service to the cloud where appropriate. 

o Using  Content  Management  Systems  (CMS),  IMS  will  work  to 

update  the  look  and  feel  of  the  website  and  provide  the 

technology and support to manage and maintain the sites.  

Social Media. 

o City  policy  places  the  responsibility  for  capturing  and  archiving 

interactions  on  social  media  that  might  be  considered 

governmental records on the person posting those interactions.  

o Over  the next 3 years,  IMS’s will work with  the City Recorder’s 

Office for tools and technology to automate this process. .  

SLCTV.  

o Over  the  next  3  years  IMS  will  be  updating  and  replacing 

equipment  to  ensure  a  reliable  broadcast  platform  and  a 

transition to High Definition.  

Open Data and Civic Engagement.  

o IMS’s  strategy  around  Open  Data  and  Civic  Engagement  is  to 

ensure the City’s computing environment can easily and properly 

support any of these technologies in any of their forms.  

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o IMS’s role is that of an enabler, looking to provide the technology 

and  services  needed  to  support  these  tools  in  an  efficient  and 

secure manner. 

d. Project Management  

The support of Project Management as a discipline allows the IMS department to plan out a successful project, ensures that projects are delivered on time, and have the results that were expected by the Business Partner. 

Portfolio Management.   

o Identifying which projects and programs  should be undertaken, 

and  controlling of  this  list of priorities  to ensure  that  it  still  fits 

the City and its department’s strategic needs.  

o At  the beginning of  the year plan out  the project priority of  the 

projects  and  programs  that  IMS will  undertake  resulting  in  the 

IMS Master  Plan  and Budget  for both  Fixed Costs  and Variable 

Costs.   

o On a quarterly basis review the current portfolio of projects and 

make any adjustments as necessary to the priority of the projects 

and programs. 

o Starting  dates  of  projects  and  programs will  be  determined  by 

the  availability  of  the  resources  necessary  to  complete  the 

project. 

Program Management.   

o Determine  the  City’s,  and  IMSs’  strategic  vision  through 

prioritizing programs.   

o The grouping  together of projects aligned under one system  for 

easier management of resources and the coordination of releases 

to the City. 

o The  System  Steering  Committee  will  as  part  of  the  portfolio 

review,  re‐evaluate  the  prioritization  of  the  projects  within  a 

program as well as the program itself.   

Project Management.   The  Systems  Steering Committee will determine 

which projects will be undertaken by IMS. 

o Review Business Cases or Project Proposals and determine which 

projects should be funded or further researched for the inclusion 

in the Portfolio. 

o Determine which projects should be deferred for a higher priority 

project. 

o Determine which projects should no longer be funded due to the 

project not fitting the vision of the City or one of its departments. 

 

 

   

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Completed Projects and Goals for 2014:  For informational purposes, 73 projects of varying complexity were completed by IMS in 2014. The following provides general information regarding some of the more significant efforts.  a) Credit Card Surcharge      Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

A surcharge on all credit card transactions was mandated by the City Council. This process 

was completed for all system where implementation was possible. 

 

b) Police Crime Stats Website:    Objective: Open Government/Transparency 

A system was completed that displays all key police crime statistics for the previous 5 

years.  

 

c) Public Utilities Website    Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

The Public Utilities website used by constituents to access and manage their accounts 

with the Public Utilities department was completely rewritten to include new 

functionality and stronger security of customer information.  

 

d) Automated Citation Tracking (Phase 1). Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

The first phase of the ACT system was delivered and is currently in production. The ACT 

system tracks civil citations through the process and Additional phases are underway.  

 

e) Accela Civic Data      Objective: Open Government/Transparency 

The  Accela  Civic  Data  tool  is  a  platform  for  posting  transactional  data  sets  from  City 

databases. This is one of 2 platforms supported by the City.  The other platform is hosted 

at the State of Utah as part of their open government/ transparency  initiative. Both are 

updated automatically and contain  identical data sets. There are currently 20 data sets 

published. 

 

f) Accela Walk‐In Kiosk      Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

The Accela Walk‐in Kiosk enables constituents the ability to check‐in in the Building 

Services department for a variety of functions streamlining the process by allowing the 

constituent to enter information about what they need from the City and managing the 

wait queue.  

 

g) Accela Upgrades      Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

Hardware and software upgrades were performed on the Accela systems. This included 

new server hardware and numerous software updates and patches.  

  

h) CIP Planner/OneSolution Integration  Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

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Working with Airport IT staff and the vendor implementation team, the CIP Planner 

application has been integrated with the OneSolution system to provide the ability to pay 

invoices and track the financial status of the Airport’s Terminal Replacement Program. 

 

i) Tree Inventory      Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

The Tree Inventory application was reworked to accommodate newly acquired highly 

accurate GIS information on the City’s urban forest. The first phase of the project was to 

update the application to accommodate the new data and to perform data integrity work 

to ensure the information is clean and accurate. This is the first phase of a multiphase 

project. 

  

j) Library Systems Upgrades    Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

Numerous Library projects were completed included the material handling system, 

circulation management system, collection management systems, facilities maintenance 

systems, and financial/payroll systems. Systems for managing the public PCs were 

upgraded as was the internal network infrastructure.   

 

Additionally, IMS developed an interface that enables all SLC Schools student access to 

the City Library resources by importing information from the school district into the 

Library circulation system. 

 

k) Citywide Cognos Implementation   Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

Cognos is a Business Intelligence system used for reporting and analytical work. The 

system has now been deployed for use in multiple areas and incorporating multiple 

systems.  

 

l) VDI Implementation at PSB    Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

The City’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) has been implemented in the new Public 

Safety Building. This project includes the hardware and software needed to support the 

desktop thin clients as well as mobile devices for remote access to the City’s computing 

environment. Additional desktop clients are being configured and deployed throughout 

the building as PCs come up for replacement. Currently there are more than 150 stations 

converted to VDI.  

 

m) ESO Mobile Upgrade      Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

The ESO  system  is used by medical  first  responders  to  record patient  information. The 

system was  updated  to  allow more  efficient  use  of mobile  devices  by  EMT  and  other 

medical first responders.  

 

n) Mapping of State Chart of Accounts  Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

A project  to map  the City’s accounting chart of accounts  to  that used by  the State was 

undertaken and completed.  

 

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o) Upgrade of OneSolution Hardware  Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

Upgrades  were  implemented  to  keep  the  OneSolution  system  current  as  well  as  to 

implement new server hardware.  

 

p) WebEOC Upgrade      Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

Upgrades were performed to the WebEOC application used by Emergency Management 

staff. This software is a shared implementation with Salt Lake County and the State.  

 

q) Public Safety Microwave Loop  Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

Using Motorola  Canopy  equipment  a  redundant microwave  communications  loop  has 

been  implemented  between  the  City’s  Public  Safety  Building  and  Valley  Emergency 

Communications  Center  (VECC)  and  the  County  Emergency Operation  Center  ensuring 

access  to  communication  and  computing  resources  should  ground  communications  be 

compromised.  

 

r) Public Utilities SCADA Security   Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

At the request of the Public Utilities department, a security audit was performed on the 

SCADA System used in the water reclamation plant. No significant issues were identified 

and all recommendations have been implemented.      

Citywide Objectives:  The City’s Business plan states  four citywide objectives: Customer Service, Financial Health, Efficiency and Effectiveness, and Workforce Quality. The initiatives listed in this section are in support on one or more of those objectives. These objectives are not  listed here  in order of priority. 

 a) Upgrade of Office Productivity  Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness.  

The City has been using the Microsoft Office suite for many years.  Currently we are using Microsoft Office 2007 as the standard version.   Since  its release two new versions have been  released,  Office  2010  and  Office  2013.    Office2007  is  no  longer  supported  by Microsoft.   The City has 3 options at  this point. The  first  is  to do nothing and continue  to  run  the outdated  and unsupported  software.  The  second  is  to purchase Office2013  and  install local copies as in the past. The third option is move to Office365 in the cloud. Each option has its pros and cons.   

b) Upgrade of email Systems.    Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness The City’s current Email system is Microsoft Exchange 2007.  The hardware and software were  implemented  in  2008,  and we  have  just  entered  the  year  2015.   As  a  rule,  it  is recommended  to  replace server hardware every 3  to 4 years.   Our current hardware  is nearing 7 years old.  Although Microsoft will continue to support Exchange 2007 for a few more  years,  it  is  now  considered  a  “legacy”  piece  of  software  and  is  now  2  versions behind the current version of Exchange (Exchange 2013).  

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The  server  hardware  that  currently  runs  Exchange  can  no  longer  be  upgraded  or expanded.   It has reached the extent of  its usefulness and we are quickly running out of available  resources.    If we do not  replace our  current  server  hardware  in  the next  12 months, we will be faced with the very real probability that our mail system will run out of disk space and stop functioning all together.  

c) Mobile Device Management    Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness Objective: Data Security 

At present, we have only basic  capabilities when  it  comes  to device  security.   We  can provide access to our network from  just about any device, but we can do  little to tell  if that device has been compromised by malware or if it is being used to access confidential information.  We are a City at risk when it comes to mobile device management and it is important that we recognize the importance of funding to this end.  

d) Hosting of SLCGOV      Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness Keeping the SLCGOV website current both  in terms of content and  in terms of  look and feel  has  been  a  challenge.  Departmental webmasters  have  done  a  reasonable  job  in creating  the  content  and  keeping  it  relevant  but  often  call  on  IMS  with  formatting questions all the way down to helping them with forgotten password. IMS has addressed these challenges well but at a significant  impact to other projects. Additionally, the way the  site was designed and delivered makes  it difficult  for  IMS  to effect  changes  to  the basic  design  of  the  site.  PPBH  also  has  challenges with  this maintenance  as  the  PHP programmer responsible for the site has left PPBH.   The result has been that the Mayor’s Communications staff has some changes they would like to see incorporated into the site that will be difficult and expensive to implement.  

 e) Generic Credit Card Processing    Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

The  Systems  steering  committee  has  recommended  IMS  develop  a  system  that  will enable departments  to  accept  credit  card payments  via  the web without  the need  for custom  development.  Essentially,  they  need  to  be  able  to  post  a  link  to  the  card processing page and based on parameters entered  into the system with records to cost centers  and  object  codes,  accept  credit  card  payments without  the  need  to  have  IMS develop a custom page.  

 

Current Projects:  Below is an inventory and review of the current active projects. Each current project’s status and progress  toward meeting  the  stated objectives will be  review by  the Systems Steering Committee.  

 a) Asset Tracking/Work Orders    Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness 

Public Services Department is in desperate need of a Work Management system that will allow  its division programs to provide a higher  level of customer service and to become highly effective and efficient in its operations, saving cost of operations over time.      A  new  work  management  system  will  allow  most  of  PS  divisions  to  perform  work processes  in  one  common  work  order/  work  management  system.  This  system  will provide  the  needed  functionality  to move  the  department  programs  from  antiquated data bases, paper work orders and  tracking  logs  to digital/web‐based  service  requests, 

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work orders, asset tracking, costs, asset life cycle management, and project management.  This newly selected system will be designed to interface with other key City systems such as,  PUBS,  and  ONE  Solution  (IFAS)  to  provide  needed  seamless  exchange  of  key information  greatly  improving  department  to  department  information  exchange  and coordination. Expected completion of the first phase of this project is July, 2015  

b) 2 Factor Authentication to Public Safety Systems Objective: Data Security New rules at the State and Federal level require a higher level on authentication than the traditional user code and password for all public safety applications. A project to provide this is in process and is expected to be completed March, 2015.   

c) Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Tracking Objective: Efficiency and Effectiveness This application will be utilized by HR consultants and PPAs who track FMLA.  It will keep a  record  of  the  amount  of  FMLA  leave  time  used.  Input  is  done  by  the  PPA  or  HR consultant.  It will  interface with OneSolution for current employee  information and will not store any medical  information.  However, City administrators at every  level  in every department are the primary end users of this data. The reports that are generated from this  application will  be  used  by  departmental  supervisors  Citywide  as HR  staff  advises them about personnel decisions.  This project is currently underway and is expected to be completed March, 2015.   

d) Document Management/Records Management  Sponsor: Steering Committee SharePoint is the City’s official platform for document management. Several departments including  IMS and Public Utilities are working to migrate existing document repositories to SharePoint. The Recorder’s Office  is  currently working with a vendor  in  this area as well. No timeframe for completion has been established at this point.   

e) Automated Citation Tracking (ACT)    Sponsor: Finance The first phases of this project have been delivered  including citation tracking and small claims. The current effort  is on the collections side and  is expected to be delivered July, 2015.   

f) Fiber to the Premise        Sponsor: IMS Departments have indicated the need for faster communications in their work areas. The cost of providing transmission speed of up to 1 GB through  leased  lines  is prohibitive  in most  locations. However,  through cooperative agreements with UDOT and UTA,  it may be  possible  to  bring  City  owned  and  operated  fiber  connection  to  certain  locations, specifically Airport, Street/Fleet/Parks, and the new Public Safety Building thus reducing operating costs.  

g) Replacement of CAMP system       Sponsor: Steering Committee The current Contracts Management system, (CAMP) does not meet the needs of the City. The Steering Committee has requested the system be rehosted  into the new SharePoint portal.   

h) IVR System Replacement        Sponsor: Steering Committee 

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The current IVR system is no longer supported by Microsoft and the hardware is well past it useful  life. The Steering Committee requests that we rehost this system using a cloud based provider. Work on this is on progress.  

i) Loan Management          Sponsor: Steering Committee The Steering Committee has recommended that the City replace the Loan management systems currently in use in CED. Preliminary work on this has begun.  

 j) Training Tracking          Sponsor: Steering Committee 

The  City’s  Learning  Management  system  is  not  adequate  to  the  needs  for  the departments  or  HR.  The  Steering  Committee  has  requested  IMS  replace  this  system. Work in procuring a system is underway.   

k) New Policy Notification      Sponsor: Steering Committee The  Steering  Committee  sees  a  need  to  improve  the  process whereby  employees  are notified of policy and procedural changes  from  the administration. This would be done through email alerts.  This project will also be serviced by the SharePoint implementation. SharePoint should serve a key role in the delivery of this service.  

   

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Governance, Standards, and Operational Protocol 1. Services provided by IMS 

Salt Lake City's Information Management Services Division operates as an internal service 

fund.   It  is responsible for the acquisition, maintenance, repair and disposal of the City’s 

computer and  telephone network equipment and  services necessary  to  support all  the 

City Departments. Specifically IMS provides the following services: 

 

Citywide coordination, guidance and vision for existing and new technologies. 

Management  of  data  and  voice  networks  including  the  security  of  the  City’s digital assets. 

End  User  Support  (Help  Desk)  coverage  is  available  from  7:00AM  to  6:00PM Monday through Friday except holidays recognized by the City. Call Out services for emergency  incidents  is available 7 days a week 24 hours a day and 365 days per year. 

Acquisition, development and support of software including internet and intranet pages. 

Training  on  IMS  Core  software  is  available  through  online  resources.  Those desiring  instructor  led training will be referred to one of our contracted training providers.  

Communications Support including web, audio, and video production services.  

2. Green IT 

In support of the Mayor’s and Council’s commitment to sustainability, IMS  is committed 

to ensuring the technology, equipment, and vendors used  in conducting City business  is 

environmentally friendly. 

i) Servers.   The City operates  an  internal private  cloud environment using  virtualized 

hardware and storage. Dedicated servers are also  in use where required. All servers 

purchased  and  deployed  by  the  City  shall  comply  with  the  current  EnergyStar 

standards in effect at the time of purchase. 

(1) Process  for deploying  servers. As  the need  for  a new  server  is  recognized,  the 

following questions need to be answered prior to deploying a new server.  

(a) Can the application be loaded on a virtual server in our private cloud? 

(b) Can the requirement be satisfied using an existing server? In other words, can 

the application be consolidated into an existing server? 

(c) If the answer to all of these questions is “no”, a new server can be deployed.  

ii) Personal Computers and Notebooks 

(1) All personal computers and notebooks purchased and deployed by the City shall 

comply with  the current EnergyStar standards  in effect at  the  time of purchase 

and must have an EPEAT rating of Gold or Silver. 

iii) Thin Clients 

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(1) The  City  has  standardized  on  the  HP  T610  as  the  Thin  Client  of  choice when 

providing access to Virtual Workstations.  These devices have no hard drives and 

rely on the network for all  information.   They allow people to access all of their 

necessary  data  and  applications  in  an  environment  that  promotes  low  power 

consumption and ease of administration. 

 

3. Desktop and Network Hardware 

i) IMS  has  standardized  on  desktop  and  server  products  from  HP.  We  continually 

monitor other hardware vendor’s offerings  to ensure we provide  the City with  the 

best  value.  Additionally,  IMS  has  standardized  on  the  use  of  Cisco  products  for 

network infrastructure.  

ii) Current Hardware Platform for Desktops and Notebook Computers 

(1) Desktop Computers. The City currently supports Hewlett Packard  (HP) Elitedesk 

800  G1’s  in  their  Small  Form  Factor  (SFF)  or  Convertible  Mini  Tower  (CMT) 

configurations as its current standard desktop.  

(2) Notebook Computers. Notebook computers are a highly personalized  item. The 

City currently supports HP 6470b series as its recommended standard notebook. 

However,  IMS  supports  notebook  configurations  from  HP,  as well  as  selected 

models from Dell and IBM. 

(3) Macs. Macs and the OSX operating system are not the City’s standard computing 

platform. Mac  computers  in  all  their  configurations  are  supported.  However, 

departments may be billed on a time and materials basis. 

iii) Current Hardware Platform for File and Print Servers. 

(1) File Servers. File servers are computers that store end user data files. Folders are 

created on the server that allows specific user to map a computer drive. The City 

currently supports Hewlett Packard  (HP) Network Attached Storage  (N.A.S.) and 

HP Proliant servers as its standard platform. The supported operating systems for 

these devices are Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008R2.  

(2) Print  Servers.  Print  servers  are  devices  that  manage  the  printing  to  network 

computers. The City  currently  supports dedicated HP  servers  running Windows 

Print Services as its standard platform. 

iv) Current  Hardware  Platform  for  Application  Servers.  Application  servers  are 

computers that are accessed by a number of users and are dedicated to one or more 

end user software tools.  

(1) Microsoft Windows Servers 

(a) The City currently supports HP Proliant DL380/360 G8 servers as its standard 

platform.  The  supported  operating  systems  are Windows  Server  2012  and 

Windows Server 2008R2.   

(2) UNIX/LINUX Application Servers. 

(a) The City currently supports HP PA‐RISC servers as  its standard platform. The 

supported operating system is HPUX 11i.  

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(b) The City has numerous servers running the Linux platform. Linux is supported 

when  specific applications  require  its use. The  supported version  is RedHat 

Enterprise. 

(3) Virtual Servers.  

(a) The City has standardized on VMWare as the tool of choice for virtualization 

of  servers.  High  availability  in  the  virtual  environment  is  accomplished 

through  clustering  of  servers  and  vMotion.  Some  virtualization  for  web 

servers  is done using Microsoft Hyper‐V. Currently  there are more  than 80 

servers in the virtual environment.  

4. Mobile Devices 

i) Smart Phones. Smart phones  from all vendors are  fully supported. Support  includes 

but  is  not  limited  to  email,  contacts,  and  VPN  access  to  city  resources  where 

available, and application support. 

ii) iPad.  iPads are  fully supported by  IMS. Support  includes but  is not  limited to email, 

contacts, VPN access to city resources, and application support.  

iii) Android  Tablets.  Android  tablets  are  fully  supported.  Support  includes  but  is  not 

limited  to email,  contacts,  calendars,  and  application  support. VPN  access  requires 

version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android tablets/devices with OS 4.0 or greater. 

iv) BlackBerry Playbook. Playbooks are also fully supported. Support  includes but  is not 

limited to email, contacts, VPN access to city resources, and application support. 

 

5. CityNet.  

i) Salt Lake City’s network consists of a “spoke and hub” topology with a fiber backbone 

connecting core switches at The City/County Building, the new Public Safety Building, 

and  Plaza  349.  Core  switches  are  linked  by  10  Gigabit  connections  that  can  be 

trunked  for  additional  bandwidth. Other  locations  are  connected  via  Century  Link 

Metro Optical Ethernet (MOE), Century Link leased point to point T1 lines, Motorola 

wireless technology (Canopy), and Century Link leased DSL lines.  

(1) All  PC’s,  printers,  and  other  network  devices  are  connected  to  CityNet  thru 

workgroup  switches  that have  connection  speeds of 100 Megabit or 1 Gigabit, 

depending on the device being connected and the needed bandwidth. 

(2) The workgroup switches are connected to the backbone by 1 Gig fiber uplinks in 

locations  close  to  the  core  switch,  100 megabit  or  faster  connections  in  large 

remote locations, and by 1.5 megabit connections in other remote locations.  

ii) Current  Platform  for Data Network  Infrastructure.  Switches  and  routers  are  highly 

specialized  computers  that manage and  control  the  flow of  information across  the 

City’s data network. 

iii) Managed Switches.  

(a) The City  currently  supports Cisco  2900,  3500,  4000,  4500,  and  6500  series 

switches as  its standard platform  in all facilities except the Airport. All Cisco 

devices run the Cisco IOS operating system. 

iv) Routers 

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(a) The City currently supports Cisco 1700, 2600, 2800, 3600, and 7200 routers 

as  its  standard platform  in all  facilities except  the Airport. All Cisco devices 

run the Cisco IOS operating system. 

v) Cabling and Wiring.  

(a) Data  networks  in  the  City  use  cables,  patch  panels,  and  connectors  that 

conform  to  Category  6/6a  standards.  All  future  cabling  will  conform  to 

Category 6a standards.  

(b) Voice networks  in the City use cables that conform to Category 3 standards. 

To  eliminate  duplicate  inventories  of  some  components,  patch  panels  and 

connectors conform to Category 6/6a. All future phone cabling will conform 

to  Category  6/6a  standards.  All  networks  conform  to  applicable  industry 

standards.  

 

6. Current Platform for Voice Network Infrastructure. 

i) Private Branch Exchange (PBX) and other phone systems. 

ii) The  city  supports  Avaya/Nortel  CS1000E  PBXs  as  its  standard  platform.    Desktop 

telephone sets are also from Avaya/Nortel.  

iii) Voice Mail 

(a) The City supports AVST as its standard platform for voice mail. 

iv) Call  Tracking  and  Reporting.  The  City  operates  call  centers  at  Information 

Management Services, Public Utilities, Justice Courts, and others. 

(a) The  City  supports  Genesis  as  its  standard  platform  for  call  tracking  and 

reporting. 

v) Electronic  Call  Recording.  The  City  has  the  ability  to  record  in  digital  format  calls 

placed to the City’s CS1000E PBX.  

(a) The City supports Avaya/Nortel’s CRQM as its standard platform.  

vi) Automatic  Call  Distribution.  Automatic  Call  Distribution  (ACD)  allows  automatic 

routing of inbound calls to the next available call center agent.  

(a) The City supports Avaya/Nortel’s ACD system as its standard platform.  

 

7. Personal Information Management Synchronization 

i) Personal  Information  (PIM)  devices  such  as  Blackberrys,  iPhones,  iPads,  and  other 

mobile devices allow users access  to Microsoft Outlook  information  such as email, 

appointments, contacts, and task lists on their mobile devices.  

ii) The  City  currently  supports  Personal  Information  Management  Synchronization 

through ActiveSync as its current standard. 

 

8. Interactive Voice Response/Interactive Voice Recognition.  

i) IVR  is  a  technology  that  enables  interaction  with  a  computer  system  through  a 

telephone. Voice and keypad responses are provided by the caller to get some piece 

of  information  or  perform  some  task.  The  City  currently  supports  a  CenturyLink 

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ii) IMS  continues  to  support  existing  IVR  applications  as  needed.  However,  new 

applications are developed on a hosted platform and as applications require update 

or maintenance they are re‐hosted to the cloud service. 

iii) A third party application, Selectron, is also supported on a limited basis.  

 

9. Voice over Internet Protocol 

i) The  City  has  standardized  on  Avaya/Nortel  as  a  provider  of  Voice  over  Internet 

Protocol (VoIP) hardware, software, and related products.  

ii) Currently about 1300 phones have been deployed on the VoIP PBX.  

 

10. Supported Operating Systems 

i) The City currently supports Microsoft Windows 7 as its current standard for desktop 

computing. Older  versions of Windows may be  supported on a  time and materials 

basis. Microsoft Windows 8 is only supported on mobile devices. 

ii) The City also supports Mac OS.  

iii) Linux on the desktop is not supported or recommended.  

 

11. Core Software 

i) The  following software  titles are considered core software. Core software  titles are 

deployed to every computer system in the City and are fully supported by IMS.  

ii) McAfee Anti‐Virus 

iii) Microsoft Office 2007 Standard (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer) 

iv) Microsoft Exchange 2007 

v) OneSolution  

vi) Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader 

vii) WinZip 

viii) Accela Automation 

 

12. Supported Software 

i) The following software titles are not part of core software but are deployed on an as 

needed basis and are fully supported by IMS.  

ii) Microsoft Access 

iii) Microsoft Front Page and Expressions 

iv) Microsoft Visio 

v) Microsoft Publisher 

vi) Microsoft Project 

vii) Microsoft SharePoint 

viii) Adobe Suite 

ix) Third party solutions purchased in partnership with IMS 

x) In House Developed Applications such as but not limited to: 

(1) CAMP 

(2) PUBS 

(3) GIS Mapping 

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(4) GIS Core 

(5) HAND 

(6) POPS 

(7) Cash Registers 

(8) SLC Developed Apps Et all 

 

13. Specific Unsupported Software.  

i) Software products not listed above are not specifically supported by IMS. IMS makes 

every  effort  to  support  all  user  applications.  This  service  is  to  be  provided  to  the 

customer on a time and materials basis. 

 

14. Open Source Software 

i) Open  source  software  refers  to  packages  and  applications  built  on  a  published 

standard  freely edited and distributed by  their  respective user  communities. These 

packages  are  generally  downloadable  at  little  or  no  charge  but  support  and 

maintenance are not usually provided. IMS supports the use of open source solutions 

where practical. IMS support of these applications is on a time and materials basis.  

 

15. Current Security Standards 

i) Security of  the City’s networks, databases,  and  computers  is  critical.  Salt  Lake City 

deploys a defense in depth approach to maintaining the integrity of our systems. IMS 

uses  a  combination  of  firewalls,  intrusion  detection  and  prevention,  anti‐virus  and 

anti‐spam systems, and content filtering technology to prevent unauthorized access 

or  infiltration of our networks. The details of these systems are not shared with the 

public to better secure our systems. In addition, City Policy governs access to and the 

use of City computers. 

 

16. Software Development 

i) Custom  Software.  The  City  maintains  the  ability  to  develop  custom  software  as 

needed.  IMS procedures  recommend  that development of  custom  software  is only 

considered after attempts to find a suitable third party package show no acceptable 

option available.  

ii) Supported  Tools.  The  City  maintains  as  a  core  skill  set  the  ability  to  develop 

applications using Microsoft Visual  Studio,  Sybase PowerBuilder,  Informix 4GL,  SQL 

Integration  Services,  and  SQL  Reporting  Services.    Tools  other  than  these  are  not 

supported. Applications requiring tools not supported by  IMS may be outsourced at 

the customer’s request and expense.  

iii) Development Standards. The City maintains as a core skill set the ability to develop 

and support applications developed using c# (c‐Sharp), MVC, and  .net framework as 

the programming language.  

iv) Version Control. The City uses Visual Source Safe as  its current standard for version 

control software but is migrating to Microsoft Team Foundation.  

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v) Relational  Data  Base  Management  Systems  (RDBMS)  RDBMS  tools  are  software 

packages used to manage and maintain the City’s data. The City supports Microsoft’s 

SQL Server as its current supported platform. IBM’s Informix is also supported but is 

being phased out.  

vi) IMS  is  agile development process which  is  intended  to  speed up  the development 

process and get useable applications  into the hands of the employees sooner.   This 

process  also  improves  the  quality  of  specifications,  increases  business  partner 

involvement, and provides a higher quality application. 

 

17. Outsourcing.  

IMS  is  a  service organization  and  is  committed  to  providing  the products  and  services 

needed by the City at the lowest possible cost. As part of this commitment, IMS routinely 

employs outside entities to provide the products and services we are unable to provide 

with existing staff. We routinely use outside vendors for wiring projects, web page design, 

network and security design, third party software, custom software, and other services. 

IMS  regularly  analyzes  usage  of  outside  services  to  determine  when  it  is  more  cost 

effective to develop a skill set or discipline internally. 

 

18. Procurement of Software.  

i) IMS  supports  and  recommends  the  purchase  of  third  party  software  whenever 

possible.  IMS policy  for procurement of software provides the  following process  for 

making the decision on purchasing a third party application or in‐house development.  

ii) Determine the Fundamental Requirements. Working with the departments, IMS staff 

documents  the  business  rules  and  specific  requirements  that  must  be  met  to 

successfully satisfy the business need. 

iii) Research  Third  Party  Options.  Working  with  the  departments,  the  IMS  staff  will 

conduct  preliminary  research  on  third  party  solutions  that may meet  the  business 

need.  

iv) Set Direction Based on Research Results. Based on  the  complexity of  the business 

requirements, anticipated  costs, and  the number of options available,  IMS and  the 

department will proceed using one of the following options: 

(1) Develop  the original business  rules and  requirements  into a  formal Request  for 

Proposals (RFP.) 

(2) Work with the Purchasing Division to purchase the selected third party software 

through competitive bid or sole source Purchase Order. 

(3) Develop  the  software  internally. When no  acceptable  third party  application  is 

found and at the request of the department, IMS will use the business rules and 

requirements to determine the cost of development of the software and proceed 

after  acceptance  of  the  requirements  and  funding  by  the  department.  New 

development of software is billable to all departments. 

 

19. Document Management  

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i) The  City  has  selected  as  the  standard  platform  for  management  of  scanned 

documents  as  well  as  documents  stored  as  part  of  a  record  set,  the  SharePoint 

Document Management suite of tools.  

ii) Alchemy  and Hummingbird  are  still  supported  and  commonly  used  as  a  front  end 

capture tool but all new implementations are to use the Hummingbird tools.  

 

20. Network Support. 

i) IMS currently staffs the IMS Help Desk Hours from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. After Hours 

Support for emergencies is provided on a call back basis from 6:00 PM to 7:00 AM.  

ii) Due  to public safety concerns, after hours support  for Police and Fire  is provided 7 

days a week, 365 days a year at no additional charge.  

 

21. Network  Support  Service  Level  Agreements.  The  following  criteria  outline  the  IMS 

guidelines  in  responding  to  service  calls  placed  to  the  IMS  Help  Desk  (7272).    This 

response  requires  the  technician  to  contact  the  affected  customer  (caller)  by  either 

telephone, or in person, discuss the problem, and either begin work on the issue or in the 

case of lower priorities schedule a time to begin work.  

i) URGENT  ‐  RESPOND  WITHIN  15  MINUTES.  An  area's  productivity  is  drastically 

affected such as:  

(i) A Server is down 

(ii) Communication (Voice or Data) is down (i.e.: PBX, Communication facility 

affecting an entire location, router, etc.). 

(iii) Critical  Software  is  down–  Software  affecting  users  City wide  or  public 

safety is down (i.e. Email, IFAS, RMS) 

(iv) Mission  critical  system  is  down–  Hardware  and/or  software  used  in  a 

department  or  division  is  down  preventing  employees  from  providing 

services (i.e.  Business Licensing, Public Utilities Billing System, etc.) 

ii) HIGH  ‐  RESPOND WITHIN  1  HOUR.  An  area's  productivity  is  significantly  affected 

hindering employees in providing services such as: 

(i) A Hardware item critical to a department is down 

(ii) A software application that affects more than one customer is down (i.e. 

Microsoft Excel on a particular server) 

(iii) A  Hardware  item  that  affects  more  than  one  customer  is  down  (i.e. 

network printer.) 

iii) MEDIUM  ‐ RESPOND WITHIN 8 WORKING HOURS. An area's productivity  is affected 

but services can still be provided such as: 

(i) Application is not working correctly, affecting one customer (i.e. a report 

not available or working). 

(ii) Hardware affecting one customer is not working correctly (i.e. keyboard, 

mouse, monitor, drive). 

iv) LOW – RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 

(i) Installation and/or upgrade of equipment (Hardware) 

(ii) Installation and/or upgrade of software application(s) 

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(iii) Moving equipment ( Given that  IMS  is notified within a reasonable time 

frame)  

 

v) Call Escalation 

(1) Incidents not meeting the above stated Service Level Agreement can be escalated 

to  the  next  priority  level  by  the  customer,  Help  Desk  Manager,  Operations 

Manager, or the Department Director. 

(2) Calls  not  related  to  hardware  support,  software  support,  or  instances  where 

research  may  be  necessary  to  resolve  the  issue  can  be  escalated  to  the 

appropriate  party/parties  by  the  Help  Desk  Technician,  Help  Desk  Manager, 

Operations Manager, or other IMS employee. 

(3) Calls  that  go  outside  the  range  of  expertise  of  a Help Desk  Technician  can  be 

escalated by the Help Desk Technician as deemed necessary. 

 

22. Software  Support  Service  Level  Agreements.  The  following  criteria  outline  the  IMS 

guidelines  in  responding  to  software  problems  for  EXISTING  systems.    This  response 

requires the responsible software engineer or software support technician to contact the 

affected  customer  (caller) by  either  telephone, or  in person, discuss  the problem,  and 

either begin work on the issue or in the case of lower priorities schedule a time to begin 

work.  

i) URGENT ‐ RESPOND WITHIN 15 MINUTES 

(1) System down 

(2) Bug fixes as identified by the user resulting in loss of specific critical functionality 

as identified by the user 

ii) HIGH ‐ RESPOND WITHIN 1 HOUR. 

(1) Bug fixes as identified by the user resulting in loss of important functionality as 

identified by the user.  

iii) MEDIUM ‐ RESPOND WITHIN 8 WORKING HOURS 

(1) Bug fixes as identified by the user resulting in loss of functionality as identified by 

the user.  

iv) LOW – RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 

(1) Bug fixes as identified by the user resulting in loss of important functionality as 

identified by the user.  

v) MAINTENANCE – RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 

(1) Requests for additional or improved functionality within a given application. 

(2) Routine application of service packs and patches 

 

23. Electronic File Storage.   

i) Whenever possible, important electronic documents (such as Word documents, Excel 

spreadsheets, etc.) should not be kept on local hard drives, such as the “C” drive of 

your computer or portable devices.  Local drives are not included in the City’s normal 

back‐up procedure.  Important documents should be kept on the network, usually in 

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the “N” drive, “I” drive, “P” drive or “L” drive.  Local drives can occasionally fail 

rendering the files stored on those drives irretrievable. 

ii) If it is necessary to have important documents on a local “C” drive, or on a mobile 

device of any kind, it is critical to have a backup copy of that document on either the 

network or some other electronic media. Network drives (such as the “N”, “I”, or “P” 

drives) are backed up on nightly basis.  Data from these network drives can be 

restored from backups by simply notifying the Help Desk with the name of the 

file/folder that was lost, and where it was last located. 

iii) All backed up information is initially copied to disk, and then eventually moved to 

tape.  While on disk the requested data is easily and quickly restored from the disk 

drives.  Once the data is moved to tape, the tape needs to be loaded and scanned 

before any data can be retrieved.  This is a relatively simple process, but does take 

longer than restoring from disk. 

iv) In cases where the data requested is months, or even years old, the data would then 

have to be harvested from a “monthly” tape that has been moved to the Granite 

Vault.  This can take 24 hours or more to request the tape from the vault and have it 

delivered to IMS.  All “vault tapes” are kept for at least 5 years. 

24. Internet Guidelines 

i) The City encourages staff to use the Internet for business purposes. De minimus 

personal use of the internet is allow but must not be abused. There can be no 

expectation of privacy associated with usage of City computing resources.  Users of 

the City’s computing resources may not knowingly access websites containing 

information or images prohibited by City policy. 

ii) Internet Connections Require Approved Firewalls. 

(1) All connections between City networks and the Internet or any other external 

computer network must pass through an approved firewall and related access 

controls. 

25. External Access to City Computing Resources 

i) All users needing access to City computing resources from outside the City’s network 

must do so via the City’s virtual private network devices.  

(1) Credentials allowing access via a VPN can be provided by contacting the IMS Help 

Desk.  

ii) Approval is required prior to connecting City computers to an external network. 

(1) Staff may not establish Internet or any other external network physical 

connections which could allow users to gain access to Salt Lake City Corporation 

systems and information without prior approval from the Director if Information 

Management Services.  

(2) As a condition of gaining access to the City’s computer network, third party 

entities must secure their own connected systems in a manner consistent with 

City requirements.  The City reserves the right to audit the security measures in 

effect on these connected systems without prior warning.  The City also reserves 

the right to immediately terminate network connections with all third party 

systems not meeting such requirements. 

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iii) File Transfers to Trusted Third Parties.    

(1) File transfers between City employees and a third party may be done using email. 

However, in cases where the file is large or where the file contains sensitive 

information, users must be via the City’s secure File Transfer device 

(slcfta.slcgov.com).  

iv) Trusted Connections to Third Party Networks 

(1) The establishment of a direct connection between City systems and trusted 

external organizations, via the Internet or any other public network must be 

approved by the Director of Information Management Services. 

v) Posting/Transferring Salt Lake City Corporation Material on the Internet 

(1) Users must not post City information or data on any publicly‐accessible Internet 

computer system unless the posting has first been approved by the City’s 

Communications Team.  

vi) Sending Sensitive Information over the Internet 

(1) The City’s confidential, proprietary, or private information may not be sent over 

the Internet unless it has first been encrypted by approved methods.   

vii) Tools Used to Break Systems Security Prohibited 

(1) Unless specifically authorized by the Director of Information Management 

Services, City staff may not acquire, possess, trade, or use hardware or software 

tools that could be employed to evaluate or compromise information systems 

security.  Examples of such tools include those which defeat software copy‐

protection, discover secret passwords, or identify security vulnerabilities. 

26. Virus and Malware 

i) Antivirus Software required for all devices connected to the City’s network.  

 To promptly detect and prevent the spread of computer viruses, all devices 

connecting to the City’s network must run integrity checking software.  This software 

detects changes in configuration files, system software files, application software 

files, and other system resources.  Integrity checking software must be continuously 

enabled or run daily.   

ii) User Involvement with Computer Viruses and/or Malware are Prohibited 

 Users must not intentionally write, generate, compile, copy, propagate, execute, or 

attempt to introduce any computer code designed to self‐replicate, damage, or 

otherwise hinder the performance of any computer's memory, file system, or 

software.  Such software is known as a virus, malware, worm, Trojan horse, and 

similar names. 

iii)  Immediate Reporting of Suspected Computer Virus Infestation 

 Users must immediately report a suspected computer virus and/or malware 

infestation to the IMS Help Desk (535‐7272).  

   

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Salt Lake City Mobile Strategy  

Access to the city’s network via mobile devices is a critical piece of our current infrastructure and  it  is continuing  to expand as more and more opportunities are developed and become available  to  all  citizens  and  employees.    The number of people using  these devices  grows exponentially each day.  IMS  sees  great  opportunities  to  make  services  more  readily  available  to  citizens  and employees.  This strategy will unify our direction, identify and reduce risk, and set a vision for mobile development for the City.  To support the current and expected growth in this area the City needs a strategic plan that accommodates  all  the  technologies  and  issues  associated  with  this  work.    Issues  and technologies involved include the following:  

1) Technical issues a) Support  of  different  types  of  customers  and  devices  including  business,  employees, 

consumers, and other machines.  

b) Device  support  for  notebooks,  smart‐phones,  tablets  and  other  end‐point  devices  (i.e. parking meters). 

 c) Mobile applications;  

i) Mobile application development platform. ii) Multi‐channel delivery model  (providing applications to web, smart‐phones, tablets, 

etc). iii) Methods of deploying mobile applications. 

 d) Support for browsers and which releases of those browsers. 

 e) Wireless  networks;  this  includes Wi‐Fi  access  in  all  city  buildings,  wireless  access  via 

vendor networks and free Wifi provided by other agencies and retail outlets.  f) Security  of  wireless  networks  and  mobile  applications.    Including  access  by  city 

employees to Intranet applications.  

2) Strategic issues a) Process for analyzing what features of a system should be mobilized.  b) Goals of the business concerning mobile support. 

 c) A process to appropriately manage costs. 

 3) Measurement of success 

a) What metrics will we will use  to measure  success which will  identify adjustments  that may need to be made to the strategy.  

4) Technology Issues 

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a) We  believe  that  we  will  be  required  to  support  different  types  of  customers  and machines. How we provide these services will vary, depending upon the recipient. i) Business  to  employee  (B2E)  providing  applications  to  employees  out  in  the  field. 

Employees may  have  an  app  that  provides  something  similar  to  the  current  “IMS Developed APPs” on our web page. 

ii) Business  to  consumer  (B2C)  providing  applications  to  the  citizens  and  visitors. Consumers  will  have  “start‐up”  apps  delivered  from  the  OS  Platform  Apps  store where they can choose the applications which they would like to use.   

iii) Business to Business (B2B) providing business owners’ access to services they need to do business with the City. Business Owners may have apps relating only to them. 

iv) Machine to Machine (M2M) providing interface with devices such as parking permits gathering data for applications.  Interfaces with end‐point machines (such as parking meters) will be handled on a case‐by‐case basis. 

 b) Device Support 

i) IMS supports applications running on all major operating systems for mobile devices, including Android, IOS, Windows, and Blackberry.  Support should be provided for the current version and at least one version back. 

ii) In addition applications should operate on the current version of Windows 7 and XP on notebook devices. 

iii) Applications should be written to take advantage of available real estate of the device and  automatically  adapt  to  the  appropriate  size  depending  on  which  device  is requesting the application. 

iv) End‐point  devices  such  as  parking  meters,  etc.,  may  need  special  interface capabilities. Those will be done on a case‐by‐case basis specific  to  the needs of  the device.  

c) Mobile Application Platform i) All  the  different  operating  systems  and  devices  pose  a  challenge  for  application 

development. Writing applications for each of the operating systems is expensive and leads to longer development for specific applications and more training for individual staff members to write and maintain those applications.  Another approach is to use a  mixture  of  different  tools  that  blend  together  to  provide  one  application  that supports multiple device platforms.  The City has decided to use ASP.Net MVC4 with HTML5 and J‐Query Mobile to create mobile applications for applications that don’t require  the  use  of  device  specific  hardware  (i.e.  cameras,  location  services,  video, etc.).  These tools provide the following benefits; (1) Provides  a  development  platform we  already  know  and  the  ability  to  provide 

native like presentation on many devices. (2) Automatically  adjusts  the  application  depending  on  which  platform  it  is  to 

present on with very little additional coding. (3) The application can work even when off the network. (4) Look, act, and feels like native applications. (5) Uses  existing  code  for  the  core  of  the  application,  only  one  application  to 

maintain.  

d) There are some limitations to this approach; we do not yet have the ability to use device hardware such as the camera or GPS.  ESRI (our GIS software) provides templates for IOS and  Android  that  do  not  work  in  this  scenario.  These  limits  must  be  taken  into 

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consideration when defining  the  system  requirements and  if  they are  required we will have  to write  individual applications native  to  the OS.   Efforts are underway  to  resolve these deficiencies.   

e) The most common application deployment method  is  through  the App Store  for Apple products,  the Android Market  Place  for Android  phones,  or  Blackberry App World  for Blackberries.    We  believe  that  citizens  and  visitors  will  search  these  stores  for  our applications.   We  intend  to  provide  a  launcher  application  in  each  of  the  stores  that contain  links  to  all  citizen/visitor  applications  so  the  users  do  not  have  multiple applications cluttering up their devices.  It will also be available on the City’s Internet web site.  All  employee  applications will  be  provided  in  a  similar  fashion  and  on  the  City’s Intranet web site.  

f) Browser Support. i) IMS  applications  will  run  on  all  major  browsers  (IE,  Firefox,  Safari,  Chrome,  and 

Opera) and support the current release of that browser and one release prior.   

g) Wireless networks (Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, T‐mobile and others) i) All of the wireless carriers provide both voice and data support.   Most smartphones 

and tablets allow the user to switch between the carrier network and Wi‐Fi networks. Often  this  switching  is  behind  the  scenes  for  Wi‐Fi  networks  they  have  already configured  in  their  devices.   City written mobile  applications must be delivered  to provide seamless interaction between wireless platforms. 

 ii) We  have  been  providing mobile  access  to  Email,  calendaring,  contacts,  etc.  for  a 

number of years via these networks and will continue to support this access.  

h) Wi‐Fi access i) IMS will establish Wi‐Fi access  in all major buildings within the city owned buildings.  

This  is  a  secured  access point  allowing  employees  to  automatically  connect  to our network after the initial configuration is created on the device so that employees can take  their mobile  devices  from  room  to  room,  building  to  building  and  keep  the connections available.  Much of this is currently in place. 

 ii) Wi‐Fi  is also provided by various vendors  in many  locations  throughout  the city  for 

customer  use.   However, we  cannot  guarantee  the  security  of  these  connections.  Users  should  take  as many  precautions with  the  latest  OS  as  possible  to  protect themselves in these open networks.   

 i) Security Risk Analysis 

i) Mobile management is important in providing consistent service to all of the types of customers and devices we might have running our applications.  We are researching mobile management and feel that the most likely direction is a lightweight approach which enforces policies on the server side but cannot control the device or the mobile user in depth.  However, much more research is needed before a decision is made. 

 5) Strategic Issues 

a) Process for analyzing which features should be mobilized. 

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i) Some  system  features  blend  effortlessly  into  a  mobile  application.    These  are generally  simple  in  nature  and  address  routine  requirements  that  can  be accomplished  in  few  strokes.    Before  a  feature  is  mobilized  we  should  ask  the following questions; 

ii) Who are you trying to reach or engage? iii) What is the audience needs and how will they use the content? iv) What information does your audience need information? v) What content needs to be viewed on both standard web and mobile devices? vi) How do you make your content sticky and engaging? vii) Can you make it simple to use?  

b) Goals for the business concerning mobile support. i) Mobile applications are  trendy  right now, everyone wants  them, but  they  serve  to 

satisfy some of the City Administration goals as well including the following; ii) “Fostering  mobility”  –  the  administration  wants  to  promote  other  avenues  of 

transportation and access to city venues, mobile applications can help people identify and find alternative access to these venues. 

iii) “Put mobile technology to work” – mobile applications can help citizen, visitors, and business owners find other solutions to transportation needs as well as other options for doing business with the city. 

iv) “Sustainability” – mobile applications provide access city services without coming to city hall to do so, focusing service where the service is needed and reducing the need to expend precious resources and increasing pollution. 

v) We want  to make  it  simple  and  easy  for  citizens,  visitors,  and business owners  to interact with the city. 

c) Manage costs of mobile access to the City. i) Creating applications is an expensive task.  Providing Wi‐Fi access is also expensive to 

install and maintain. Given limited budget IMS needs to provide reasonable solutions to the mobile strategy.   The following guidelines help us accomplish that goal; (1) Using ASP.net MVC4, HTML5  and  J‐Query Mobile  allows us  to  create one web 

application for multiple platforms reducing the need to have experts and tools for each of the native platforms. (a) There will be  some  costs  for  training which  includes  time away  from other 

duties to train. (2) We  will  provide Wi‐Fi  access  to  all major  city  buildings,  this  will  be  done  as 

budgets allow. 6) Strategy Measurements 

The strategy will be reviewed every six months and adjusted as the need arises, individual reviews of mobile application usage and customer response will be used to indicate with applications are successful and which need to but removed or modified.  As progress is made we will establish benchmarks, goals and milestones. 

 7) Mobile Device App Decision Tree.  

The following flowchart is used to assist in determining the best candidates for mobile app development.  

  

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Feature or Service

Simple?Done in a few 

clicks?Don’t mobilizeNo, Data entry intense

Yes

Not a  good candidate for mobile

NoData needed in a timely manner?

Engaging or meaningful or important?

Yes

No

Is it needed in both mobile and standard web?

Yes

Develop for standard web also

Web also

Mobile

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Who is the Recepient?

SLC Employee Citizen of SLCBusiness Owner in 

SLCDoing Business with 

SLCVisitor

Position is desk oriented or mobile

Not a good candidate to mobilize.

Desk

Develop for the SLC Employee Dev Mobile Apps Launchpad

Mobile

Develop for My SLC LaunchPad*

2

Develop for SLC Business Owner App 

LaunchPad*

Develop for “Doing Business with SLC” 

LaunchPad*

Develop for Welcome to SLC LaunchPad*

* all  four launch pads could just be different sections in one launch pad

   

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Major technology goals by department:   Under  the direction of  the  Systems  Steering Committee,  the  IMS personnel work with  the departments to document specific departmental technology goals. Each goal will specifically discuss what  is to be accomplished during the next fiscal year, how  it will be measured, and the resources required and estimated costs. In addition, department will include a high level summary of their vision for the next 3 to 5 years.   

Airport Salt Lake City Airport seeks to serve the Citizens of Salt Lake City by operating and maintaining a vital transportation hub for the citizens and visitors to Salt Lake City.  The Airport IT division, under the direction of Ed Cherry, demonstrates a forward thinking management and development philosophy to meet the data processing and communications needs of this complex division. 

  Long Term (3‐5 Year Goals) 

1. The Airport Terminal Redevelopment Project (TRP) is underway. IT infrastructure will be rerouted as required to support the phased construction schedule. 

2. Continue coordination with UCAN on trunked radio system throughout the City, County, and State.  The airport seeks to work closely with all stakeholders during the current radio upgrade program.  Planned phased migration to new digital radio system. 

3. Realignment of the airport datacenter(s) in support of demolition and subsequent new construction in the Airport remodel project is in process. Remodeling designs have been started. 

4. Implementation of new technology in concourses A, B, C & D to support future expansion has begun.  This technology includes changes in infrastructure and network architecture including segregation of networks by type, sub‐netting, and modernization/upgrade to equipment. 

5. Continued convergence of applications utilizing server virtualization. 6. Virtualized Desktop PC Project – Building on the experience of IMS with the new Public 

Safety Building, the Airport IT department plans to incorporate virtualized PC technology in future projects. 

  Immediate Goals 

1. The upgrade and replacement of airport production network switches and upgrade to wiring from the switches to the desktop of users is currently in process. Redundant network core switches are being installed as well.  This project is underway and well on to completion. 

2. The  implementation of TechNET (technical systems network)  is nearing completion. This phase  instituted a  redundant  shared Storage Area Network  (SAN) as well as  redundant networking cores throughout the system. 

3. Coordinate with IMS regarding a technology transfer of: a. Involvement of the Airport in meetings and seminars for the SharePoint document 

management project 

b. Continued information transfer on the Fiber link in the UTA right of way 

c. Continued information transfer to the Airport on lessons learned in the Public Safety 

Building Project, particularly as it relates to : 

i. Computer System and Radio Design 

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ii. Virtualized PC Project 

iii. Seismic hardening of the data center 

iv. Consultation on a consistent firewall philosophy in line with the overall plan of 

IMS 

v. Consultation in the development of the airport’s Hybrid voice, Data and Video 

networks. 

 Attorney’s Office The City Attorney's Office strives to provide superior and timely legal advice to Salt Lake City, which acts through its legislative and executive branches.  The Attorney’s Office also represents the City in civil litigation, which requires access to records, including electronic records, to meet the City’s legal obligations.   

 Long Term (3‐5 Year Goals) 

1. The Office will work with IMS to develop a process to monitor trends in evolving legal and litigation requirements that will impact the Office and its needs for information management and technology services.   

2. Continued consolidation and integration of systems to better represent the City in civil litigation. 

3. The Office seeks to be a leader in utilization of new technologies that allow for virtual office capabilities to enhance the delivery of legal services by our attorneys when they are away from their desks in meetings or at court.   

Intermediate Goals (2‐3 Year Goals) 1. The Office devotes considerable time attempting to retrieve and review electronic 

records from a variety of systems throughout the City.  We anticipate increased movement toward a paperless work product, and manageable access to that product is vital to meeting the City’s legal obligations.  As an early adopter of the Hummingbird system, the Office eagerly anticipates implementation of SharePoint for a City‐wide information management and document retention system. 

2. The Office continues to seek funding to scan old files into the document management system.  Currently, the Office is only capable of scanning and electronically filing documents in ongoing litigation.  The department would like to expand this to include historical documents processed by the Office.    

3. During and after disaster situations, the Office requires data recovery and uninterrupted operations.  Enhancement of Office capabilities during and after a disaster will continue through cooperative efforts among City Emergency Management, the Office and IMS. 

 Immediate Goals (Up to 1Yyear Goals)     

1. The Attorney’s Office has been working with IMS to implement a system to retrieve, review, and retain electronic records.  A reliable and user‐friendly system to track litigation holds and to collect data is vital.  Ongoing assessment of City‐wide needs for information management will help contribute to a decision about whether to continue using the current product beyond June 2015.   

2. Current initiatives for retrieving, reviewing, and retaining electronic records for litigation and other purposes include:  Hardware upgrades and implementation of Summation for document review has 

resulted in a more responsive system and more accurate review.  IMS and AccessData 

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continue to troubleshoot system problems.  Overall current release is much more stable than previous versions. 

Additional training has improved accuracy and efficiency with the system through a two pronged venture with the vendor (AccessData) and IMS.  

Additional Office and client training once the system is fully functional.   3. The office is working with IMS to rewrite the litigation case‐management database to run 

on SQL Server and .NET.  Current functional wireframe is ready for transfer to formal specifications.  

4. Expand remote access to the City network for the Office.  IMS continues to replace some desktop computers with mobile devices including tablet computers.  At least 50% of the Office members are using tablet computers 

 Prosecutors Office 

The Salt Lake City Prosecutor serves the Citizens of Salt Lake City by effectively addressing the criminal prosecution demands of the City. The City Prosecutor's office solves community problems, in a substantive way, and recognizes that effective community prosecution requires on‐going commitment to new and innovative methodologies to meet the ever changing demands of criminal justice 

Long Term (3‐5 Year Goals)  

1. Continued integration of technology into the Prosecutors Office.  The office is open to and continually looking for ways to bring efficiencies into the office through technology.  It is felt that efficiency will help offset the need for additional support staff. 

2. The Prosecutor feels that technology can facilitate communication and information sharing between agencies.  This interaction can be between prosecutors in other jurisdictions, defense attorneys, courts, law enforcement and the public.  Where sensitive information is exchanged, data sharing must include strong authentication and accountability. 

3. Better and higher speed access to stored information both within the office and into data stores in collateral agencies.   

 Intermediate Goals (2‐3 Year goals) 

1. Use office automation to help attorneys stay on top of their workload.  As automated mechanisms and techniques become available they will be evaluated and implemented where practical 

2. Investigation of a combined effort between the Justice Court and the Prosecutors Office to digitize and file court documents 

3. During and after disaster situations, the Office requires data recovery and uninterrupted operations.  Enhancement of Office capabilities during and after a disaster will continue through cooperative efforts among City Emergency Management, the Office and IMS. 

 Immediate Goals 

1. The Salt Lake City Prosecutors office seeks to implement electronic document management at the earliest opportunity by:  Should the Prosecutors office elect to continue with PIMS, integrate it and the  

Hummingbird/SharePoint through UConnect   Continued use of Adobe Acrobat Standard on all Prosecutor computers to facilitate 

transfer of discovery documents between opposing council and pro se defendants. 

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 2. The Office of the Salt Lake City Prosecutor continues in its efforts to replace desktop 

computers with laptop computers and docking stations or tablet PC’s. 3. New Software Initiatives: 

Continued investigation of third party client management software systems to replace PIMS.  There has been discussion of developing a Web and Voice (IVR) call off system to alert police officers of rescheduled or cancelled court dates.  This system may be a part of a purchased legal management system such as New Dawn or similar system. 

Possible transfer of source code from the Utah Prosecution Council to IMS for support of PIMS. 

In concert with the IMS SharePoint initiative, development of a virtual file system, running on laptop and Pad computers to accompany prosecutors to court.  This virtual file will contain all pertinent electronic case documents for fast and easy retrieval in court. 

Salt Lake City Recorder’s Office The City Recorder‘s office administers democratic processes such as elections, access to city records, and all legislative actions ensuring transparency to the public.   In addition, 

Acts as compliance officer for the state and local statutes including the Government Records Access Management Act (GRAMA), and the Open and Public Meetings Act. 

Is the custodian of the City Seal and has oversight of the adoption and publication of the city's municipal code. 

Manages public inquiries and relationships, and provides support services to the City Administration and Council. 

 Long Term (3‐5 Year Goals) 

1. Continue to look for ways to use technology to improve the efficiency of our office functions; particularly, relative to our interaction with the City Council and Administrative Offices as well as constituents 

2. The Salt Lake City Recorder will continue to play a vital role in the design and development of the proposed citywide document management initiative. 

 Intermediate Goals (2‐3 Year Goals) 

1. Consult with, and continue to support the City Council Agenda Management Initiative 2. Provide the Socrata system, with the metadata from the records of the City Recorder’s 

Office.  As new record series are transferred to SharePoint, the catalog and attendant statistics would be provides to the Socrata system. 

 Immediate Goals 

1. Currently an initiative is underway for a pilot project to plan document management and records management systems with ITG.  This pilot will include a process to transfer records currently stored in the Alchemy system to the city’s proposed document management system. 

2. Acquisition of software to archive the various Social Media sites maintained by the city. 

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The City Council is the legislative arm of Salt Lake City’s government. The Council’s purpose is to  fulfill  the  legislative  functions of City  government  and  to  set overall policy direction  by passing  ordinances,  adopting  the  budget,  and  providing  legislative  oversight  of  City operations. 

 Long Term (3 to 5 Year) Goals 

1. CRM ‐ further implementation 

2. SharePoint integration with the Council’s website. 

 

Intermediate (2 to 3 Year) Goals 1. CRM & Constituent Communications ‐   

participation in the City’s efforts for a citywide CRM program 

implementation of a CRM program that would serve to enhance communication 

with residents  

implementation of a CRM program that would serve to track 

concerns/requests/policy issues from constituents 

2. SharePoint System 

  

Immediate Action 1. Agenda Management System – implement an Agenda Management system for City 

Council 

Notifications on specific agenda items 

Translation of spoken word into written text. 

Video taping of Council meetings – time stamp for agenda items, compatibility with 

Macs 

Automated publishing of agendas and minutes. 

2. SharePoint  

Support continued roll‐out of SP citywide 

Exploring other add‐ons to the SP platform to improve City processes (CRM, agenda 

management, coordination with Accela, etc.) 

3. CRM & Constituent Communications ‐  participation in the City’s efforts to explore a 

citywide CRM program, terms of use, development of a related ‘business plan’ 

4. Outreach Video development and publishing – Council staff will continue to utilize and 

rely on video technology as a communication & engagement tool  

5. Social Media – coordination citywide for the messages, use, etc. 

6. Explore options for live integration of comments from the public into the Council 

meetings  

7. Make changes to the scheduling program / process for the Council Members’ calendars 

8. Continue use of and support development of the Open City Hall boards 

 

Community and Economic Development Community and Economic Development has responsibility for the planning of businesses and neighborhoods in the City through zoning and enforcements of rules and ordinances.  

 

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Long‐term (3‐5 year goals) 1. Consolidate and  integrate systems. CED spends a good deal of  time  in  reconciliation of 

Accela or  LMS  to OneSolution. Efforts  to  consolidate and more  tightly  integrate would save a  significant amount of  time. The  ideal would be  to be able  to pull a  report  from OneSolution and drill down to the transactions in the source systems. IE. Track an entry in the General Ledger to a business license in Accela. 

2. Implement  a  Citywide  electronic  directory  with  photos  as  well  as  additional  contact information.   

Intermediate Goals (2‐3 Years) 1. Speech to Text software. CED would like to use Speech to Text technology to reduce the 

amount  of  effort  required  to  transcribe  CED  board  and  commission meetings  so  that personnel talent could be spent on other more important projects.  

2. Electronic dissemination of information (transparency).  Developing electronic postings of up  to  date  electronic  agendas  for  citizen  access  on  the  internet,  as well  as  providing public access to electronic recordings of meetings, etc. via the internet.  

3. Streamline  the  intake  processes  such  as  RLF/Housing  Mortgages/CAM  Leases,  etc. through Accela.   

 Immediate goals 

1. Provide  access  to  Housing  and  Neighborhood  Developments  Loan  Management Application to a wider user base on a read only basis.  

2. Implement the tracking and management of Real Property leases in the Accela system. 3. Develop the ability for Department and Division Directors as well as line level supervisors 

to approve  things  such as Purchase Orders, Salary Adjustments, and other  transactions needing approval via mobile devices.  

4. Review  and  update  CED  website  to  be  more  useful  and  provide  more  meaningful information.  

5. Implement  SharePoint,  a  document  management  system  to  employ  paperless  office technologies that will permit staff and constituents to operate with a minimum of paper.  This includes electronic scanning of documents.  

 Building Services 

 Long‐term (3‐5 year goals) 

1. Continue to enhance Accela, ProjectDox, and other systems to make doing business with the Division simpler and more efficient.  

2. Continue  looking  for  tools and  technologies  to better engage and  service  customers of the Division.  

Intermediate Goals (2‐3 Years) 1. Develop  and  implement  a process  that would  allow  customers  to  submit plans  to  the 

Design Review Team (DRT) through ProjectDox and then flow through to Accela once the details are worked out.  

2. Employee  self  service  capability  for  common  IMS  services  such  as  requesting  new computers, phone and computer moves, etc.   

Immediate 

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1. Development  of mobile  apps  to make  staff more  efficient  and  better  able  to  perform their jobs.  

2. Simplify  access  to  information  in  the  field  through  the use of mobile  technology.  Easy button for information on a given parcel.  

3. Complete the work started on the Building Services “Frequent Flyers” app.  4. Implement a touch screen kiosk that would allow customers to find the forms they need 

by  the  type  of work  they  are  doing  and  have  them  printed  on  the  spot  for  them,  or emailed.  

5. Continue to enhance the features and functionality in GIS and AGIS.    

Engineering Division  

Long Term (3 to 5 Year) Goals 1. Continue looking for tools and technologies to serve our customers in the most responsive 

and efficient manner possible. 2.  Continue efforts to improve field operations of our project teams through use of advanced 

technologies. 3.   Engineering  recommends  tools  and  technologies  be  evaluated  that  would  facilitate  a 

citywide Asset Management Program, meeting the needs of all users.  

 Intermediate (2 to 3 Year) Goals. 

1.  Explore the use of project management tools with the objective of increasing operational efficiency. 

2.   Increase  and  enhance  the  use  of  technology  in  field  work  performed  by  Engineering Division personnel. 

 Immediate Goals 

1. Enhance  information  available  through  the  Capital  Improvement  Project  Maps.   This includes improving content, frequency of updates, displaying pertinent information to the public vs. city stakeholders, and possible incorporation with other Department’s projects and schedules.  Additional needs would be to allow for reports in various formats. 

2.  Improve project documentation with the use of various devices  including  laptops, tablets and smart phones.  Engineering desires to  improve CIP project documentation  including daily  reports, measurement and payments, close‐out  sheets, pictures, etc. by providing easy  to  use  data  input  screens  for  project  inspectors,  engineers  and managers.   This information would  automatically  be  captured  in  project  folders  reducing  future  filing, scanning  and  vaulting  needs.   We  also  seek  continued  improvement  for  private development documentation and management through Accela.   

3.    Once  Council  has  funded  a  project,  help  Project  Managers  in  tracking  budgets  by referencing  actual  funds  available  from  One  Solution.   Part  of  this  effort  will  be  to automate  financial summary  forms which  tracks project budgets, payments and change orders. 

4.  Engineering would  like a  city wide  initiative  to  investigate whether a  city wide network license for AutoCAD would save money. 

 Housing and Neighborhood Development (HAND) 

 HAND ‐ Residential Rehabilitation 

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The Housing and Neighborhood Development division administers a wide variety of housing 

and community development programs that contribute to the quality of life, affordability and 

sustainability of Salt Lake City's diverse neighborhoods, and support State goals to eliminate 

chronic homelessness. The Division partners with a variety of non‐profit, governmental and 

lending agencies using City, private and federal funds for these purposes. The Division also 

oversees fair housing laws and monitors grants received by the City. 

 

Long Term (3‐5 Year Goals) 

1. Outreach to the community through web and kiosk applications that permit constituents to interact with the department 

2. Increased use of technology including QR codes to achieve efficiencies in communication between the department and constituents.   Department has implemented QR codes on sale signs on city properties.  

Immediate Goals 1. Begin a six week systems and workflow analysis of workflow prior to revamping/rewriting 

department software systems 

2. HAND would like to rewrite the current Microsoft Access based Loan Application System.  

The system was to be retired a number of years ago with the advent of the LMS system.  

HAND determined that the LMS module was too expensive and did not adequately reflect 

the workflow of the department.  Therefore a rewrite to include: 

Accommodation of the new federal disclosure regulations 

Calculation of APR on new applications 

Conversion to a SQL Database platform based on dot net technology 

Integration  of  inspection, work  description,  contract  bidding  and  loan  application system into one web based system 

A web based client front end to permit applications to complete applications on line 

Once the application process is completed and a loan is in place 

Accept Loan payments over the internet 3. Conversion of the current LMS reporting system from Crystal Reports to SQL reporting 

4. Create a bridge from the LMS system to the new city accounting system.  This bridge 

would specifically create Transaction Journal entries. 

 HAND – Real Estate Services 

Real Estate Services oversees the real property needs of the City including but not limited to: acquisitions, dispositions, leasing and encroachment permitting.  

 Long Term (3‐5 Year Goals) 

1. Develop a QR code sticker for vending cart program that is good for business licensing, SL 

County  Health  Department  and  Real  Estate  Services.   QR  sticker would  be  place  in  a 

visible area of cart whereby inspectors could easily identify the cart and determine if they 

have valid permit to operate in the City. 

2. Create an interactive website for all real‐estate encroachment permits.  

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3. Make Real‐Estate Services applications more accessible and interactive to applicants.  

4. Update and enhance existing web site to provide a better description of service offered 

by Real Estate Services and better access to those services. 

Immediate Goals 1. Continue to refine and enhance Accela to provide the reports and information to make 

doing business with the Division simpler and more efficient. 

2. Create a permitting workflow process with Accela that is integrated with other City 

departments who must also approve permits, such as Planning, Engineering, 

Transportation, Fire, Police, and Public Utilities. 

3. Determine best way to manage and access electronic working document files.    

 HAND ‐ Unity Center 

The Sorenson Unity Center serves as a community resource, enlisting a grassroots approach to  community  development.  It  is  a  gathering  place where  all  cultures  are  celebrated  and welcomed. The  Center  enhances  lives  through  participation  in  visual  and  performing  arts, education and community programs aimed at improving mental and physical well‐being.  

Long Term (3‐5 Year Goals) 1. The Center and  the Computer Clubhouse desire  to  investigate and adopt  technology  to 

enhance  its mission as a community  resource and will adopt  such  technologies as  they become available.  These technologies center on computer and audio‐visual technologies. 

2. Investigate  technology and partnership opportunities  to provide accredited online high school and college level classes and support.  

Intermediate Goals (2‐3 Year goals) 1. Investigation  the design and acquisition of Kiosks  to expand  the  services offered  in  the 

Unity Center  (workforce  services,  transit passes,  etc.)  as well  as outreach of  the Unity Center to Shopping Centers, Libraries, and other public places. 

2. Design  and  Development  of  relevant mini  Computer  Based  Training  (CBT)  courses  for continued outreach  to  the  centers  catchment populations.     These  courses  can  include Parenting  Skills,  Various  forms  of  technology,  language  skills,  and  navigation  of community resources. 

3. Acquire 3‐5 tablets and 3 I‐Macs to equip media/adult lab for adult graphic design classes and additional youth programming. 

4. Acquire Smart Boards or similar technologies for computer center and classrooms. 5. Acquire modern laptops for classrooms. 

 Immediate Goals 

1. Transfer  of  the  Computer  Clubhouse web  application  from  the  “Classic Web  Page”  to Wordpress template for every staff to have access. 

2. Construction or acquisition of community asset map software (i.e. Community Platform) and design  and  construction of  a  community dashboard website  (www.slcwest.org)  to house the asset map. 

3. Create easy instruction sheets for IT offerings in Theater and meeting rooms (for staff and patrons). 

4. Label all cables in the theater 

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5. Set up and provide training for key staff on program management software.   

Planning Department   

Long Term Goals 1. The  Planning  Department  would  like  to  utilize  the  many  tools  available  in  mobile 

computing (apps and websites) and  interface them with Accela to provide the ability for citizens  to  send  requests  to  the Planning Department  and other City departments  and have those requests become part of  the Accela workflow process.   Planning would also like to have additional support for Accela development to incorporate the system better into the Planning processes.  

 

Intermediate Goals 1. The city and the Planning Department specifically are finding success in using Wordpress 

as a tool to interact with the public. The Planning Department would like to make further and  better  use  of  that  tool  and  partner with  IMS  to  establish  improved  support  and development processes and  increase  in‐house expertise  in Wordpress configuration and development. 

 Transportation Division 

 Long Term (3 to 5 Year) Goals 

No long term goals were identified.  

Intermediate (2 to 3 Year) Goals. 1. Upgrade  of  the  Transportation web  presence  to  the  public with  Traffic  Volumes,  Pay 

Station information, and Bikes racks locations.   

Immediate Action 1. Open Wifi in both Transportation conference rooms. 2. Develop a Trax/Bus mobile app to show business and provide coupons.  3. Develop a process  for GIS  requests, which will  to provide Transportation  the ability  to 

request maps and information in a timely manner.  4. Electronic Document Management System, SharePoint or Humming Bird.  5. APARC Down load of the data base to a IMS data base 

 

Finance Department  

Accounting Division  

Intermediate Goals (2‐3 Years) 1. Rewrite and enhance EDS 

2. Enhance Wire Transfer System. 

3. Paperless.  Setup a program to reduce paper and to enhance electronic records.  Explore 

SharePoint for document management. 

Immediate Goals 1. Have Cognos packages working for Accounting. 

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2. Replace CAMP. 

3. Centralized invoice processing. 

 Purchasing 

 Long Term Goals 

No long term goals have been identified.  

Intermediate Goals 1. Implement Online Leave Requests. 

 Immediate Tasks 

1. Generate our own Electronic Forms including:  

Bid form 

P.O. form 

Change orders  

Treasurer’s Office  

Immediate Goals 1. Change Gateway from PayPal to Chase. 2. Document MS Access processes and replace as appropriate. 3. Attach electronic documents in OneSolution Citywide. 4. Implement a change in the Cash Register system to track Vault Cash.

Short Term Goals (0‐2 Years) 

1. Create web payment template for City-wide use that will integrate into TMS System. 2. Create a page on the City website for Investors. 3. Implement Citywide Digital Signatures 4. Create Refund Check application.

 Budget & Policy   Immediate Goals 

1. Implement  SharePoint.   This  project  is  to  cover  developing  and  training  costs  to implement the program for use with budgets and to maintain policy documents 

  Intermediate (2‐3 Year) Goals 

1. Develop/purchase  budgeting  program.   The  need  is  for  a  program  that  facilitates  the design and maintenance of a comprehensive City budget.  There will be several modules for creating and tracking the budget including goal setting and measuring. 

 Fire Department 

 Long Term (3‐5 Years) Goals 

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 Intermediate (2‐3 Year) Goals 

1. Environmental Sustainability Initiative:  System Wide Training Hardware This project involves the installation of training cameras and control panels at fire stations 1  and  11.    Training  from  these  locations,  or  content  produced  in  advance,  can  be streamed  to  monitors  installed  at  each  of  the  fire  stations.    Ideally,  some  form  of interactive discussion system, such as Adobe Connect, will be included.  This initiative will allow the department to stream mandatory training to stations,  instead of asking all fire apparatus to routinely drive to the other side of the city to attend, which will reduce our carbon  footprint.    Additionally,  this will  provide  the  additional  benefit  of  keeping  fire crews in their response districts during training. 

2. Credit Card Acceptance System The department currently has no ability to allow customers to pay for services via credit card from an external website, for things such as CPR training, fire lock boxes etc.  Ideally, we will  identify a system  that  integrates with  the general  ledger, and allow us  to easily setup a fee amount for a service on our external website.  The system should provide the customer and service division an email receipt. 

3. Data Integration The department consumes information from many disparate databases.  We ideally need a solution that will allow us to query multiple databases from one simple user interface, and share  that data among departments with operational need.   The  ideal solution will allow us to create GIS operational dashboards, to ensure we’re meeting our objectives. 

4. Digital Radio Upgrades Over the course of several fiscal years, begin the process of getting radios ready for digital operations.  

5. Fire Station Alerting Enhancements Begin  the  deployment  of  hardware  that will  enhance  fire  station  alerting  capabilities, including turnout timers, smart message boards, and beta bright LED lighting systems. 

 Immediate Tasks 

1. Audio / Visual Historic Preservation Complete  the  process  of  converting  VHS  tapes  in  the  department  archive  historical electronic (lossless) format, and index on the A/V server 

2. Audio / Visual Services Obtain  and  deploy  a multimedia  server  for  reliable  radio  stream  communications  and commercial free video streaming 

3. Automation of Fire Prevention Processes 

Complete the Accela implementation, and segregate target hazard inspections for greater 

manageability.  Evaluate deployment of Accela for combat business license and hydrant 

inspections 

4. Call‐Routing 

Deploy  a  call  routing  solution  to MDT  computers  in  all  front  line  apparatus,  either  via 

Versaterm MDT, or a third party solution 

5. Event Management 

Identify an event management product for mobile using cost savings from the budget this 

year; or, identify and budget for this during the next budget year. 

6. GIS Applications 

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Continue the implementation of GIS web services, to include special events, road 

closures, vacant buildings, and push for integration in Versaterm MDT or alternatively 

deploy another solution if necessary.   

7. Learning Management System Upgrade 

Centrelearn offers a new and greatly simplified version of their application, currently 

available under our existing contract.  Evaluate the new version, and deploy if value 

exists. 

8. NFIRS Reporting in the Mobile Environment 

As a method of allowing fire crews to enter NFIRS data in the field, evaluate ESO as a 

possible replacement for FDM NFIRS 

9. Paperless & Cash Free Initiative 

Achieve 95% paperless operations for all forms mandated by the department for public 

requests and develop an easy method for customers to make payments electronically via 

the Internet 

10. Responsive Website Design 

Upgrade all SLC Fire websites to designs that are responsive, and can be easily viewed on 

mobile devices 

11. Sustainable Mobile Platform 

Begin the transition to less‐expensive mobile devices for field computer operations, 

(MDT, medical reporting, etc) 

12. Telestaff Upgrade 

Upgrade Telestaff to version 2.8, and setup Auctions for evaluation as an alternative to 

vacation draw and shift bid 

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Human Resources Immediate Goals

1. Implement FMLA program February 2015.  

a. More likely to be in Mar‐April timeframe 

2. Purchase and implement an LMS system by year’s end, 2015. 

a. Researching products 1st qtr 2015 

3. Workflows will be created in Cognos for Salary Approvals, Tuition Reimbursement, and 

Fitness Facility Reimbursement.   

a. Subject to proof of concept with Software Support team 

4. Standardize entry work into ONESolution.   We have discovered areas of improvement 

that by reviewing and making necessary changes will provide us with better reports.  

5. Continual implementation of SharePoint for HR to include; storage for documents, 

working documents, workflows, etc. 

6. Review Job Application System, discuss and review for potential updates.  We would like 

to look at Sept / Oct for implementation of any changes. A couple of items to look at are 

to include importing new hire information into ONESolution and possibly include 

schedules for Kronos. 

7. New Separation form in Cognos that we can create workflow from, thus eliminating old 

separation system. 

Intermediate Goals (2 to 3 Year) 1. Employee Online – HR would like to incorporate reimbursement programs on this system 

which would include the fitness and tuition reimbursement.  Employees would be able to 

apply for reimbursements and submit supporting documentation through employee 

online.  This information would also be attached to their personnel file.  After the 

employee submitted information a workflow would carry the process from approval 

through payment.  We would like to incorporate a status update for the employee that 

would allow the employee to log into employee online and check the status of their 

reimbursement.  

2. Electronic Document Management System.  HR is currently loading employee personnel 

files into Hummingbird.  .  We would like to examine the possibility of merging this with 

SharePoint.  Additionally, we would like to look at security access for employees so they 

may be able to access their personnel file. 

3. Implementation of Job Application System this would include the importing feature into 

ONESolution and possibility of Kronos schedule.  

City Justice Courts  

Immediate Goals 1. Create Small Claims Judgment forms application.  This will allow court clerks to 

electronically generate the forms for all the small claims cases.  These forms are then presented to the plaintiff and defendant. 

2. Small claims judgment forms to work with private cases too, not just SLCC. 

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3. Electronic Minute Entry.  This is an application that will generate the minute entry form.  It will be used by Judges and clerks during court sessions. 

4. Jury IVR.  Replace and update the Jury IVR system. 5. Auto Call.  Implement this system to call people who are due in court, have a warrant, 

and are due for jury service and other notifications. 6. Replace or update phone system.  Include Call Center tracking and reporting – who is 

waiting, transfers, more professional interaction and capabilities.  Spanish Phone Line – Automated, then route to a Spanish speaking employee on a rotation.    

7. Continue to improve website by allowing defendants to access case information, bail/fine amounts and payment plan, calendar, update personal information etc. 

8. Use more templates, the capability to use more electronic signatures, electronic stamps and seals. Making the forms compatible with the digital signature pads. Defendants could sign the forms and we could save and upload from there without printing any forms. 

9. Implement a Spanish voice translator at the front counter with speakers or headphones/headsets. 

10. When a defendant pays on‐line and elects to have the receipt sent to them via e‐mail, either 1) have that email address populate the email address field in Coris (it already links to the payment info), or 2) have a CC of the email sent to the court and a court employee can update the cases individually. 

 Intermediate Goals (2‐3 Years) 

1. Put applications, infrastructure and timetable in place to go paperless within 3 years ‐ including scanning stations and electronic signatures and e‐filing.   

2. Have CORIS work like ALE’s small claims process, by using Web Services 3. Voice activated‐Word/Excel, like on our phones and the new tablets.  4. Digital (touch) Court Calendar displays next to each courtroom (like federal court’s) 

 

Mayor’s Office   Immediate Goals 

1. Continue to develop Share Point including the following: Team Discussion to interface with Apple Mac’s, Continue to push out Share Point 2013 features, 

2.        Bring in a Project Management tool to work on windows and Apple Mac’s. 

3. Analyze  the existing Board and Commissions process,  creating a  system  that will  share information with the public as well as collect applications and information online, and to organize the pieces of each system to make an easy to manage system.  

4. Using  the Sustainability Dashboard site as a  template, create a dashboard showing City projects sharing beginning dates, completion dates and progress on each.   

 Intermediate (2‐3 Year) Goals 

1.       Continue  to  implement  SharePoint  in  the Mayor’s office  and other  city departments creating an Electronic Document Management  to help organize  the current administration and will 

make it easier to pass on projects and information to the other groups. 

2. Continue to evaluate the option for a citywide CRM program.  

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Police Department The Police Department is the law enforcement agency for Salt Lake City.   

Long Term Goals (3‐5 Years) 1. Integration  of  FirstNet  into  City  First  Responder  Operations  –  The  implementation  of 

FirstNet across the country is moving forward quickly.  IMS should be ready to deploy and integrate when it comes to Utah.  

2. Budget  and  plan  for  replacement  of  expired/outdated  technology  –  The  police department has a  large amount of technology that supports  life safety response.   Close relationships that result in realistic budgeting and planning for support and replacement should be a priority. 

 Intermediate (2‐3 Year) Goals 

1. Police Car Technology Upgrade – The police department  is at  the point of  significantly upgrading the technology of the police first responder fleet.  Components of this upgrade include  (a) replacing Gobi air cards with trunk‐mounted gateways  (mobile hotspot) that have GPS tracking abilities; (b) replacing  laptops with small tablet computers (Panasonic G1 or M1); and  (c) replacing computer mounts with touch screen monitors/docks.   This plan  would  eliminate  the  need  for  multiple  devices  such  as  e‐ticketing  devices  and laptops.    The  identified  gateway  is  ready  to  deploy  on  the  coming  FirstNet  network. Although already started, this will be a multiyear project to complete.  

2. Consolidated  and  updated  GIS  for  entire  City  ‐  Currently  the  GIS  data  for  the  City  is coming  from  multiple  sources,  and  there  are  different  versions  of  GIS  data  layers scattered around the different City departments. We would like to suggest that a central source  for this data  layers be  created.  This would  allow  all  the departments  to have  a common source to go to for the most accurate and up to date layers that they use. And would also allow, for those programs not designed to have to depend on a  local source, to actively always pull up and display the most up to date versions of these data layers.   

3. Mobile Device Management ‐ There are many useful police applications that can be used on  tablets and  cell phones but  cannot be used without MDM due  to  the  fact  that  the applications access CJIS data and must have 2FA for those devices.  MDM would provide the CJIS compliance for cell phones and tablets. 

Immediate 

1. 2 Factor Authentication ‐ The FBI is mandating 2FA on all devices that access CJIS that are not contained in a secure police facility. The deadline to comply was September 2014 and we are still not completely compliant.  

2. MDT access for Bikes and Motors Officers ‐ Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) are the devices that allow  the officers out on  the street  to gain access  to various kinds of  information. The  officers  are  becoming  more  and  more  dependent  on  the  availability  of  this information.  These  devices  are  normally  in  the  form  of  a  laptop, which  are  currently limited to officers in cars. There are many ultra‐portable devices available today including devices that will run a full version of Windows 7 or 8. These devices would be the most 

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useful to the officers because of their ability to perform all of the functions that the MDTs in the car provide.  

3. Complete  interface with  the State  for  submitting eCitations  ‐ A new  interface between Salt Lake City and the State needs to be completed. The Interface will need to consume the State’s Web services. Along with the web services the  interface will also have to be able  to  pull  data  from  the Versadex Database  and  the  file  servers.  These  three  issues must be addressed for any interface to work properly.   

4. Implement  LANDesk  ‐  Implement and use  LANDesk  instead of  scripts  so  that  it  can be used to implement and update MDT/MRE, eMVA and other field applications as needed.  

 

Public Services  

Long Term (3‐5 Year Goals) 1. Security – General goal to  implement the use of access cards, cameras, etc. to  improve 

the physical and technical security of the division.  2. Better online  registration and payment processes.  General goal  to provide online  tools 

and  resources  to  allow  citizens  to  register  and  pay  for  division  programs  among  all divisions.   Much  of  this  should  be  covered  in  a  department‐wide  work management system (Accela) as referenced in immediate task number one. 

3. Siemens upgrading to Sego will require new controllers in all our buildings.  Struxureware (upgrade for TacVista).  

  Intermediate (2‐3 Year) Goals 

1. Document  Management  /  Scanning.   Continue  to  implement  and  further  utilize Sharepoint as a department wide document management system. 

2. Mobile Devices such as tablets and smartphones.  This is a general goal to deploy mobile wireless devices to more people  in the field that need to regularly update databases for paper‐saving, and to cut down in data entry.  Cost for hardware each unit $100‐500 and $30‐50 per month wireless  fees.   Much of  this will be dictated by  those who will need access  to  department‐wide  work  management  system  (Accela)  as  referenced  in immediate task number one. 

3. Deployment  of GPS units  to  the  rest of  the  fleet  vehicles  in our department.   Plan on renting units at approximately $35‐40 each for 200+ additional units. 

4. (Facilities) Siemens upgrade to Sego 5. Injury reporting.  Our department has a Desire to develop reporting that includes all costs 

associated  with  an  injury  from  multiple  systems.    This  would  include  medical  costs, employee  time  off,  equipment  or  vehicle  damage  and  any  other  costs  relating  to workplace injuries.  This is currently in the exploration phase. 

 Immediate Tasks 

1. (in process) Implement Accela Asset Management System.  This is currently in process as year number one of a five year implementation plan.  Licenses have been purchased, and implementation  is  in process.   Accela will track costs, goals, known assets, preventative maintenance tasks and scheduling, planning and customer service requests.  This system will  show all  work  orders  and  all  permits  in  one  system.  Accela  will  have  everything viewable on GIS maps and will show all project  including conflicting projects at a glance 

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therefore  making  the  city  more  efficient  with  better  decisions.   This  system  will incorporate  the  latest  in  web  based  interfaces  for  Citizen  and  Customers  as  well  as Department field user interface devices and transactions.  Estimated cost to be $250,000 per year during five year implementation period. 

2. (in  process)  Parks  Reservation  System.   Finish  implementation  for  MaxGalaxy  Parks Reservation System.  This is on track to be live by March 2015. 

3. Parking enforcement system  including an  interface with the pay stations, pay by phone, and  hand  held  ticket  system.   To will work with  the  current  pay‐stations mobile  hand printer and computers.   

4. Special  Events  ‐  Accela  Citizen  Access  online  simplified  forms  for  public  to  enter  and interact with special events applications.   

5. CIP  Tracking  in  Accela.    Currently working  on  developing  a workflow  to  track  the  CIP process  in Accela  for our Department.    This may  eventually be  something  that  can be implemented throughout the City.  In evaluation phase currently.   

6. Customization to include credit card surcharge in Sportsman (YouthCity) and Max Galaxy (Parks Reservation)  systems.   Currently  there  is not a way  to do  it with either of  these vendors Options are being explored to determine cost and time to include the fees when taking online payments through these two systems.  

7. Sustainability  bin  inspection  system  that  interfaces  into  ACT.    Sustainability  needs  a handheld  system  to  issue  citations  to  citizens  that  violate  the  rules  relating  to trash/recycle bins.  

8. Create a GPS Map for cemetery. 

 Public Utilities  

The purpose of  the Public Utilities Department  is  to provide water, waste water, Street Lighting and storm water services that meet or exceed public health and environmental standards while ensuring efficiency, public trust and customer satisfaction.  

Long Term Goals (3-5 Years)

1. Combine Billing System and Work Order System  together. The projected effort  for  this project is 1,920 hours.  

2. New Lab System. The projected effort for this project  is 500 hours. This will  include the purchase of an existing system. 

3. Radio  Meter  Reading  by  Radio  Tower  or  Other  Options.  This  would  include  the installation of  radio  towers or  an  agreement with  the  Power Company  to use  existing power poles  to  transmit  radio  reading  signals. Programming will be needed  to connect the data base  information with the Pubs. This would allow the reading of meters at any time. The projected effort for this project is 500 hours.  

Immediate Goals

1. Continue updating  the Rewrite of  the Utility Billing System. The  current Public Utilities Billing System is currently 14 years old. The project is almost complete but requires some reports and screen changes to finish the project.  A rewrite is needed to update both the functionality and the technology behind the PUBS system. The estimated effort  is 2,000 hours. 

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2. New  Cross  Connection  System.  The  existing  cross  connection  database  system  is  not Windows 7 compatible and will need to be updated to run on current operating system or be part of the existing re‐write of the Utility Billing System. The projected effort for this project is 1,000 hours.  

3. Update our Billing System to handle new changes to the Hive Pass being proposed. 4. Design a program for data management for our Pretreatment and Storm water Section. 

The projected effort for this project is 500 hours. 5. Design a program to manage our Water Source and Supply. This will need to pull data in 

from our Treatment Plants, Water SCADA System and Snow Tel Sites. This will automate our extensive excel spreadsheets into one data base.  

6. Design a program to share data between Tanner Ditch Irrigation Company and our PUB’s system on water stock transfers.  

7. Upgrade our existing web payment screen to handle additional types of service requests.   8. Continue to upgrade our existing Water Quality Tracking System (STAR) ‐ New system for 

water  quality  tracking  would  combine  water  quality  data  from  our  existing  access program  in each of our existing water  treatment plants  into one data base. This would allow better analysis and  review of water quality data. This will have  the ability  to pull data from our test labs to monitor water quality across the water system. The projected effort for this project is 1,000 hours. This is currently in the testing phase.  

9. Upgrade  Project  Tracking  System  or  Purchase  a New  System.  The  current  system was designed  over  twenty  years  ago  by  an  outside  consultant.  It  needs  to  be  updated  to provide easier access by employees and management. The current system is hard for IMS to support and modify. The expected effort for this project is 2,000 hours.  

10. Share  Point  –  Record  Management  Implementation  –  The  Department  is  making document management  a  top priority  this  year.  It  is  currently  looking  at doing  a pilot program with Share Point this next year. The Department is currently using Hummingbird in  five areas and wants  to  implement  record management across  the Department. This will  require  some  contractual  assistance  and  participation  by  the  IMS  Department. Projected effort  for  this project  is 80 hours. The Department has hired a  consultant  to help organize and set up basic system.  

11. Accela  –  The  Accela  project  seeks  to  improve  the  permitting  process  in  the  City. Implementation of the permits  issued at Public Utilities  is projected to require about 80 hour’s effort.  

12. Sewer  SCADA  System  –  The  existing  system  which monitors  and  controls  the  sewer treatment  plant  is  ten  years  old  and  needs  to  be  upgraded  or  replaced.  This  would improve  operations  at  the  plant  and  increase  safety  levels.  This  is  currently  under contract.  

13. Implement  the  use  of  our  existing  City  Works  Work  Order  System  into  our  Water Treatment  Plants  and Water  Reclamation  Plant.  This  would  replace  an  old  outdated system  to provide better  information  to management on a Department wide basis. We are currently looking at contracting this service out to a third party.  

14. Expand  IVR  System  to  Include  Spanish  Language.  The  projected  level  of  effort  is  160 hours.  

15. Rewrite  Revenue Management  System  to  provide more  information  to  our  customers and managers. The projected effort for this is 1,000 hours.  

16. Continue to upgrade mobile device systems. This will allow our field employees to access and update work orders and map information in the field.  

17. Create a shadow data base for meter read up load and down load to phase out the Itron meter reading handhelds for route cleanup. This would not post to Pubs. 

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Redevelopment Agency The Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency exists  to  improve blighted areas of Salt Lake City,  encourage  economic  development  of  the  city,  encourage  the  development  of housing  for  low  and  moderate  income  households  within  the  city,  and  encourage compliance with and implementation of the Salt Lake City Master Plan. 

 Long Term (3‐5 Year Goals) 

1. Improved efficiency in achieving the goal of a paperless office.  City Council submittals are currently provided in .PDF format. 

 Intermediate Goals (2‐3 Year goals) 

1. RDA continues to acquire and use portable equipment.  This equipment includes the user of dockable laptop computers and PDA’s for staff 

2. RDA has acquired GIS software to aid in the development of custom maps.  The office participates in available GIS training opportunities and eagerly awaits further refinements to the IGIS application 

3. RDA continues to strive to discover and employ paperless office technologies hat permit staff and constituents to operate with a minimum of paper.  The city’s planned document system is seen as key to achieving this goal. 

 Immediate Goals 

1. The RDA like many city departments continues to drown in a sea of cellulose. Document management is needed to efficiently store and index documents.  Participation in an enterprise document management system is seen as a way to accomplish this coal.  RDA has acquired copiers with integrated scanners that can be employed to capture documents for electronic document management. 

2. The RDA is anxious to expand the use of Laptop and Tablet computing devices in their presentation and field work.  They are receptive to recommendations for cloud storage as well as tools that can be employed to achieve increased efficiency. 

3. The RDA would like to investigate and use Electronic Document Signatures.    

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4.01.04   Systems Steering Committee/Information Technology Master Plan Policy 

  RESPONSIBLE CITY AGENCY: Information Management Services Department   KEYWORDS: compatibility, duplication, strategic plan, software, hardware   1. General  

1.1. The City shall develop an Information Technology Master Plan, which shall address the following: software compatibility with City systems, hardware compatibility with City infrastructure, reduction of system duplication, security of networks, fostering innovation, increasing public engagement, and efficiency and effectiveness in information management systems. 

 1.2. The City shall empanel an internal working group, hereafter referred to as the Systems 

Steering Committee, to develop and maintain the Information Technology Master Plan.  

1.3. The makeup and operation of the Systems Steering Committee shall be detailed in the procedures associated with this policy. 

 2. Responsibilities  

2.1. The Systems Steering Committee shall be responsible for developing an Information Technology Master Plan and for prioritizing information system acquisition, development, and use consistent with the Plan. 

 2.2. The Systems Steering Committee shall be responsible for making recommendations to 

the Administration and the City Council for capital IT projects.  

2.3. The Systems Steering Committee shall develop procedures to govern its responsibilities under this policy. 

 2.4. The Systems Steering Committee shall develop procedures for coordination and 

integration of systems. Potential interface and compatibility issues will be agreed upon in advance of any change or implementation and will be addressed through the IT Systems Steering Committee as an agenda item for discussion. 

 3. Information Technology Master Plan  

3.1. The Mayor or his/her designee, upon recommendation by the IT Steering Committee and Chief Information Officer, shall approve the IT Master Plan and shall submit to the City Council a prioritized list of technology projects for consideration during the annual budget process. 

 3.2. Those responsible under this policy shall cooperate to assure that City information 

systems and decisions are consistent with the Plan.  4. Policy Scope  

4.1. The City recognizes there are efficiencies that can be realized by coordinating IT activities and resources. The primary objective of this policy is to ensure coordination of and collaboration on IT related activities in the City. 

 4.2. IT systems unique to a specific department that fill a specialized function unique to that 

department or those which operate independently of the City’s network are exempt from this policy. 

 4.3. Systems that are mandated by Federal or State rules, regulations, statutes, or  law are 

exempt from this policy.  

4.4. The Chief Information Officer shall regularly review information management systems and decisions to assure consistency with the Plan. 

 4.5. If or when the Chief Information Officer determines that an information system or 

decision is inconsistent with the Plan, he or she shall notify the affected City department. 

 4.6. Upon notification by the Chief Information Officer, a City department shall modify a 

system or decision or shall request a review of the Chief Information Officer’s determination by the IT Steering Committee. 

 4.7. City departments shall follow the recommendation of the IT Steering 

Committee or request a review of the matter by the Mayor’s Chief of Staff or his/her designee. 

 4.8. The requirements of this policy shall not apply to information management activities 

and decisions made during a disaster or in an emergency situation.  

4.9. Information management decisions made prior to the publication of this policy are not subject to review under this policy. 

  CURRENT REFERENCES:   EFFECTIVE DATE (date signed by Acting Mayor): January 18, 2011 EFFECTIVE DATE OF REVISION (Date signed by Mayor):  July 27, 2012      

Systems Steering Committee Operating Procedures 

 In accordance with Salt Lake City Policy 4.01.04, the Systems Steering Committee has been 

established. The purpose of this committee is to: 

•    Provide IMS the guidance, direction, and financial oversight needed to effectively 

use technology to enhance the goals and objectives of the City and better serve the 

public. 

•     Increase efficiency and effectiveness by looking at the technology needs of the City 

as a whole. 

•    Ensure the security of the City’s networks and information 

•    Eliminate duplication of systems 

•    Ensure technology decisions meet the needs of the department and the City as a 

whole 

•    Ensure compatibility with the strategic Information Technology Master Plan of the 

City 

•    Plan for IT projects requiring a significant capital investment 

  

These are the procedures that will guide the Committee in accomplishing these goals. 

1. Composition of the Committee.  

1.1. The Committee shall consist of up to 5 members. 

1.1.1. The Chief Information Officer or Director of the Information Management 

Services department or their designee. 

1.1.2. At the discretion of the Mayor’s Chief of Staff, 2 department Directors shall be 

appointed to the Systems Steering Committee.  

1.1.2.1. Directors may delegate this to the appropriate person within their 

department.  

1.1.3. Optionally, a representative from the Mayor’s Office in invited to participate 

1.1.4. Optionally, a representative from the City Council Office is invited to 

participate 

 

2. Roles and Responsibilities. 

2.1. The Chief Information Officer shall serve as the Chair of the Committee.  

2.2. The Chair shall be responsible for the following administrative tasks: 

2.2.1. Scheduling of meetings. 

2.2.2. Preparation and publishing of agendas and minutes of the meetings.  

2.2.3. Compilation, editing, and publication of the Information Technology Master 

Plan. 

2.3. Departments are responsible for their respective sections of the IT Master Plan and 

shall work with IMS to include immediate, intermediate, and long term goals and 

objectives.  

2.4. The Committee shall be responsible to review, analyze, and make recommendations 

for the IT Strategic Master Plan document.  

2.5. The Committee shall be responsible to review, analyze, and make recommendations 

for IT initiatives that are citywide in nature such as, but not limited to, enterprise level 

systems, infrastructure updates, and/or changes in policy or direction of IT services. 

2.6. IMS shall provide support staff to the Committee.  They will: 

2.6.1. Keep and prepare meeting minutes for review and approval by the Committee. 

2.6.2. Based on the recommendations of the Committee, IMS shall be responsible for 

the preparation of appropriate documentation for submission of budget 

requests for IT projects requiring additional funding. 

2.6.3. Perform other duties as assigned 

 

3. Meetings. The Committee shall meet at a minimum quarterly. Additional meetings may be 

scheduled as needed 

3.1. Meetings are open to all City personnel 

3.2. Meetings shall be scheduled in January, April, July, and October 

3.3. Additional meetings may be called as needed by any member of the Committee 

3.3.1. The Committee member may make the request verbally, via email, or in 

writing to the Chair 

3.3.2. When a request for an additional meeting is received, the Chair shall schedule 

a meeting at the first opportunity convenient to the members of the 

committee 

3.3.3. Ad hoc meetings can be held via telephone conference call or email 

3.4. Summary minutes and notes shall be taken for all Systems Steering Committee 

meetings 

3.5. Meeting minutes shall be published to the City’s internet website (slcgov.com) 

 

4. Information Technology Strategic Master Plan.  

4.1. IMS shall, in conjunction with the departments, identify the technology needs of each 

department on an annual basis. This must be completed in time for the Steering 

Committee to review, analyze, and make recommendation to the Administration as 

port of the annual budget process 

4.2. Departments are responsible for ensuring funding and other resources are available 

for the technology initiatives specific to their areas.  

4.3. The IT Strategic Master Plan shall be reviewed by no less than 3 external entities to 

include: 

4.3.1. Independent Information Technology groups such as Gartner, IDG, Forrester, 

etc. 

4.3.2. IT Directors/CIO from outside entities including at least 2 local governments.  

4.3.3. Their written comments shall be provided to the Systems Steering Committee.  

4.4. IMS will review each department’s technology needs in an effort to: 

4.4.1. Identify redundant requirements/requests and areas where departments can 

make use of or expand the use of existing technologies 

4.4.2. Identify duplicate requirements/requests where multiple departments or 

divisions have identified a specific need 

4.5. Each project will be assigned a sponsor, typically from the submitting department. 

4.6. Based upon recommendations from the Systems Steering Committee, IMS shall 

prepare the necessary documentation to be submitted as part of the IMS budget 

request for all IT initiatives identified as serving multiple departments.  

 

5. Changes or revisions to this procedure require a vote of the Committee and approval from 

the Mayor’s Chief of Staff. 

 

Salt Lake City Corporation Information Technology

Strategic Master Plan Effective January 2015

Revised: January 2015 Page 52

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This is a comprehensive listing of the products and services provided by IMS.

CONTENTS

Network Services ............................................................................................................................... 3 

Software Support ............................................................................................................................... 6 

Software Engineering ........................................................................................................................ 7 

Business Analyst ................................................................................................................................ 7 

Legal and Forensics ................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 

Audio and Video Services .................................................................................................................. 8 

Web Hosting and Design ................................................................................................................... 9 

Graphical Information Systems (GIS) ............................................................................................ 10 

Training ............................................................................................................................................. 11 

Contact IMS ..................................................................................................................................... 12 

Service Level Agreements ................................................................................................................ 13 

Billing Model Based on Fund Type ................................................................................................. 14 

General Fund Departments ......................................................................................................... 14 

Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................... 14 

Approved Equipment (See Appendix B for Qualifications) .................................................... 14 

Core/Standard Software .......................................................................................................... 15 

Help Desk Support ................................................................................................................... 15 

Software Support ...................................................................................................................... 15 

Software Development ............................................................................................................. 16 

Legal and Forensics .................................................................................................................. 16 

Audio/Video Services ............................................................................................................... 16 

Web Hosting and Design .......................................................................................................... 17 

Graphical Information Systems ................................................................................................ 17 

Training ..................................................................................................................................... 17 

Enterprise and Internal Service Funds ....................................................................................... 18 

Appendix A ................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. 

Appendix B ................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. 

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NETWORK SERVICES

Help Desk Services

User ID Services o Account Creation o Access Rights and Privileges o Network Data Storage o Account Management o Account Disable o Network Passwords o Create, Change

Hardware (Installation, Configuration, Troubleshooting) o Personal Computers o Laptops/Notebooks o Tablets o Printers and Scanners o Smartphones and PDA’s

Lifecycle Management Asset and Configuration Management Procurement/Purchasing Software License Management Software Support

o Assist Users with Issues Related to All City Used and Owned Applications o Software Installation, Configuration and Setup

Level 1 Support o Technical Support Utilizing Phone Support and Remote Control Software

Level 2 Support o Technical Support Through an On-Site Technician o Moves/Adds/Changes o Coordinate any moves/adds/changes of equipment on customer premise

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Infrastructure

Future Planning and Administration Coordination of Licensing Troubleshooting and Repair Setup, Configuration and Deployment Maintenance and Upgrades

Infrastructure Equipment and Services Covered in this Section Include:

o IP Telephony and Voicemail Utilizing AVST Technology Phone Service Utilizing (VOIP) “Voice Over IP” Technology Manage Calling Trees and Assist with Recordings

o Switches and Routers o Telecommuter Setup and Support (VPN) o Wireless Networking

Security

Email/Spam Filtering Firewall Maintenance and Configuration Penetration Testing/Security Audits Web Filtering and Reporting Reports Available Upon Request by Department Heads Virus and Malware Scanning Virtual Private Networking (VPN) Intrusion Prevention Services Alarm Systems Video Surveillance

Local Area Network Administration

Setup and Installation of New Servers Administration of Microsoft Network Operating System Manage the Backup and Restoration of All Critical City Data Level 3 Support

o Troubleshooting Problems with the Internal Network and/or Servers o Future Planning Concerning Network Configuration

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Telecommunications

IP Telephony and Digital Phone Sets o Installation/Moves/Changes o Administration/Configuration o Troubleshooting/Repair o Call Recording and Playback

High Speed Microwave Communications o Point to Point o Generally speeds ranging from 40 to 300Mbps o Typically for Medium sized deployments of 20 to 40 people at remote locations o Point to Multi-point (Canopy) o Generally speeds ranging from 10 to 20 Mbps o Typically for Smaller sized deployments of 2 to 20 people/devices at remote locations

Cabling Services o Limited Cabling and Data Jack Services o Most Large Installations are Contracted Out to 3rd Party Vendors

Fax Services o Centralized Network Fax Machines and Individual Fax Machines

Assist with Setup and Configuration of Individual Fax Machine or Server Troubleshooting, Maintenance and Repair of Hardware or Server

o Tracking of Licensing o Training

Audio/Video Conferencing o Audio Conference Bridging o Century Link Bridging Services o Audio/Video Conferencing

Webex

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SOFTWARE SUPPORT

Vendor Provided Software o Installation of client/server, web and mobile applications

o Maintenance

o Troubleshooting applications

o Installing patches and updates

o System administration

o Interface between vendor software and City applications

o Custom report creations using SAP, IBM and Microsoft reporting tools

o Small applications development using Microsoft Visual Studio

o Training

Onsite training when necessary In office training in our IMS training center

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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Software Development o Network/Desktop Applications

Develop applications for the user, designed to meet the specific needs and demands of the user while including security controls to provide appropriate levels of access and console programs to process data and written reports to provide needed information for the user.

o Web Applications Develop web based applications that can be used to meet the needs of the

city’s internal users, and the public while ensuring that they are secure. Write web services to handle secure transmission of data between

application databases and web applications. o Mobile Applications

Develop mobile applications designed to run specific tasks on most commonly used mobile platforms for both internal and external users.

Develop Interactive Voice Recognition system (IVR) that will leverage voice recognition to assist citizens with performing tasks over the phone.

o GIS – Geographical Information Systems Administer, Support and Develop systems that use a GIS component

(ARC-GIS). Develop processes that allow for integrating disparate systems with

database structures that are efficient, secure, and support the goals of the end users.

Provide backup, restoration and replication of structure in database try to provide both a development and a production version for upgrades and testing.

o Server Support Setup and maintain specialized servers to support application

development (GIS, IVR, Reporting Services, SQL, etc).

Software Maintenance

All of the systems/applications that IMS develops/integrates are maintained internally by IMS personnel. Constant upgrading and modifications of these systems are necessary to keep up with the demands of City employees and the citizens of Salt Lake City.

These tasks include:

Database Administration including the Data Backup and License Tracking Troubleshooting, Maintaining and Upgrading/Enhancing Applications and Code

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AUDIO AND VIDEO SERVICES

Video Production: o Messaging and communication planning o Video, Messaging, and Communication consultation o Pre/post-production planning o Script writing o Filming o Editing o Full Service Post Production and Graphics o Voice Over Recording o Motion Graphics o Video Encoding o Duplication and dissemination

Informational videos, announcements, press conferences, public service

announcements, training videos, outreach messaging

Live Television Broadcast of Council Meetings and other Board Meetings

Other assigned video projects as requested by City Departments

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WEB HOSTING AND DESIGN

Maintain, Edit and Update all customer facing and internal websites in the City o HTML, Drupal and WordPress o Create graphics and stylesheets for mobile and web apps o Web security, IIS logs and web statistics o Maintain the publishing servers for web site changes o Maintain site to site replication software for development to production web page

administration o Weekly and monthly maintenance on all internal web servers and sites

Provide web training to all City Departmental Webmasters

Design and implement application interfaces

Take photographs and maintain a City photo gallery

Maintain the information on the SLC Infobase

Administration of Sharepoint 2007 and 2010 web applications

o Sharepoint setup, administration, user training and permissions

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GRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)

Configuration of mapping interface with other applications

New map creation

Update of existing maps

GIS Automation o Write scripts to automate workflows o Map Automation – production quality maps generated from business rules o PDF Map Automation – digital maps from business rules o Google Earth Automation – generate files that will open in Google Earth to highlight

particular features o Geocoding – map point or line features based upon addresses

GIS Analysis

o Multi-criteria sustainability analysis – find areas that have distinct characteristics based upon multiple weighted inputs

o Travel Time Analysis – population related analysis o Demographic Studies – regional population characteristics o Density or Heat Mapping – show concentrations of events such as accidents, crimes, etc o Change Analysis – given two datasets that are snapshots in time, and find the differences o Spatial Data Aggregation – summarize occurrences of a phenomena by region o 3D Line of Site Analysis – Visual analysis based on modeling o Spatio-Temporal Animation – watch data (such as sales tax) fluctuate across the City over

time

Cartography – production quality maps

GPS (Global Positioning System) – Advise on accuracy of locating assets

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TRAINING

Core software training o IMS offers computer based tutorial and videos on the commonly used applications such

as Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. o Instructor led training is available through one of our corporate training partners.

Instructor led training is billable to the requesting department.

Application Specific Training o Customized training regiments for internal/external applications O These training classes can be customized to be held “onsite” at IMS, or in the field where

necessary.

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CONTACT IMS

Front Office

To contact IMS Administration please call the Front Office at 801-535-7948

Help Desk

Regular Hours of Support

7am and 6pm (Monday – Friday)

IMS provides an “After Hours” support technician for both Network and Remote Access Services.

**Charges may apply for “After Hours” support.

Please contact IMS by phone or email if you have any service issues, requests or questions.

Support By: 801-535-7272 or Send Emails to: [email protected]

Ordering

For new hardware and software purchases please contact your departments approved requestor.

If you do not know who this is, you can contact the IMS Helpdesk via 801-535-7272

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SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS

Response Times relate to the amount of time to “notify” the department or individual(s) that the issue has been recognized by IMS and will be acted upon. It does not relate to the amount of time necessary to remedy the issue.

Priority Response Time What is affected?

One Immediately upon notification, or when the problem is identified.

Major System(s) and/or Network Down. All City Users, and/or Large Segment of City are Down/Affected.

Two 4 Hours or Less Localized Group/Area is Down, or Specific (Non-Critical) Application is Offline.

Three 24 Hours or Less Individual Workstation or Printer is Down or Having Issues.

Four 1 to 3 weeks (Based on Availability of Resources)

Desktop Installations or Non-Critical Problems in the Field

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BILLING MODEL BASED ON FUND TYPE

GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS

NOTE: Equipment currently owned by the department is still owned by the department and does not qualify for replacement in the rental program.

If the department has equipment they wish to have upgraded to the rental program, money must be set aside into the proper fund and the equipment must be included into the IMS Budget by the February before the next budget year.

The majority of IMS funding comes from a non-departmental allocation from the General Fund and cover the following Services and Equipment:

INFRASTRUCTURE

o This includes all existing servers, network, cabling, and equipment related to the City’s data centers.

APPROVED EQUIPMENT (SEE APPENDIX B FOR QUALIFICATIONS)

o Computing Equipment Standard Model

Standard Desktop Computer with Standard Keyboard and Mouse o Standard Single Monitor

Standard Notebook Only (If qualified) Standard Tablet + Case (If qualified)

o Approved Printers Must meet the following requirements:

Must be a HP LaserJet Printer o Must include a 3 year warranty

Must NOT be connected directly into a computer Must be connected directly into the City’s Network

o Drivers will be installed from a Print Sever o PCID and Print Name will be assigned

Must be shared by five or more employees o Exceptions on a case by case basis

o Standard IP Desktop Phone with Handset

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CORE/STANDARD SOFTWARE

o Core software installed on all city computers regardless of the function of the computer or the job duties of the individual using the computer. Core Software Includes:

Informix SDK Internet Explorer LanDesk Remote Support and Management McAfee Anti-Virus Microsoft Office Standard Edition Microsoft Office Communicator SLC Developed Apps

o Standard Software still covered by IMS but is only installed as needed and will require a license before installation. Standard Software:

Accela Land Use and Service Requests Abode Acrobat Standard Microsoft Expressions Web Pro OneSolution Financials

HELP DESK SUPPORT

o The primary contact for most IMS services is the IMS Help Desk. There is no charge to any employee or department for calling the help desk although there may be charges associated with the purchase of goods or materials. CLICK HERE FOR HOURS OF OPERATION OR TO CONTACT IMS

SOFTWARE SUPPORT

o The software support team provides the maintenance and support of third party applications such as OneSolution, Accela, or Faster. There is no charge to any employee or department for services provided by the Software Support team although there may be charges for additional software licenses or consulting services provided by third party providers.

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SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

o IMS’ philosophy on software development is to purchase software where something is commercially available that will meet the requirements of the department. Where no such package exists or where the existing options do not adequately address the need, IMS has the ability to develop software internally. The Software development team designs, develops, implements, and maintains hi-quality custom software to meet the specific business requirements of departments. There is no charge to departments requesting software development services or for maintenance and enhancement to systems developed internally. Development and maintenance costs are tracked to show the true cost of the effort.

LEGAL AND FORENSICS

o IMS maintains the ability to provide forensic investigations associated with employee use of City computers. Also provided are the services associated with litigation digital discovery. There is no charge for these services. There may be a charge where outside consulting may be needed or where additional hardware or software is required.

AUDIO/VIDEO SERVICES

o IMS has the ability to produce audio and video content and operates SLCTV, the City’s government access channel. There is no charge for AV services related to press conferences, public announcements, public meetings, or special events. There may be a charge associated with productions that are specific to the functions of a single department or division.

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WEB HOSTING AND DESIGN

o IMS has the ability to develop and deploy websites on the following platforms: SharePoint Drupal WordPress DotNetNuke Traditional HTML.

o There is no charge for website development or maintenance. There may be a charge where custom templates, plug-ins, or components are needed from outside providers.

GRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

o IMS maintains the skill set needed to produce hi-quality maps and perform analysis on spatial information contained in the City’s GIS. There is no charge for these services. There may be a charges associated if outside consulting or additional hardware/software is required.

TRAINING

o IMS offers numerous training classes on core software packages. There is no charge to any employee or department for training classes offered by IMS. The may be charges associated with the purchase of training materials or when an outside trainer is engaged for a specific topic.

o Training Information is published at: http://ims/Lists/Training%20Links/AllItems.aspx

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ENTERPRISE AND INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS

All enterprise and internal service funds will continue to pay actual costs based on the employee’s usage.

The following chart details the cost of services based on the level of use of an employee.

User with Department Owned Equipment

User Level Monthly Amount Annual

Limited User $50 $600 Email account, Employee On-line, KRONOS

Task User $150 $1,800 Plus Core software

Power User $350 $4,200 Plus one specialized software

Mobile User $500 $6,000 Plus specialized software + mobile devices

User with Rental Equipment

Limited User $50 $600 Email account, Employee On-line, KRONOS

Task User $160 $1,920 Plus Core software

Power User $365 $4,380 Plus one specialized software

Mobile User $542 $6,504 Plus specialized software + mobile devices

Items Included

Phone –Based Service and Equipment Core Software and Licenses Approved Standard Equipment Infrastructure, Network, Hardware and Helpdesk Support

STANDARDIZED EQUIPMENT

Job TitlePay

GradeStandard

Setup ORAlternative

SetupOptionalAdd-On

9 HOLE GOLF CLUB PROFESSIONAL 027X Desktop OR Virtual

ACCOUNTANT I 020X Desktop OR Virtual

ACCOUNTANT I - SEASONAL 020X Desktop OR Virtual

ACCOUNTANT II 022X Desktop OR Virtual

ACCOUNTANT III NON UNION 025X Desktop OR Virtual

ACCOUNTANT III UNION 025U Desktop OR Virtual

ACCOUNTANT IV 027X Desktop OR Virtual

ACCOUNTING CLERK III-89 015X Desktop OR Virtual

ADMIN ASST TO OFFICE OF MAYOR 021X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

ADMIN SECRETARY I NON UNION 018X Virtual OR Desktop

ADMIN. ASSIST-APPOINTED-200 024X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

ADMINISTRATIVE ASST MAYOR SPEC 021X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

ADMINISTRATIVE SEC I UNION 018U Virtual OR Desktop

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY II 021X Virtual OR Desktop

ADMINISTRATIVE SERV DIR - POL 031X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

ADMINISTRATIVE SERV DIV DIR 035X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

ADMN ASST/AIRPORT GRAMA COORD 022X Desktop OR

AIR OP SUPER SECURITY/COMMUNIC 035X Desktop OR

AIR OPER MANAGER/COMMUNICATION 029X Desktop OR

AIR OPER SPECIALIST AIR UNION 023U Desktop OR

AIR OPER SUPER AIR/TERMINAL OP 035X Desktop OR

AIR OPER SUPER/ACCESS CONTROL 025X Desktop OR

AIR OPER TERMINAL LANDSIDE SUP 025X Desktop OR

AIR SIGNS GRAPHIC DEISGN SUPER 025X Desktop OR

AIRFIELD MAINT EQUIP OP IV 020X Desktop OR

AIRFIELD MAINT EQUIP OPER III 018X Desktop OR

AIRPORT ARCHITECT 036X Desktop OR

AIRPORT COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INS 018X Desktop OR

AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER 027X Desktop OR

AIRPORT CONTRACT SPECIALIST I 027X Desktop OR

AIRPORT EMPLOYMENT SRVS COORD 021X Desktop OR

AIRPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROG MGR 033X Desktop OR

AIRPORT FACILITIES ASSETS MGR 031X Desktop OR

AIRPORT FIELD TECHNICIAN 022X Desktop OR

AIRPORT FLEET MANAGER 031X Desktop OR

AIRPORT FLEET/WAREHOUSE OP MGR 027X Desktop OR

AIRPORT GDS/PV SUPER-95 023X Desktop OR

AIRPORT INFO TECHNOLOGY MGR 036X Desktop OR

AIRPORT LANDSD OPS OFF 018X Desktop OR

AIRPORT LEAD SIGN TECHNICIAN 021X Desktop OR

AIRPORT MAINT OPS SUP MANAGER 031X Desktop OR

AIRPORT MAINT SUPERINTENDENT 032X Desktop OR

Standard Computer SetupDetermine what you qualify for. Add‐on requires approval.

Job TitlePay

GradeStandard

Setup ORAlternative

SetupOptionalAdd-On

Standard Computer SetupDetermine what you qualify for. Add‐on requires approval.

AIRPORT MAINT. MEC. II-95 020X Desktop OR

AIRPORT MAINTENANCE MANAGER 031X Desktop OR

AIRPORT OPER MANAGER PARKING 031X Desktop OR

AIRPORT OPER MGR EMER SAFETY 029X Desktop OR

AIRPORT OPER MGR GROUND TRANS 031X Desktop OR

AIRPORT OPER MGR SAFETY PROG 029X Desktop OR

AIRPORT OPER SPEC TERM - UNION 023X Desktop OR

AIRPORT OPER SPEC TERM - UNION 023U Desktop OR

AIRPORT OPER SUPER LANDSIDE 035X Desktop OR

AIRPORT OPER SUPER/COMMUNICATI 024X Desktop OR

AIRPORT OPERATIONS MANAGER 029X Desktop OR

AIRPORT OPERATIONS MANAGER- TE 029X Desktop OR

AIRPORT OPERATIONS MGR/SECURIT 029X Desktop OR

AIRPORT POLICE CAPTAIN 034X Desktop OR

AIRPORT POLICE CHIEF 039X Desktop OR

AIRPORT POLICE EOD SERGEANT 029X Desktop OR

AIRPORT POLICE LIEUTENANT 032X Desktop OR

AIRPORT POLICE OFFICER II 021X Desktop OR

AIRPORT POLICE SERGEANT 029X Desktop OR

AIRPORT PRINCIPAL PLANNER 026X Desktop OR

AIRPORT PROCURE SPEC. UNION 021U Desktop OR

AIRPORT PROPERTY SPECIALIST I 024X Desktop OR

AIRPORT PROPERTY SPECIALIST II 027X Desktop OR

AIRPORT RESCUE FIREFIGHTER II 023X Desktop OR

AIRPORT RESCUE FIREFIGHTER III 027X Desktop OR

AIRPORT RISK MANAGEMENT COORD 024X Desktop OR

AIRPORT SENIOR PLANNER 029X Desktop OR

AIRPORT SIGN TECHNICIAN II 020X Desktop OR

AIRPORT SURVEYOR 030X Desktop OR

AIRPORT TECH SYSTEMS SUPER 036X Desktop OR

AIRPORT TENANT RELATIONS COORD 027X Desktop OR

ALARM SYSTEM PROG COORD. UNION 020U Desktop OR

AP ENG RECORDS PROG SPEC UNION 020U Desktop OR

AP LIGHTING & SIGN TECHNICIAN 020X Desktop OR

AP OPERATIONS COORDINATOR II 015X Desktop OR

APPOINTED SR CITY ATTORNEY-01 039X Desktop OR

ARBORIST III 020X Desktop OR

ARCHITECTURAL ASSOC IV UNION 024U Desktop OR

ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATE III 023X Desktop OR

ARPRT MAINT OP SUPERINTENDENT 034X Desktop OR

ARPRT OPERATIONS COORDINATOR I 014X Desktop OR

ARTS ADMINISTRATOR 022X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

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ARTS COUNCIL EXEC. DIRECTOR 030X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

ASPHALT EQUIP OPER SEAS SEAX Desktop OR

ASPHALT EQUIP OPERATOR II 018X Desktop OR

ASSISTANT COMMUNICATIONS DIR. 029X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR 034X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

ASSISTANT TO CHIEF OF STAFF 029X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

ASSISTANT TO THE MAYOR - 00 024X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

ASSOC. CITY PROSECUTOR-699 026X Desktop OR

ASST GOLF CLUB PROFESSIONAL 020X Desktop OR

ASST GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDEN 020X Desktop OR

ASST WATER METER RDR SUPER 021X Desktop OR

ASST. CITY PROSECUTOR-699 029X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet

ASST. DIR./ARTS COUNCIL-90 025X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

AVIATION SERVICES MANAGER 031X Desktop OR

BATTALION CHIEF-81 033X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

BEAUT MAINTENANCE WRK II 013X Desktop OR

BEAUTIFICATION MAINT. WKR-84 012X Desktop OR

BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN COORDINATOR 026X Desktop OR

BILLING OFFICE SUPERVISOR 023X Desktop OR

BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING ANALYST 026X Desktop OR

BUDGET AND REPORTING MANAGER 032X Desktop OR

BUDGET DIRECTOR 036X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

BUILDING EQUIP. OP. II - 95 018X Desktop OR

BUILDING INSPECTOR I 017X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

BUILDING INSPECTOR II 019X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

BUILDING INSPECTOR III UNION 025U Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

BUILDING OFFICIAL-1299 035X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

BUILDING SERVICES & LIC. MGR 032X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

BUS. LICENSE ENFORCE. OFFICER 017X Desktop OR

BUSINESS LICENSE ADMIN.-92 024X Desktop OR

CANYON WATER RIGHTS & PROPERTY 022X Desktop OR

CAPITAL PROJECTS/BUDGET MNGR 030X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CARPENTER II-95 020X Desktop OR

CASH MGT ASSESSMENTS ANALYST 027X Desktop OR

CASH MGT/INVEST ANALYST-200 027X Desktop OR

CD PROGRAMS AND GRANTS SPEC. 025X Desktop OR

CHIEF DEPUTY RECORDER 1098 026X Desktop OR

CHIEF ENGINEER-P.UT.-92 035X Desktop OR

CHIEF OF POLICE-90 041X Vitual OR Tablet Notebook

CHIEF OF STAFF 041X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CHIEF PLANS EXAMINER 027X Desktop OR

CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER 033X Desktop OR

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CITY ATTORNEY 041X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CITY CONTRACTS ADMINISTRATOR 029X Desktop OR

CITY COURTS ADMINISTRATOR 033X Desktop OR

CITY ENGINEER-92 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CITY PAYMENTS PROCESSOR 015X Desktop OR

CITY PROSECUTOR-92 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CITY RECORDER 033X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CITY SEXTON 028X Desktop OR

CITY SURVEYOR 030X Desktop OR

CITY TREASURER 037X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CIVIL MAINTENANCE WARRANTY 026X Desktop OR

CIVILIAN REV BOARD INVEST 035X Desktop OR

CLEAN-UP EQUIP OPER- SEAS SEAX OR

CLEANUP OPERATOR II 018X OR

COALITION COORDINATOR - APPTD 021X Desktop OR

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SEAX Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

COLLECTIONS MANAGER 030X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

COLLECTIONS OFFICER 020X Desktop OR

COM AFFAIRS/ADA ANALYST 026X Desktop OR

COMM AND CONTENT MGR MAYOR'S 021X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

COMM E-911 OFFICE FACIL UNION 019U Desktop OR

COMMERCIAL MANAGER AIRPORT 035X Desktop OR

COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

COMMUNICATION TECH FIRE UNION 022U Desktop OR

COMMUNICATIONS DIR. COUNCIL 029X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR-POLICE 029X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

COMMUNITY DEV PROGRAMS ADMIN 025X Desktop OR

COMMUNITY FACILITATOR 031X Desktop OR

COMMUNITY LIAISON 026X Desktop OR

COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS COORD. 023X Desktop OR

COMP MAINT MGMNT SYS SUPERVISO 027X Desktop OR

COMPLIANCE DIVISION FIELD SUP 025X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

COMPLIANCE PROGRAM DIRECTOR 029X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

COMPUTER CENTER ASSISTANT RPT 017X Desktop OR

COMPUTER CLUBHOUSE COORD - 01 017X Desktop OR Tablet

COMPUTER OPERATIONS MANAGER-PU 033X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CONS. PER. PROCESSOR-1099 014X Desktop OR

CONST CONTRACTS COORD UNION 019U Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CONST LIAISON /PUB POL ANALYST 026X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CONST LIASON/BUDGET ANALY RPT 026X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CONST SERV SPEC NEED LINE 019X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CONSTITUENT LIAISON/BUDGET ANA 026X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

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CONT. AND PROCURE MGR. AIRPORT 035X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CONTAINER SERVICE COORDINATOR 019X Desktop OR

CONTRACT & CONNECT. SUPERVISOR 023X Desktop OR

CONTRACT COMP. AUDIT MGR-98 030X Desktop OR

CONTRACT DEV. SPEC NON UNION 023X Desktop OR

CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT SPEC. RPT 023X Desktop OR

CONTRACTS PROCESS COORDINATOR 017X Desktop OR

CONTRACTS TECHNICIAN-698 015X Desktop OR

CONTROLLER 033X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

COORD FOR HUMAN RIGHTS/DIVERS 029X Desktop OR

COUNCIL LEGAL DIRECTOR 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

COUNCIL PERSON 777X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

CRIME LAB SUPERVISOR 024X Virtual OR Desktop

CRIME LAB TECHNICIAN I UNION 016U Virtual OR Desktop

CRIME LAB TECHNICIAN I UNION 016X Virtual OR Desktop

CRIME LAB TECHNICIAN II UNION 019U Virtual OR Desktop

CROSS CONN. CONTROL COORD-00 022X Desktop OR

CROSS CONN. CONTROL INSPECTOR 016X Desktop OR

CUSTODIAN II-82 011X OR

CUSTOMER SERV ACCT. COLL/INVES 018X Desktop OR

CUSTOMER SERVICES SUPER.-87 021X Desktop OR

CUSTOMER SRVC MNGR P.U.-00 026X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DEP DIR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 037X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet Tablet

DEP DIR HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD 033X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet Tablet

DEP. DIR. REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 037X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet Tablet

DEPARTMENTAL ASSISTANT-88 . 016X Desktop OR

DEPT INFO & DATA ANALYST 021X Desktop OR

DEPT PERSONNEL/PAYROLL ADMIN 021X Desktop OR

DEPT SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER 030X Desktop OR

DEPUTY CHIEF POLICE 037X Virtual OR Notebook Tablet

DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DEPUTY DIR-CITY COUNCIL-90 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DEPUTY DIRECTOR ECONOMIC DEV 037X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DEPUTY DIR-PUBLIC UTILITIES 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF-89 037X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DEPUTY RECORDER 018X Desktop OR

DEPUTY TREASURER 030X Desktop OR

DEV. REVIEW PLANNER I UNION 021U Desktop OR

DEV. REVIEW PLANNER II UNION 025U Desktop OR

DEVELOPMENT REVIEW FAC. UNION 019U Desktop OR

DEVELOPMENT REVIEW SUPERVISOR 030X Desktop OR

DIR AIRPORT ADMIN/COMM - 01 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

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DIR AIRPORT FINANCE/ACCT - 01 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIR EMERGENCY COMUN FIRE 029X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIR OF AIPORT PLAN/CAP PROGRAM 037X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIR OF AIRPORT INFOR TECH 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIR.-HAND-499 035X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIRECTOR - ARPRT PR/MARKETING 033X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIRECTOR AIRPORT ENGINEERING 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIRECTOR AIRPORT MAINTENANCE 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIRECTOR OF CED 041X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES 041X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC UTILITIES 041X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIRECTOR OF STREETS 034X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIRECTOR OPER.AIRPORT-92 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIRECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES 041X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DIRECTOR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 041X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

DISPATCH COMMUNICATIONS SUPER. 024X Virtual OR

DISTRICT SUPERVISOR 022X Desktop OR

DRAINAGE MAIN WORKER III-93 019X OR

DRAINAGE MAINT WORKER II 017X OR

DRAINAGE MAINT WORKER IV 025X OR

ECON DEV INIT GRANT ADMIN-97 025X Desktop OR

ELEC OPS SUPERVISOR PUB UTIL 027X Desktop OR

EMERG MGT TRAINING PROG SPEC 025X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASST MMRS 014X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

EMERGENCY MGT PROGRAM DIRECTOR 031X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SPECIALIST 023X Desktop OR

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS MANAGER-AP 030X Desktop OR

EMPLOYEE TRAINING & DEVELOPMEN 024X Desktop OR

EMPLOYMENT COORDINATOR 025X Desktop OR

ENERGY/UTILITIES MNGMNT COORD 026X Desktop OR

ENG DATA/SID SPECIALIST UNION 018U Desktop OR

ENGINEER III 029X Desktop OR

ENGINEER IV 030X Desktop OR

ENGINEER V 032X Desktop OR

ENGINEER VI 033X Desktop OR

ENGINEER VII 036X Desktop OR

ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION PROG 029X Desktop OR

ENGINEERING EDMS/CAD MANAGER 024X Desktop OR

ENGINEERING RECORDS TEC-87 013X Desktop OR

ENGINEERING SUPPT SVCS MANAGER 025X Desktop OR

ENGINEERING TECH II UNION 019U Desktop OR

ENGINEERING TECH IV UNION 023U Desktop OR

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ENGINEERING TECH IV UNION 023X Desktop OR

ENGINEERING TECH V UNION 024U Desktop OR

ENGINEERING TECH V UNION 024X Desktop OR

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN VI 027X Desktop OR

ENVIRON SPECIALIST II UNION 026U Desktop OR

ENVIRONMENDAL FIELD TECH - SEA SEAX Desktop OR

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGER 033X Desktop OR

ENVIRONMENTAL SPEC I UNION 023U Desktop OR

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 017X OR

EVENT SPECIALIST RPT UNITY CTR 010X Desktop OR

EVENTS MANAGER 026X Desktop OR

EVIDENCE SUPERVISOR 023X Desktop OR

EVIDENCE TECHNICIAN I UNION 015U Desktop OR

EVIDENCE TECHNICIAN II UNION 016U Desktop OR

EX DIR CITY COUNCIL OFF. 041X Desktop OR

EXEC OFFICE ASST 1-97 019X Desktop OR

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AIRPORTS 041X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

FAC MAINT CONTRACT ADMINISTRAT 027X Desktop OR

FAC. MAINT. CONT. COORD. 96 022X Desktop OR

FAC/BID MAINT. WORKER SR.-95 018X Desktop OR

FAC/BLD MAINTENANCE WORKER-95 015X Desktop OR

FACILITIES MAINT. COORDINATOR 025X Desktop OR

FACILITIES MAINTENANCE CONTRAC 019X Desktop OR

FACILITIES MAINTENANCE WARRENT 030X Desktop OR

FACILITIES SERVICES DIRECTOR 032X Desktop OR

FACILITY MAINTENANCE SUPERVISO 025X Desktop OR

FIN. AND ADMIN. SERV. DIR. CED 033X Desktop OR

FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR/P.U. 039X Desktop OR

FINANCE DIRECTOR 041X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

FINANCE/CONTRACT COOR UNION 027U Desktop OR

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS MANAGER-98 030X Desktop OR

FINANCIAL ANALYST I AIRPORT 027X Desktop OR

FINANCIAL ANALYST II AIRPORT 029X Desktop OR

FINANCIAL MGR- PUBLIC UT-97 030X Desktop OR

FINANCIAL REPORTING ACCOUNT/AN 026X Desktop OR

FIRE CAPTAIN-399 030X Desktop OR

FIRE CHIEF-89 041X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

FIRE COMM CENTER SUPER-399 024X Desktop OR

FIRE DEPT. DISPATCHER II-399 016X Desktop OR

FIRE DEPT. DISPATCHERI-399 014X Desktop OR

FIRE PREVENTION SPECIALIST II 021X Desktop OR Notebook

FIRE PROTECTION ENG UNION 026X Desktop OR

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FIRE PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALI 027X Desktop OR Notebook

FIREFIGHTER ENGINEER I 018X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER ENGINEER II 023X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER ENGINEER III 027X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER HAZMAT TECH I 018X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER HAZMAT TECH II 023X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER HAZMAT TECH III 027X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER HVY RESCUE TECH II 023X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER I 017X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER II 021X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER II 022X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER III 025X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER INSPECTOR II 023X Desktop OR Notebook

FIREFIGHTER INSPECTOR III 027X Desktop OR Notebook

FIREFIGHTER INVESTIGATOR II 023X Desktop OR Notebook

FIREFIGHTER INVESTIGATOR III 027X Desktop OR Notebook

FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC I 020X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC I 024X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC I 028X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC II 024X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC III 022X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC III 028X Desktop OR

FIREFIGHTER-HEAVY RES TEC III 027X Desktop OR

FIRST ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR 034X Desktop OR

FLEET ASSET MANAGER 027X Desktop OR

FLEET BODY REPAIR/PAINTER-91 020X Desktop OR

FLEET BUSINESS ANALYST 025X Desktop OR

FLEET DAILY OPERATIONS LEADER 027X Desktop OR

FLEET DIVISION MANAGER 033X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

FLEET MAINT. COORD. 018X Desktop OR

FLEET MAINTENANCE SCHEDULER 012X Desktop OR

FLEET MANAGEMENT SERV SUPERVIS 025X Desktop OR

FLEET MANAGEMENT WAREHOUSE SUP 024X Desktop OR

FLEET MECHANIC I 020X OR

FLEET MECHANIC II 020X OR

FLEET SERVICES WORKER-97 015X Desktop OR

FLORIST III-299 017X Desktop OR

FOREST AREA SERVICE COOR. UNIO 021U Desktop OR

GALIVAN EVENT AD/MARK MANAGER 025X Desktop OR

GEN MAINT. WKR. CON.FIN IV 020X OR

GEN. MAINT. REPAIRER I SEAS SEAX OR

GENERAL LED/FIN REPORT MGR-498 030X OR

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GENERAL MAINT. WORKER III-89 016X OR

GENERAL MAINT. WORKER IV-89 019X OR

GENERAL MAINT. WORKER V 021X OR

GENERAL MAINT. WORKER V-89 020X OR

GENERAL MAINTENANCE WORKER II 016X OR

GENERAL MAINTENANCE WORKER III 018X OR

GEO INFO SYSTEMS (GIS) MGR 031X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

GEO INFO SYSTEMS (GIS) MGR 033X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

GIS /IT SYSTEMS MANAGER P U 033X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

GIS LEAK DET SYS TECH II UNION 023U Desktop OR

GIS PROGRAMMER ANALYST 027X Desktop OR

GIS SPECIALIST 024X Desktop OR

GIS TECHNICIAN II UNION 023U Desktop OR

GLOBAL ARTWAYS INSTRUCTOR -SEA SEAX Desktop OR

GOLF CART-DRIVING RANGE SEAX OR

GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE WRKR 018X OR

GOLF DIVISION BUSINESS MANAGER 027X Desktop OR

GOLF MANAGER 032X Desktop OR

GOLF MARSHAL SEAX Desktop OR

GOLF PROFESSIONAL 030X Desktop OR

GOLF STARTER SEAX OR

GOLF SUERINTENDENT 18 HOLES 027X Desktop OR

GOLF SUPER 27-36 HOLES 029X Desktop OR

GRAFFITI RESP. FLD TECH - 01 016X Desktop OR

GRAMA COORDINATOR/PARALEGAL 021X Virtual OR Desktop

GRANTS ACQ/PROJ COORD-POLICE 025X Desktop OR

GRANTS ACQUIST PROJECT COORD 025X Desktop OR

GREENHOUSE SUPERVISOR - 00 021X Desktop OR

GROUNDSKEEPER I- SEAX OR

GROUNDSKEEPER II SEAX OR

GROUNDSKEEPER III SEAX OR

HAND ACCOUNTANT/AUDITOR 025X Desktop OR

HEARING OFF REFEREE COORD I 015X Desktop OR

HEARING OFF REFEREE COORD II 018X Desktop OR

HOUSING DEV PROGRAMS SPECIAL 023X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet Tablet

HOUSING PROGRAM MANAGER 029X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet Tablet

HOUSING REHAB SPEC II-93 UNION 022X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet

HOUSING REHAB.COMP. SUPER-93 025X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet

HOUSING/ZONING LEGAL INVES UNI 027U Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

HOUSING/ZONING SPECIALIST 029X Desktop OR

HR OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR 025X Desktop OR

HRIS COORDINATOR 4-2000 023X Desktop OR

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HSG FINANCIAL SERV SUP-93 019X Desktop OR

HUMAN RESOURCE PROGRAM MGR I 032X Desktop OR

HUMAN RESOURCE PROGRAM MGR. II 034X Desktop OR

HUMAN RESOURCE TECHNICIAN 016X Desktop OR

HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTANT-95 025X Desktop OR

HVAC SPECIALIST 025X OR

HVAC TEC. II-95 021X OR

HYDROLOGY SPECIALIST UNION 024U Desktop OR

ICE RINK CASHIER SEAX Desktop OR

IMPOUND LOT ATTENDANT HELP-96 016X OR

IMPOUND LOT ATTENDANT SEASONAL SEAX OR

IMPOUND LOT SUPERVISOR 022X Desktop OR

INFORMATION SYSTEMS SUPERVISOR 022X Desktop OR

INTERN SEAX Virtual OR

INTERN (PAID) SEAX Virtual OR

IRRIGATION OPER II 017X OR

IRRIGATION SYSTEM SUPERVISOR 027X Desktop OR

JUSTICE COURT ACCOUNTANT 024X Desktop OR

JUSTICE COURT CLERK 015X Desktop OR

JUSTICE COURT CLERK - HOURLY HRYX Desktop OR

JUSTICE COURT JUDGE 037X Desktop OR

JUSTICE COURT JUDGE RPT 037X Desktop OR

JUSTICE COURT RECORDS CLERK 012X Desktop OR

JUSTICE COURT SECTION MGR 026X Desktop OR

JUSTICE COURT SUPERVISOR 024X Desktop OR

LABORATORY CHEMIST 024X Desktop OR

LABORATORY COORDINATOR 026X Desktop OR

LANDLORD/TENNANT LIC. COORD 018X Desktop OR

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT III 029X Desktop OR

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT PROJ MNGR 033X Desktop OR

LANDSCAPE REST LEAD WORKER 017X Desktop OR

LAW OFFICE MANAGER - 01 021X Desktop OR

LEAD EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 019X OR

LEAD PROSECUTOR ASSISTANT 019X Desktop OR

LEGAL SECRETARY II -198 016X Desktop OR

LEGAL SECRETARY III - 95 018X Desktop OR

LICENSED ARCHITECT 030X Desktop OR

LIFT STATION MAIN. SUPERVISOR 025X OR

LOCKSMITH TECHNICIAN-95 020X Desktop OR

MAINT OFFICE SUPERVISOR-1098 021X Desktop OR

MAINT. ELECTRICIAN IV - 01 022X OR

MAINT. SUPPORT MANAGER PU 033X Desktop OR

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MAINTENANCE PROGRAM MANAGER 028X Desktop OR

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR 025X Desktop OR

MANAGEMENT ANALYST 97 024X Desktop OR

MAYOR 777X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

METAL FABRICATION TEC.-93 020X OR

METER READER/TECHNICIAN 016X OR

NET SUP ADM II 025X Desktop OR

NET SUP ADM III 027X Desktop OR

NET SYS ENG II 031X Desktop OR

NETWORK SUPPORT ADMIN I 023X Desktop OR

NETWORK SUPPORT TEAM MANAGER 029X Desktop OR

OFFICE FACILITATOR I NON UNION 018X Desktop OR

OFFICE FACILITATOR I UNION 018X Desktop OR

OFFICE FACILITATOR II - RPT 019X Desktop OR

OFFICE FACILITATOR II NON UNIO 019X Desktop OR

OFFICE FACILITATOR II NON UNIO 021X Desktop OR

OFFICE FACILITATOR II UNION 019X Desktop OR

OFFICE FACILITATOR II UNION 019U Desktop OR

OFFICE MANAGER MAYORS OFFICE 021X Desktop OR

OFFICE TECHNICIAN I RPT 012X Desktop OR

OFFICE TECHNICIAN I-88 012X Desktop OR

OFFICE TECHNICIAN II-88 015X Desktop OR

OPEN SPACE LANDS PROGRAM MGR 029X Desktop OR

OPERATIONS DIVISION DIRECTOR 037X Desktop OR

OPS/MAINT SUPERINTENDANT 036X Desktop OR

P.S. FIN/ADMIN. SERV. DIR.-95 035X Desktop OR

P.U. MAINT WORKER III SEAX OR

P.UT. SEAS IRRIGATION WRK-100 SEAX OR

PAGING OPERATOR 010X Desktop OR

PAINTER II-95 020X OR

PARALEGAL 021X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet

PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 017X OR

PARKS & PUBLIC LANDS PROG. DIR 033X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

PARKS IRRIGATION SUPERVISOR 025X OR

PARKS MAINT WRK-IRRIGATION SPE 018X OR

PARKS USAGE COORDINATOR UNION 021X Desktop OR

PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR 023X Desktop OR

PAYROLL/SPEC PROJ COORD - 00 HRYX Desktop OR

PLANNING & PROGRAMMING MANAGER 031X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

PLANNING DIRECTOR -898 037X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

PLANNING MANAGER 032X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

PLANNING PROGRAM SUPERVISOR 030X Desktop OR

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PLANS EXAMINER UNION 025U Desktop OR

PLANT COORDINATOR SUPERVISOR 027X Desktop OR

PLAZA MARKETING/ACTIVITIES SUP 023X Desktop OR

PLAZA/COMMUNITY EVENTS MNGR 029X Desktop OR

PLS/GIS SPECIALIST 026X Desktop OR

PLUMBER APPRENTICE 018X OR

PLUMBER II 021X OR

POL INFO SPECIALIST I - 00 012X Virtual OR

POL INFO SPECIALIST II - 00 013X Virtual OR

POLICE CAPTAIN 034X Desktop OR

POLICE DISPATCH SUPERVISOR 024X Virtual OR

POLICE INTELLIGENCE SPEC.UNION 021U Desktop OR Virtual Tablet

POLICE INTELLIGENCE SPEC.UNION 021X Desktop OR Virtual Tablet

POLICE LIEUTENANT 032X Notebook OR Virtual Tablet

POLICE OFFICER 76 025X Notebook OR Virtual Tablet

POLICE OFFICER I 019X Notebook OR Virtual Tablet

POLICE OFFICER II 022X Notebook OR Virtual Tablet

POLICE OFFICER III 025X Notebook OR Virtual Tablet

POLICE SERGEANT 029X Notebook OR Virtual Tablet

POLICY BUDGET ANALYST 027X Desktop OR

PRETREATMENT INSPEC/PERMIT WRI 021X Desktop OR

PRETREATMENT SAMPLER 015X Desktop OR

PRETREATMENT SR STAFF TECH 027X Desktop OR

PRETREATMENT SR. SAMPLER/INSPE 017X Desktop OR

PRINCIPAL PLANNER - 01 026X Desktop OR

PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST II 025X Desktop OR

PROG SPEC. SUSTAIN TRANS UNION 021U Desktop OR

PROG. COORD./ARTS COUNCIL-90 024X Desktop OR

PROJ COORD III AIRPORT UNION 022U Desktop OR

PROJECT MANAGER/HOUSING-97 025X Desktop OR

PROP & CONTRACTS SPEC. UNION 021U Desktop OR

PROP AND REAL ESTATE MGR. AIR 035X Desktop OR

PROPERTY CONTROL AGENT 022X Desktop OR

PROSECUTOR ASSISTANT 016X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet

PUB POL ANALYST 031X Desktop OR

PUB SERV CUSTOMER SERV LIAISON 021U Desktop OR

PUB WAY CONCRETE/PAVE MANAGER 027X Desktop OR

PUBLIC ART PROGRAM MANAGER 024X Desktop OR

PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER I 014U Virtual OR

PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER I 014X Virtual OR

PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER II 016U Virtual OR

PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER II 016X Virtual OR

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PUMPS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN 018X OR

PURCHASING CONSULTANT II 025X Desktop OR

PURCHASING SERVICE OFF-89 019X Desktop OR

QUAL ASSUR SR SAMP CUL WATER 017X Desktop OR

RDA OFFICE MANAGER 021X Desktop OR

RDA PROJECT AREA SPECIALIST 022X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet

RDA PROJECT MANAGER 026X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet

RDA SR. PROJECT MANAGER 032X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet

REAL PROPERTY AGENT 026X Desktop OR

REAL PROPERTY MANAGER 031X Desktop OR

RECEPTIONIST - RPT 010X Desktop OR

RECORDER'S TECHNICIAN 015X Virtual OR

RECORDS ARCHIVE CLERK - RPT 012X Desktop OR

RECORDS DIR POLICE 026X Virtual OR Notebook Tablet

RECORDS TECHNICIAN II PUB UTIL 015X Desktop OR

RECREATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR 013X Desktop OR

RECYCLING PROGRAM MANAGER 028X Desktop OR

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PROP MGR 026X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet

REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT COORD 024X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet

REGULATORY PROGRAM MANAGER 030X Desktop OR

RESEARCH ANALYST GRANT PRO. MG 024X Desktop OR

REV & LICENSING PROC I 014X Desktop OR

REV ANALYSIS/AUDITING MANAGER 032X Desktop OR

REVENUE ANALYST / INTERNAL AUD 029X Desktop OR

REVIEW & LICENS. PROCESSOR II 016X Desktop OR

RISK MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST 024X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet

RISK MANAGER-00 031X Desktop OR Notebook / Tablet

SAFETY PROGRAM COORD UNION 025U Desktop OR

SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGER P.U. 029X Desktop OR

SANITATION ENFORCE. SPEC. RPT 015X Desktop OR

SANITATION ENFORCEMENT LEAD 019X Desktop OR

SANITATION ENFORCEMENT SPEC. 015X Desktop OR

SANITATION OPERATOR II-93 017X OR

SANITATION PROGRAM DIRECTOR 031X Desktop OR

SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD - SEASON SEAX OR

SEASONAL RECEPTIONIST SEAX Desktop OR

SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 031X Desktop OR

SENIOR ADVISOR-MAYOR 039X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

SENIOR ARCHITECT 033X Desktop OR

SENIOR ASPHALT EQUIP OPERATOR 020X OR

SENIOR ASST CITY PROS. 699 032X Desktop OR

SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR 027X Desktop OR

Job TitlePay

GradeStandard

Setup ORAlternative

SetupOptionalAdd-On

Standard Computer SetupDetermine what you qualify for. Add‐on requires approval.

SENIOR FACILITIES MAINT SUPRVR 027X Desktop OR

SENIOR FLEET MECHANIC-91 021X Desktop OR

SENIOR FLORIST-299 018X Desktop OR

SENIOR INTERNAL AUDITOR 029X Desktop OR

SENIOR IRRIGATION OPERATOR 020X OR

SENIOR PLANNER - 01 027X Desktop OR

SENIOR PLANS EXAMINER UNION 027U Desktop OR

SENIOR PROSECUTOR 033X Desktop OR

SENIOR PUMPS MAINTENANCE TECH 020X Desktop OR

SENIOR SECRETARY-96 015X Desktop OR

SENIOR TRAFFIC TECH UNION 021U OR

SENIOR TRAFFIC TECHN II UNION 023U OR

SENIOR UTILITY LOCATOR 019X OR

SENIOR WATER SYSTEM MAINT OPER 021X Desktop OR

SMALL BUSINESS ECON DEV MGR 026X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

SMALL BUSINESS LIAISON 025X Desktop OR

SOFTWARE ENGINEER II 031X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

SOREN UNITY CENTER PROGRAM MGR 024X Desktop OR

SORENSEN UNITY CENTER DIRECTOR 026X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

SP PROJ GRANTS MONT. SP. 96 025X Desktop OR

SR AIPORT GROUNDS SUPERVISOR 027X Desktop OR

SR COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR 015X Desktop OR

SR COMMUNICATIONS TECH 024X Desktop OR

SR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PLANNER 027X Desktop OR

SR HOUSING/ZONING INSPECTOR 027X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

SR PARKS GROUNDSKEEPER-88 016X OR

SR PURCHASING CONSULTANT 027X Desktop OR

SR UTILITIES REP BILLING - 01 015X Desktop OR

SR UTILITIES REP CONTRACTS-01 015X Desktop OR

SR UTILITIES REP CUST SVC - 01 015X Desktop OR

SR UTILITIES REP GENERALIST-01 015X Desktop OR

SR UTILITIES REP GENERALIST-01 013X Desktop OR

SR UTILITIES REP OFF/TECH -01 015X Desktop OR

SR WAREHOUSE OPERATOR-91 015X Desktop OR

SR WATER DIST. SYST. OPER 598 021X OR

SR. CLEANUP/BROOMS OPER.-93 019X OR

SR. CONS. PERM PROCESSOR 1099 015X Desktop OR

SR. ENGINEER PROJ MANAGER 034X Desktop OR

SR. FACILITIES LANDSCAPER 016X OR

SR. H.R. CONSULTANT-94 027X Desktop OR

SR. PUBLIC POLICY ANALYST 031X Desktop OR

SR. WATER METER TECHNICIAN 023X OR

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GradeStandard

Setup ORAlternative

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STAFF ASSISTANT 021X Desktop OR

STAFF ASSISTANT SEAX Desktop OR

STAFF ASSISTANT - 00 SEAX Desktop OR

STAFFING & POSITION CONTROL SP 022X Desktop OR

STORM WATER IND PROG CO UNION 025U Desktop OR

STORM WATER MAINT MANAGER 033X Desktop OR

STREETCAR PROGRAM MANAGER 032X Desktop OR

STREETS MAINTENANCE LEAD 021X Desktop OR

STREETS RESPONSE TEAM II 019X Desktop OR

STREETS RESPONSE TEAM LEAD 021X Desktop OR

SURVEYOR III UNION 021U Desktop OR

SUSTAIN. OUTREACH PROGRAM MGR 027X Desktop OR

SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR 035X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

SYSTEMS SUPPORT ADMIN - 00 026X Desktop OR

TEC CENTER MGR-1099 024X Desktop OR

TECHNICAL SUPPORT SPEC.-298 015X Vitual OR Desktop

TECHNICAL SYSTEMS ANALYST II 024X Desktop OR

TECHNICAL SYSTEMS ANALYST III 026U Desktop OR

TECHNICAL SYSTEMS ANALYST III 026X Desktop OR

TECHNICAL SYSTEMS ANALYST IV 027X Desktop OR

TECHNICAL SYSTEMS PROG MANAGER 029X Desktop OR

TECHNICAL SYSTEMS SUPERVISOR 027X Desktop OR

TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT 031X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

TECHNOLOGY MANAGER - POLICE 026X Virtual OR Notebook Tablet

TRAF CONTROL CENTER II UNION 023U Desktop OR

TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER DIR-97 026X Desktop OR Notebook Tablet

TRAFFIC COORDINATOR UNION 019U Desktop OR

TRAFFIC MAINTENANCE LEAD 021X OR

TRAFFIC MAINTENANCE OPER II 018X OR

TRAFFIC MAINTENANCE OPERATOR I 016X OR

TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECH II UNION 023U Desktop OR

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT CONS. 025X Desktop OR

TRAINING PROGRAM MGR AIRPORT 027X Desktop OR

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER-86 035X Desktop OR

TRANSPORTATION MAINT WRK SEAX OR

URBAN DESIGNER 027X Desktop OR

URBAN FORESTER 029X Desktop OR

UTILITIES PLANNER-91 024X Desktop OR

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UTILITY LOCATOR-PUBLIC UTILITI 017X OR

VIC ADV PROG COORD.-96 025X Virtual OR

VICTIM ADVOCATE UNION 022U Virtual OR

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VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR 018X Desktop OR

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WAREHOUSE SPECIALIST 018X Desktop OR

WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR-91 024X Desktop OR

WAREHOUSE SUPPORT WORKER FLEET 014X Desktop OR

WAREHSE SUP WORKER-AIRPORT-01 014X Desktop OR

WASTEWATER BUSINESS MANAGER 027X Desktop OR

WASTEWATER COLLECTION SUPER 025X Desktop OR

WASTEWATER LIFT STAT LD WRKR 020X Desktop OR

WASTEWATER LIFT STATION WORKER 018X Desktop OR

WASTEWATER OPER & MAIN MGR 032X Desktop OR

WASTEWATER PLANT MAINT OPER I 015X OR

WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM COO 026X Desktop OR

WATER DIST. VALVE OPERATOR 015X OR

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM MGR 034X Desktop OR

WATER MAINT. SUPPORT WORKER 014X OR

WATER METER READER II-1099 014X OR

WATER METER READER III 018X OR

WATER METER READER SUPERVISOR 025X OR

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WATER METER TECHNICIAN III 019X OR

WATER PLANT OPERATOR II 021X OR

WATER REC MGR 036X Desktop OR

WATER RES ENT/SCIENTIST 026X Desktop OR

WATER SERVICE COORDINATOR 024X Desktop OR

WATER SYSTEM MAINT OPER I 017X OR

WATER SYSTEM MAINTENANCE OP II 019X OR

WATER SYSTEM MAINTENANCE SUPER 027X OR

WATER SYSTEM OPERATIONS SUPER 027X OR

WATER TREATMENT MANAGER 031X Desktop OR

WATER TREATMENT PLANT LEAD OP 026X Desktop OR

WATERSHED RANGER 019X OR

WATERSHED SPECIALIST 024X OR

WATERSHED SUPERVISOR 024X Desktop OR

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WEB DEVELOPER II 026X Desktop OR

WTR QUALITY/TREAT. ADMIN.-97 037X Desktop OR

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WW COLLECT MAINT WRKR LEAD 021X OR

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WW COLLECTION MAINT. WORKER II 019X OR

WW COLLECTION MANAGER 033X Desktop OR

WW PLANT LEAD OPERATOR 020X OR

WW PLANT MAINT OPER IV 021X OR

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WW PLANT OPERATOR 019X OR

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WW PLT MAINT COORD 027X Desktop OR

WW PREVENTIVE MAINT WKR 019X Desktop OR

Y&F PROGRAM COORDINATOR 023X Desktop OR

YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAM COOR 023X Desktop OR

YOUTH CITY PROGRAMS MANAGER 029X Desktop OR

Comparison of Information Management Services

Against State and Local Government Averages

Survey 

Year

Industry 

Average FTE 

by % of 

Total Staff

 Industry 

Average 

Spend per 

Employee 

Industry 

Average FTE 

by % of 

Total Staff

 Industry 

Average 

Spend per 

Employee 

FTEs per Staffing 

Document Less 

Airport, Library, 

HASLC

Staffing for  

Library and 

HASLC

Total FTE's 

Serviced

IMS 

Staffing 

Level Based 

on 85% of 

Industry 

Average

IMS 

Personnel 

(Less 

Library and 

HASLC)

IMS 

Personnel 

for Library 

and HASLC

IMS Actual 

Staffing 

Level

IMS Actual 

FTE by % of 

Total Staff

SLC Actual 

Spend per 

Employee

IMS Goal 

85% of 

Industry 

Average 

Spend

Budget at 85% of 

Industry Average 

Spend

 IMS Total 

Budget from 

Council Adopted 

Budget 

2015 3.6% 8,300$       3.6 6,844$         2281 365 2646 81 65 5 70 2.6 4,182$      5,817$      15,392,840$    11,065,150$   

2014 3.8% 8,600$       3.8 8,980$         2212 279 2491 80 65.25 3 68.25 2.7 4,037$      7,633$      19,013,803$    10,055,004$   

2013 3.6% 7,100$       3.6 8,789$         2174 279 2453 75 63 3 66 2.7 3,829$      7,471$      18,325,504$    9,391,409$     

2012 3.6% 7,800$       3.6 8,712$         2147 2147 66 60.5 60.5 2.8 3,860$      7,405$      15,898,964$    8,286,868$     

2011 3.5% 7,600$       4.6 8,896$         2144 2144 84 59 59 2.8 3,644$      7,562$      16,212,070$    7,811,901$     

Average Across 

Governments of All Sizes

Average of Governments

 w/Operating Budget

$250‐500M IMS Actuals

$‐

$1,000 

$2,000 

$3,000 

$4,000 

$5,000 

$6,000 

$7,000 

$8,000 

$9,000 

2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

$6,844 

$8,980  $8,789  $8,712  $8,896 

$5,817 

$7,633  $7,471  $7,405  $7,562 

Industry Average Spend per Employee IMS Goal 85% of Industry Average Spend

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

3.63.8

3.6 3.6

4.6

2.6 2.7 2.72.8 2.8

Industry Average FTE by % of Total Staff IMS Actual FTE by % of Total Staff

Total Budget Based on Average Spend per Employee FTE Count Based on Organization Size

Staffing Levels By Percentage of Organization Size Average IT Spend per Employee

$‐

$2,000,000 

$4,000,000 

$6,000,000 

$8,000,000 

$10,000,000 

$12,000,000 

$14,000,000 

$16,000,000 

$18,000,000 

$20,000,000 

2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

$15,392,840 

$19,013,803 $18,325,504 

$15,898,964  $16,212,070 

$11,065,150 $10,055,004 

$9,391,409 $8,286,868  $7,811,901 

Budget at 85% of Industry Average Spend IMS Total Budget from Council Adopted Budget

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

81 8075

66

84

70 68.2566

60.5 59

IMS Staffing Level Based on 85% of Industry Average IMS Actual Staffing Level

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IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key IndustryMeasures: Government — State and LocalAnalysis: Current YearPublished: 15 December 2014

Analyst(s): Linda Hall, Shreya Futela, Disha Gupta

This research contains enterprise-level IT spending, staffing and costmetrics for the State and Local Government vertical industry. Informationprovided was collected throughout 2014 from a global audience of CIOsand IT Leaders.

Key Findings■ By using multiple IT investment metrics, organizations are better able to view IT spending within

the context of IT supply and demand requirements relative to business performance.

■ The 2014 State and Local Government vertical industry average IT spending as a percent ofoperating expense is 3.6%, down from 3.8% in 2013.

■ The 2014 State and Local Government vertical industry average IT spending per employee is$8,355, down from $8,581 in 2013.

Recommendations■ Use this research (or your Gartner ITBudget Tool comparison report) as a source of comparative

data to assist IT and enterprise leaders with fact-based decisions related to investments,planning, budgeting, ongoing operational assumptions and identification of quantitative bestpractices.

■ These measures should be considered in the creation of future-state (both short and long term)objectives to quantify IT planning assumptions and to better understand niche or industrycompetitive drivers, inhibitors, conditions and trends.

■ Use of this information should be considered the beginning of an ongoing value discoveryprocess. Organizations should consider investing in customized, refined, prescriptive or in-depth benchmarking engagements on a recurring basis to support the budget cycle, orwhenever making significant, fact-based IT or business decisions.

Table of Contents

Analysis..................................................................................................................................................3

How Does Your IT Organization Stack Up Against the Competition?................................................ 3

IT Key Metrics Data Research Background.................................................................................4

IT Key Metrics Data Key Industry Measures Overview.................................................................4

Using This Research...................................................................................................................6

Gartner’s ITBudget Tool: Compare Your IT Metrics to Your Industry...........................................7

Gartner IT Key Metrics Data Series............................................................................................. 8

IT Key Metrics Data Source........................................................................................................ 9

Data Variations........................................................................................................................... 9

Demographics..................................................................................................................................9

Government — State and Local Industry Definition..................................................................... 9

Operating Budget Size Categories............................................................................................10

2014 IT Investment Measures.........................................................................................................10

Total IT Spending/Budget Definition..........................................................................................10

Points of Clarification................................................................................................................ 12

IT Intensity................................................................................................................................ 13

IT Spending as a Percent of Operating Expense....................................................................... 13

IT Spending per Employee........................................................................................................14

IT Full-Time Equivalents as a Percent of Employees..................................................................16

IT Resource Distributions................................................................................................................17

IT Operational Versus Capital Spending.................................................................................... 17

Strategic IT Spending Categories: IT Spending to Run the Business, IT Spending to Grow the

Business and IT Spending to Transform the Business...............................................................18

IT Spending Distribution: Hardware, Software, Personnel and Outsourcing, 2014.....................21

Distribution of IT FTEs: Insourced Versus Contractor, 2014...................................................... 22

Distribution of IT Resources by IT Functional Area.................................................................... 23

Conclusions....................................................................................................................................34

Related IT Key Metrics Data Research............................................................................................34

Appendix: Exploring Gartner's Prescriptive Benchmark Analytics Capabilities.................................35

Gartner Benchmark Analytics Select Case Studies................................................................... 36

Gartner Recommended Reading.......................................................................................................... 38

List of Tables

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Table 1. ITKMD Key Industry Measures: Vertical Industry Document Index.............................................5

Table 2. Number of Observations, Average Operating Expense and Enterprise Employees.................. 10

Table 3. Government — State and Local: IT Spending as a Percent of Operational Expense: by

Operating Budget Scale....................................................................................................................... 14

Table 4. Government — State and Local: IT Spending per Employee: by Operating Budget Scale....... 15

Table 5. Government — State and Local: IT FTEs as a Percent of Employees: by Operating Budget

Scale....................................................................................................................................................17

Table 6. ITKMD 2015: Overview Document Index.................................................................................35

List of Figures

Figure 1. ITBudget Tool Location............................................................................................................7

Figure 2. Government — State and Local: IT Spending as a Percent of Operational Expense...............14

Figure 3. Government — State and Local: IT Spending per Employee..................................................15

Figure 4. Government — State and Local: IT FTEs as a Percent of Employees.....................................16

Figure 5. Government — State and Local: IT Operational vs. Capital Spending.................................... 18

Figure 6. Government — State and Local: IT Spending to Run, Grow and Transform the Business...... 19

Figure 7. Business Value Category Decision Tree................................................................................. 20

Figure 8. Government — State and Local: Distribution of IT Spending on Hardware, Software,

Personnel, Outsourcing........................................................................................................................ 22

Figure 9. Government — State and Local: Distribution of IT FTEs: Insourced vs. Contractor.................23

Figure 10. Government — State and Local: Distribution of IT Cost and Staffing by IT Functional Area

............................................................................................................................................................ 24

Analysis

How Does Your IT Organization Stack Up Against the Competition?

IT and enterprise leaders are challenged constantly with dynamic market conditions, wherein theorganization is evolving and technology is changing. The 2015 edition of the Gartner IT Key MetricsData (ITKMD) series, provides insight into the latest industry trends to help enterprises change,make fact-based decisions and help answer key questions similar to these:

■ Are you measuring the alignment between business and IT?

■ Are your staffing and investment levels competitive in infrastructure and operations?

■ Are you measuring your technology performance?

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■ Can you prove the success of current and future IT investments?

Big enterprise changes require fact-based decisions regarding IT investments and costs.A critical evaluation of IT capabilities — past, present and future — is the cornerstone ofdelivering business value. In general, clients find their journeys with benchmarking are moresuccessful by participating in surveys, and in effect, they "get better at benchmarking by doingbenchmarking.

This research provides an overview of the key findings on spending and staffing trends from leadingorganizations around the world and also provides the current comparison data included in theGartner ITBudget Tool (see gartner.com/itbudget).

IT Key Metrics Data Research Background

The Gartner ITKMD series of reports was established in 1995 to support strategic IT investmentdecisions, and today the annual publication delivers more than 2,000 metrics, across 96 documentsand covers 21 different industries. Allowing you to rapidly identify high-level IT spending, staffing,technology and performance trends.

In an ongoing effort to study, analyze, evolve and improve enterprise performance, Gartner drives anumber of initiatives to continuously capture IT data and information from the greater Gartner clientand non-client community to support the growth of the database, the industry insight and thepublished IT metrics series. We invite you to participate in and contribute to the study to representyour vertical industry and region. The Gartner client community provides an exemplary window intothe global IT community, and, therefore, your participation is essential to this publication series.

To contribute to Gartner ITKMD research, start a survey and represent your industry and region.Surveys are available at: gartner.com/surveys.

IT Key Metrics Data Key Industry Measures Overview

This research contains relevant database averages and ranges from a subset of metrics andprescriptive engagements available through Gartner Benchmark Analytics consulting-basedcapabilities. While database averages are indicative of enterprise IT spending levels, actualspending will vary around these averages when considering the variations of unique competitivelandscapes, niche vertical industry subsectors, business scale, and IT complexity and demand,which may be justified by specific enterprise needs. These factors typically drive the context of anIT cost or performance evaluation and often dictate long-term support requirements. Ultimately,business value IT spending and staffing data should be used as a high-level directional indicatorand in the creation of planning assumptions — not viewed as a prescriptive benchmark in whichsignificant budget decisions are made.

For detailed information and metrics specific to each of the listed ITKMD vertical industries, seeTable 1 or review "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Index of Published Documents and Metrics" for acomprehensive list of all available IT Key Metrics Data 2015 research.

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Table 1. ITKMD Key Industry Measures: Vertical Industry Document Index

Document Current Year Multiyear

Executive Summary G00265996

Small and Midsize Enterprise Executive Summary G00265997

Cross-Industry G00266005 G00266006

Banking and Financial Services G00266007 G00266008

Chemicals G00266009 G00266010

Construction, Materials and Natural Resources G00266011 G00266012

Consumer Products G00266013 G00266014

Education G00266015 G00266016

Energy G00266017 G00266018

Food and Beverage Processing G00266019 G00266020

Government — National and International G00266021 G00266022

Government — State and Local G00266023 G00266024

Healthcare Providers G00266025 G00266026

Industrial Electronics and Electrical Equipment G00266027 G00266028

Industrial Manufacturing G00266029 G00266030

Insurance G00266031 G00266032

Media and Entertainment G00266033 G00266034

Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences and Medical Products G00266035 G00266036

Professional Services G00266037 G00266038

Retail and Wholesale G00266039 G00266040

Software Publishing and Internet Services G00266041 G00266042

Telecommunications G00266043 G00266044

Transportation G00266045 G00266046

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Document Current Year Multiyear

Utilities G00266047 G00266048

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

Using This Research

This research was commissioned to help IT and enterprise leaders compare the cost efficiency andsupport staff productivity level of their IT infrastructure and operations environments with that ofother organizations supporting similar IT operations. To ensure a like for like comparison to theGartner metrics it is important to adhere to the data definitions, which can be found throughout thisreport.

As with any published data, many potential interpretations and analyses exist. The datasetrepresents a mix of organizations of different sizes and vertical industry segmentations. Theindustry-specific spending profiles published here represent key metrics data collected directly fromCIOs, CTOs, IT leaders and practitioners with respect to their organization’s IT investment levelsand future IT budgets. Most IT organizations follow an annual IT budgeting process and adjust theirbudgets based on changing economic and business conditions. In many organizations, IT spendinglevels are reviewed and revised on a quarterly or even monthly basis. Therefore, published ITspending benchmarks represent a "snapshot in time," and do not necessarily indicate whatenterprises will or have ultimately spent on IT in the coming year or in the past.

Although the published figures represent what Gartner calls a "stalking horse" (that is, a positionresulting from analysis of data that represents trends and results), each organization should assessits own situation carefully, and should not arbitrarily change to conform to published results (whichdo not necessarily represent best practices). For example, the metric of IT spending as a percent ofrevenue does not, by itself, provide valid comparative information that should be used to allocate ITor business resources. Moreover, IT spending statistics alone do not measure IT effectiveness andare not a gauge of successful IT organizations. They simply provide an indicative view of globalinvestment levels for the market in general.

While the industry-specific spending metrics published here and in other research provide a high-level overview of spending priorities, many organizations feel the need to further evaluate theirorganization as compared to their niche competitive landscape when benchmarking. Many firmsdecide that a formal benchmarking exercise — one that is highly customized and prescriptive forthe individual firm — is a natural follow-on to using the results presented in this research and inGartner ITKMD publications. In such exercises, companies can be more assured that they aregetting an "apples to apples" benchmark with a more refined peer group, and that the benchmarktakes into consideration variations in complexity (such as the elements of industry, enterprise size,platforms, applications and other key variables).

Gartner recommends that organizations consider an investment in such customized or in-depthbenchmarking engagements to support the budget cycle, significant IT or enterprise changes, orwhenever making significant IT cost-based decisions. The information published in this research

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can be used during the time periods between prescriptive or consulting-led benchmarkengagements.

To explore Gartner's consulting-based prescriptive benchmark analytics capabilities and casestudies, see the Appendix.

Gartner’s ITBudget Tool: Compare Your IT Metrics to Your Industry

As an easier way to access the information in this report, you can use the Gartner ITBudget Tool tostart your benchmarking journey and compare your enterprise IT metrics (see gartner.com/itbudget).The tool can be used on an on-going basis, to analysis your current and future expenditure.

To start a new assessment and generate an IT metrics comparison report versus your industry, fromgartner.com, select "Explore," "Metrics & Tools," and under "ITBudget,” select "Start Assessment.”

Figure 1. ITBudget Tool Location

Source: Gartner (December 2014)

Note: Many CIOs and IT leaders leverage the "Delegation" feature to email data collection andfinancial alignment activities to a colleague to complete on their behalf; as well as to drive acommon measurement reporting structure across independent divisions, agencies, or businessunits to support coordinated budgeting, planning and communication exercises. Delegates do notneed to have access to Gartner.

Once you have completed an assessment, the following notes highlight next steps to support ITbusiness value discussions through IT financial transparency and cost optimization initiatives.

■ IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Resources to Review Your ITBudget Assessment

■ Use Benchmarking to Identify IT Cost Optimization Opportunities

■ Measure the Value of the IT Organization From Your Stakeholder's Perspective

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■ Making the Case for IT Investments by Focusing on the Business Strategy

Access to the ITBudget Tool is dependent on your level of Gartner subscription.

Gartner IT Key Metrics Data Series

Depending on your subscription level for Gartner services, some clients have access to thecomplete Gartner ITKMD publication series. To access the series from gartner.com, select"Explore," "Metrics & Tools," and "IT Key Metrics Data."

ITKMD is part of the Gartner Benchmark Analytics range of solutions and offers a macro level lookat Gartner's global database of comprehensive cost and performance measures. ITKMD providesyou with immediate access to authoritative data on IT staffing and investment levels, as well as keytechnology cost and performance metrics. These metrics enable improved budget and investmentdecisions with regard to the changing environments of business and IT.

The ITKMD annual publication series contains more than 2,000 IT metrics published by way of 96Gartner Benchmark Analytics research notes. In addition to the key IT financial metrics in thisresearch, a variety of IT staffing and productivity metrics are available in the areas listed below.Some reports show vertical industry tendencies, while others tend to be cross-industryperspectives. Many of the metrics show averages by revenue scale or size of IT infrastructureenvironment supported (e.g. number of server operating system instances, number of installedMIPS, number of personal computing devices).

These key metrics reports are broadly defined by five key areas of the IT portfolio:

■ Key Industry Measures. Enterprise-level total IT spending and staffing metrics across 21vertical industries, including current-year and multiyear averages. Metrics based on enterprisesize in terms of annual revenues are often provided.

■ Key Infrastructure Measures. IT functional area-specific unit cost, productivity andperformance measures for the IT infrastructure environments, including current-year andmultiyear averages for the mainframe, Windows server, Linux x86 server, Unix server, storage,end-user computing, IT service desk, data and voice network environments. Metrics byworkload size are often provided.

■ Key Applications Measures. Application development and application support spending andstaffing metrics, project measures, life cycle phases, productivity and quality measures (currentyear and multiyear).

■ Key Information Security Measures. Enterprise-level total spending and staffing measures byindustry and region.

■ Key Outsourcing Measures. Enterprise-level total spending and staffing measures by industryand region.

For a complete outline of all related published research in the series, see "IT Key Metrics Data 2015:Index of Published Documents and Metrics."

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IT Key Metrics Data Source

Information for ITKMD is continuously collected worldwide via direct fact-finding in our manybenchmarking and consulting engagements, through surveys of the Gartner community and atGartner events, in addition to surveys of non-Gartner-based communities. Financial information,such as revenue and operating income, is also collected from secondary research sources, such asannual reports and public databases.

Data Variations

As information for ITKMD is compiled by Gartner from multiple sources, we do not use a specificsampling method. The data collected each year may have a different distribution of organizationsizes (revenue/business operating expenses/employees), and geographies. While we do groupsimilar companies within each of the individual industry categories, there is always some diversity inbusinesses represented. For this reason, there may be minor or significant fluctuations in metricsfrom year to year.

IT Key Metrics Data industry reports contain tables below each box and whisker chart that breakout the metric by operating budget ranges (e.g., Greater than $10B, $1B-$10B etc.) The sample sizeavailable for each of these ranges is much smaller than the sample size for the whole industrycategory. For this reason there may be larger year to year fluctuations in the revenue range metricsthan there are for each industry as a whole. While the operating budget ranges can provide usefulinformation, we believe that the best way to evaluate the metrics is through the average, middlequartile, and range information available in the box and whisker charts.

Demographics

Government — State and Local Industry Definition

For the purpose of this publication Gartner has defined the State and Local Government verticalindustry as:

Organizations from the state/province and local Government as well as Government AffiliatedOrganizations.

Table 2 outlines the number of observations as well as the average size of the organizations (annualoperating budget and number of employees) that are represented in the “current year” analysis.

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Table 2. Number of Observations, Average Operating Expense and Enterprise Employees

Industry Number of Observations2013 Operating Expense(Billions of USD)

2014 Employees(Thousands)

Government — State andLocal 140 2.9 7.3

Note: The operating expense figures reported are final and official for 2013. This method is used because for commercialorganizations the 2014 revenue and operating expense figures were not announced or were otherwise unavailable at the time of thispublication.

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

Operating Budget Size Categories

The niche subsector, business scale and future state strategy of each organization in the State andLocal Government vertical industry drive many of the variables required to understand theappropriate level of total IT investment required to remain competitive.

To offer some high-level insight into the effect of business scale relative to IT investment, this reportwill look at five environment scales within our represented data for selective metrics, in terms ofUSD operating budget size as defined below.

■ Less than $250 million in operating expense/budget

■ Between $250 million and $500 operating expense/budget

■ Between $500 million and $1 billion in operating expense/budget

■ Between $1 billion and $10 billion in operating expense/budget

■ $10 billion and greater in operating expense/budget

2014 IT Investment Measures

Total IT Spending/Budget Definition

For the purpose of this research, Gartner has defined "total IT spending" as the following:

"The best estimate of total spending at the end of the 12-month budget period for IT to supportthe enterprise. IT spending/budget can come from anywhere in the enterprise that incurs ITcosts, and it is not limited to the IT organization. It includes estimates by enterprises ondecentralized IT spending and or 'shadow' IT. It is calculated on an annualized 'cash flow view'basis, and, therefore, contains capital spending and operational expenses, but not depreciationor amortization."

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What the IT Spending/Budget Includes, From a Resource or Cost Perspective

■ Hardware, software, personnel (including contractors, travel, benefits and training), outsourcing(external IT services like consulting, system integration, data and voice transmission, softwareas a service, infrastructure as a service), disaster recovery and occupancy costs associatedwith supporting IT within the enterprise. Costs also include all taxes (except value-added taxwhere it is recovered or refunded to the organization).

■ Note: Occupancy costs, include fully burdened costs for the facilities being used by the ITstaff supporting the enterprise. Some examples include office space, furniture, electricity,maintenance, property taxes, security and office supplies. Occupancy costs for spacededicated to IT functions, such as the data center, including power/heat management andraised floor, are also included.

What the IT Spending/Budget Includes, From an IT Functional Area or Activity Perspective

■ The data center (for example, mainframes, servers and storage), end-user computing devices(for example, desktops, laptops, tablets, thin clients and smartphones), voice and datanetworks (including, but not limited to, voice and data transmissions, fixed and mobiletelephony, and Internet access services), IT service desk, and applications (for example,development and maintenance).

■ IT support functions, such as the office of the CIO; supervisory management; finance andadministrative costs, such as purchasing; asset management; process management; andmarketing of IT services.

■ Dedicated data processing equipment used in operations, production and engineeringenvironments — examples are computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) and standard computing equipment used in devices for factory automation, and tabletPCs used by healthcare professionals.

What the IT Spending/Budget Does Not Include

■ Costs for technology or services that are resold. Examples include salaries for developersinvolved in building commercially packaged software, or IT-skilled employees who provideservices for the organizations' external clients.

■ Operational technology that is:

■ Equipment-built or purchased for non-data-processing purposes, but which hascomputerized components. Examples include robotic manufacturing machines, automatedteller machines, specialized point-of-sale devices, scanners, blood pressure monitors andsensors on a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system.

■ Appliance-like or proprietary data processing equipment that has a single (typically industryvertical) purpose and cannot be used for other general purposes. A typical example is acomputer that can only control the flow of electricity through the power grid. Since it cannotbe repurposed, it is not included in our model. Note that other systems that gather data

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from this type of computer and can be used for other purposes would not be consideredoperational technology and, therefore, would be in scope of our model.

■ Depreciation or amortization expenses, which could lead to double counting from anaccounting perspective.

■ Internal "cross charges" and corporate allocations related to large, significant and/or unusualone-time expenses, such as reductions in workforce, redundancy, relocations, retirement,human resources and chairperson's salary.

■ Business data subscriptions and services (such as Bloomberg), even if they are managed by theIT organization.

■ Business process outsourcing services (BPO) where organizations outsource entire businessfunctions such as payroll or benefits management. This includes cases where the BPO vendorprovides access to software, and also guarantees that the outcomes of their services will meetbusiness requirements, such as tax and withholding regulations. Note: where a vendor providesSoftware as a Service and only guarantees that the software will perform as specified, then thisis in scope of the IT spending/budget. Traditional outsourcing of IT functions, for exampleservers and email, are also still within scope.

Points of Clarification

The IT Key Metrics Data: Key Industry Measures publication series looks at IT spending from a"cash flow" view, in that IT spending is defined as "the total of the IT operating budget (excludingdepreciation and amortization), plus IT capital expenditure for the current year." This view allowsorganizations to understand the current year's cash outlay based on current-year management,plans and future-state strategy objectives. Many organizations monitor IT spending results usingwhat is sometimes called the annualized "book view" or "accounting view," which represents the IToperating expenditure budget, including current depreciation (the allocation of prior years' ITcapitalized expenses, which the enterprise records on its books for the current year). Capitalbudgets for the year in this accounting-based view are typically collected and reported separately.While this accounting view is helpful in outlining the annual cost of IT, it often does not accuratelyreflect the current strategy (and the respective investment decisions) because depreciationrepresents decisions made in the past. In this research, the ratio of IT operating versus capitalspending is provided so that detailed comparisons can be made.

It should be noted that IT spending as a percent of revenue in the ITKMD is calculated on the basisof the current year's IT spending (budget) divided by the previous year's stated revenue. Thecalculation is made in this way because the current year's financial data is typically not available atthe time of publication, while the IT spending/budget data is available. Also, the IT budget for afuture year is based on experience from the current year.

Although Gartner publishes worldwide vertical-industry-specific IT spending and staffing metrics,ITKMD does not publish metrics by vertical industries within key geographic regions becauseprevious research has shown that spending patterns are broadly similar by vertical market acrossregions. So, for example, financial services tend to spend a relatively high percentage of revenuecompared with other vertical industries, whether the company is in Europe, Asia/Pacific or North

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America. While this information may not be available through published research, Gartner doesprovide prescriptive benchmarking services versus unique peer groups by industry subsector andor marketplace through the Gartner Consulting capabilities on a service for a fee basis.

To explore Gartner's consulting based prescriptive benchmark analytics capabilities and casestudies, see the Appendix.

IT Intensity

IT intensity, which is defined as "the level of IT investment relative to business results," is afundamental tool in business strategy and IT communications. Although many organizations focuson one measure to understand their relative IT investment levels, Gartner has found that no singlemeasure tells the whole story, and that the metrics need a business context to drive value andmeaning for the greater enterprise to leverage. Gartner suggests that clients view IT investmentagainst multiple measures of business volume and financial performance, and then triangulate onthese as compared with various ratios of business efficiency and productivity. Next, incorporatethese metrics into regular communications with the appropriate business context to link ITinvestment to business performance indicators.

For the purpose of the IT Key Metrics Data: Key Industry Measures publication series, Gartnersuggests that clients triangulate between IT spending as a percent of revenue, IT spending as apercent of operating expense, and IT spending per company employee to understand relative ITintensity levels. Next, clients should cross-examine those measures against business productivityratios (such as revenue per employee, operating income per employee and profitability ratios) tounderstand the impact on the business. For more information on these metrics, see "IT Key MetricsData 2015: Index of Published Documents and Metrics" for a comprehensive list of all available ITKey Metrics Data 2015 research.

IT Spending as a Percent of Operating Expense

IT spending as a percent of operating expense is another view of IT investment levels in terms of therole IT plays in overall business spending patterns.

Business operational expense is defined as:

"The total expense associated with the business units supported by the IT organization. Thisincludes items such as selling, general and administrative expenses, cost of goods sold (or costof revenue), research and development, depreciation, and depletion and amortization expenses.For insurance, this includes underwriting expenses and loss and loss-adjustment expenses; forbanking organizations, it includes interest expenses and noninterest expenses; for governmentand nonprofit organizations, it is represented by the enterprise operating budget."

While revenue may be subject to external-market-based volatilities, business operational expensetypically remains much more consistent and predictable year over year. Therefore, it better reflectsthe overall business investment strategy. Typically, organizations with a greater level of IT

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investment relative to operating expense view IT as a strategic enabler, and this can improvebusiness performance and productivity levels.

Figure 2. Government — State and Local: IT Spending as a Percent of Operational Expense

3.6%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

= Range = Average = Middle Quartiles

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

Table 3. Government — State and Local: IT Spending as a Percent of Operational Expense: by OperatingBudget Scale

<$250M inOperating Budget

$250M- $500M inOperating Budget

$500M- $1B inOperating Budget

$1B- $10B inOperating Budget

$10B+ in OperatingBudget

5.6% 3.6% 2.6% 2.6% 1.1%

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

IT Spending per Employee

IT spending per employee is often used to determine the amount of IT support the averageorganization's workforce receives.

Company employee count is defined as:

"The count of employees (i.e., head count, excluding enterprise contractors and consultants),regardless of whether these employees are frequent users of the technology supported by theIT organization. This includes full-time and part-time employees, or as reported in the publicrecord."

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This measure helps to establish a link between IT investment and automation levels within thecontext of the workforce that supports revenue. Variations in this measure can represent niche-industry-specific delivery processes for service or product delivery, and, thus, should be viewed inconjunction with revenue and operating income per employee. Organizational staffing strategiesand the use of contract employees can also impact this measure.

An increase in IT spending per employee is often viewed as a negative trend. However, this may notalways be the case, as a decrease in employees (or a lack of increase of additional employees whenbusiness improves) can result in a higher value, simply because there is a smaller number ofemployees that are divided into the same or increasing IT spending size. Therefore, the overall trendmay have been impacted by continuing lower levels of general employment and the fact that, inmany cases, organizations have returned to profitability, but have been reluctant to increase hiring.For information-intensive enterprises, an increase in their figure for IT spending per employee mayindicate a productivity improvement, due to automation or digitization.

Figure 3. Government — State and Local: IT Spending per Employee

$8,355

$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$30,000

$35,000USD

= Range = Average = Middle Quartiles

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

Table 4. Government — State and Local: IT Spending per Employee: by Operating Budget Scale

<$250M inOperating Budget

$250M- $500M inOperating Budget

$500M- $1B inOperating Budget

$1B- $10B inOperating Budget

$10B+ in OperatingBudget

$10,327 $6,844 $7,361 $7,987 $7,154

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

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IT Full-Time Equivalents as a Percent of Employees

IT FTEs as a percent of employees is a key measure of IT support and IT intensity from a humancapital perspective.

We define an IT FTE as follows:

"An IT FTE represents the logical staff to support functions performed by the physical staff,measured in calendar time. This includes all staffing levels within the organization, frommanagers and project leaders to daily operations personnel. This also includes insourced FTEsand contract FTEs. However, this excludes the staff of a third-party vendor (for example, IToutsourcing), which is not operationally managed by the in-house staff, but rather is managedby the vendor."

Understanding the relative level of IT staff dedicated to supporting the business can also assist inidentifying whether the staff size is appropriate. This should be considered within the context of theoverall enterprise sourcing strategy and future-state objectives. Variables to consider in tandem withthis metric include IT staffing distribution, contract versus insourced FTEs, and IT outsourcing as apercent of IT spending, as well as the enterprise sourcing strategy — Does the total employee countaccurately represent the organization's workforce that is supported by IT? Do you have the ability totrack the total number of internal users supported by IT?

Figure 4. Government — State and Local: IT FTEs as a Percent of Employees

3.9%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

= Range = Average = Middle Quartiles

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

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Table 5. Government — State and Local: IT FTEs as a Percent of Employees: by Operating Budget Scale

<$250M inOperating Budget

$250M- $500M inOperating Budget

$500M- $1B inOperating Budget

$1B- $10B inOperating Budget

$10B+ in OperatingBudget

5.4% 3.6% 3.7% 3.3% 2.3%

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

IT Resource Distributions

Up to this point, the figures have shown spending and staffing trends overall, without distinguishingbetween the strategic, financial or operational categories that compose them. Through thesecategories, you can draw conclusions about critical investment areas, key investment themes andcompetitive spending and staffing levels.

IT Operational Versus Capital Spending

IT operational versus capital spending helps to portray the IT investment profile for an organizationin a given year.

IT operational expense is defined as:

"The total day-to-day operations and maintenance expenses for this fiscal year that have notbeen capitalized. These do not include any amortization and depreciation expenses."

IT capital spending is defined as:

"The total capitalized IT spending for the fiscal year (that is, the full value of capitalized assetsacquired in the fiscal year). This includes investments in new application development and ITinfrastructure."

This information is typically available in most accounting or IT finance departments, and, thus, itmay be easy to obtain year over year. This metric can provide visibility into the cyclical nature ofcapital investments (such as hardware, software and large service contracts) compared withrecurring operational expenses (such as personnel, facilities and maintenance expenses). Thechallenge is in leveraging this information to communicate the linkage between IT investment andbusiness results, because it is a traditional accounting view of IT cash flow and does not highlighthow IT investment enables improved business performance.

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Figure 5. Government — State and Local: IT Operational vs. Capital Spending

28% 72%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Capital Operational

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

Strategic IT Spending Categories: IT Spending to Run the Business, IT Spending to Growthe Business and IT Spending to Transform the Business

The distribution of IT spending to run the business, grow the business and transform the businessprovides a view of the IT investment profile to support business performance. In some industries, itis not uncommon to see a high "run" focus — typically because organizations in the industry are notplanning strong changes in business model growth or high organic growth — which often translatesinto a more "cost center" role for IT in the industry or niche sector.

Classifying IT spending into categories that show impact on business outcomes or success can aidalignment and quantify underinvestment in IT. Gartner uses the following portfolio spendingcategories and defines them as follows:

■ Run the business: This is an indicator of how much of the IT resource is consumed andfocused on the continuing operation of the business. It includes all nondiscretionary expensesas part of the run-the-business cost.

■ Grow the business: This is an indicator of how much of the IT resource is consumed andfocused on developing and enhancing IT systems in support of business growth (typicallyorganic growth). Discretionary investments are more likely to be included in the grow-the-business or transform-the-business cost.

■ Transform the business: This is an indicator of how much of the IT resource is consumed andfocused on implementing technology systems that enable the enterprise to enact new businessmodels. This is very much a "venture" category and would be represented by activities such asa brick-and-mortar retailer moving to online shopping, a traditional bank offering online banking(or moving into offering insurance services), or a commercial airline offering new freightservices.

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Gaps in business alignment can be found by examining IT spending as it relates to the day-to-dayoperations of a business (run), the organic growth of the business or productivity improvement(grow) and its support of major business transformation, new products, services or business models(transform).

A common misconception with this measure is that an IT initiative that may transform the ITorganization, such as data center modernization or virtualization, should be classified as a"transform the business" investment. While these IT initiatives do transform the IT organization, theyshould primarily be classified as "run the business" investments because they support pre-existingIT services. IT transformation often leads to new business process improvements that enable thebusiness to grow or build new revenue streams. Therefore, these costs would need to be evaluatedand distributed based on IT service and business performance. The run, grow and transformbusiness framework should always be viewed in business terms with respect to how IT will enablethe business to grow or transform revenue, operating income and/or profit margins.

Figure 6. Government — State and Local: IT Spending to Run, Grow and Transform the Business

73% 15% 12%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Run Grow Transform

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

Determining the Business Context for Value

As organizations leverage the run-the-business, grow-the-business and transform-the-businessconcepts at a macro level, Gartner has found it helpful to define various IT investments (andportions of investments) with the same basic framework to illustrate the projected impact at theindividual IT initiative and project levels.

With a basic understanding of the framework, as outlined here, organizations can apply the decisiontree (see Figure 8) to select the category that best describes business value for their IT initiatives.

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Figure 7. Business Value Category Decision Tree

No

No

Is It Revolutionary?

For Everyone?

There is potential for new markets or industries, or displacement or elimination of existing industries.

For the Client?

There is potential to move the client’s business into entirely new markets or industries.

Does It Keep the Lights On?

The situation is about supporting or improving essential, nondifferentiated business functions that do not directly produce revenue.

Does It Make Money?

The situation is about enhancing, extending, or differentiating existing business capabilities related to products, services or markets.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Transformthe Business

Run the Business

Grow the Business

Source: Gartner (December 2014)

Identifying Value in Each Category

When looking to map individual IT initiatives to the run the business, grow the business andtransform the business framework, consider the following points of view:

■ Run the Business: In most run-the-business cases, the basic function is essential to staying inbusiness, and the need for the function is not at issue. Price/performance is the real issue.Don't justify the need for the organization to have paychecks or to track expenses. The valuestatements need to justify:

■ The investment in terms of price/performance

■ Changing over to electronic paychecks to increase accuracy and eliminate rework

■ Outsourcing expense management to lower monthly support costs

■ Server upgrades to eliminate unplanned downtime

■ Grow the Business: Think through the whole value chain. For example, a capability thatenables a reduction in the product development cycle time equates to more new products tomarket faster, which can lead to more revenue and/or market share. As in this example,construct the value argument from measurable operational improvements and a plausible set of

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value chain connections, instead of directly forecasting financial benefit. Stakeholders must seehow the business value is generated to properly understand the opportunity.

■ Transform the Business: These opportunities make the world in which the organizationoperates a different place. To discuss value, a picture must be painted of how the world will bedifferent. At the industry level, describe who will win or lose, how and why. At the market level,describe what makes the market new or different, and what new rules will separate winnersfrom losers. At the enterprise level, describe what the bet is: What is at risk for the client(starting with the entire investment and possibly including the entire company — for example,Motorola bet and lost $26 billion on the Iridium project), and what can be gained? Apple, on theother hand, invested in iTunes (a Web-based service), and, thus, created not only a newrevenue model with an online storefront, but also a new platform to catapult and transform itsproduct set (as well as the market) in terms of the disruptive technologies behind its iPod,iPhone and iPad.

The Link to Strategy

The run-grow-transform framework is a starting point for the overall process of describing,forecasting and measuring IT value. Gartner believes that the initial language and metrics used forbusiness value are critical success factors in the organization's ability to make good IT investmentdecisions. For organizations that are looking for best practice, consider linking individual IT servicesto individual business process performances in a causal chain. For more information, see "A SimpleFramework to Translate IT Benefits Into Business Value Impact"; this document has been archived;some of its content may not reflect current conditions.

IT Spending Distribution: Hardware, Software, Personnel and Outsourcing, 2014

The distribution of spending between hardware, software, personnel and outsourcing costs canshow the dynamics of IT investments. For the purpose of this research, personnel includesoccupancy/facilities costs.

The definitions of each category are as follows:

■ Hardware Expenses: These include all hardware expenses described in the IT spending/budget definition.

■ Software Expenses: These include all software expenses described in the IT spending/budgetdefinition.

■ Personnel Expenses: These include:

■ Salary and Benefits Expenses: These should include salary (including overtime pay),benefits and "other" employee costs, such as travel and training for all IT FTEs. The "benefitload" should include costs for bonuses, paid holidays, vacations, medical/dental coverage,life and accident insurance, retirement plans, stock plans, disability, Social Security,unemployment compensation, dependent care, tuition reimbursements and employeeassistance programs (for example, physical exams, exercise programs and similar costs).

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■ Occupancy/Facilities Expenses: These include fully burdened costs for the facilities beingused by the staff that supports the enterprise. Some examples include office space,furniture, electricity, maintenance, property taxes, security and office supplies. Occupancycosts for space dedicated to IT functions, such as the data center (including power/heatmanagement and raised floors), are also included.

■ Outsourcing Expenses: These include the fees for third-party or outsourcing contracts inwhich "outsourcing" is defined as "any situation in which the full operational responsibility for ITservices is completely handed over to an external service provider (for example, subcontractingmicrofiche, print, maintenance, procurement, system management and equipment)." Thisincludes outsourced transmission services/expenses.

This measure can be helpful in adding context to the IT investment strategy from a sourcingperspective, in terms of accounting-based resources that may be insourced (for example, IThardware, software, personnel and occupancy/facilities costs) versus services delivered by a thirdparty (for example, outsourced services and data/voice transmission costs). As an organizationincreases or decreases the level of third-party/outsourced services, it may find an inverse effect inits associated personnel, hardware and/or software expenditures, depending on the scope of third-party services retained and on business requirements. The cyclical nature of capital investments inIT hardware and software may also play a significant role in an organization's IT spending outlayduring a given year.

Figure 8. Government — State and Local: Distribution of IT Spending on Hardware, Software, Personnel,Outsourcing

15% 19% 44% 22%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Hardware Software Personnel Salaries & Benefits Outsourcing

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

Distribution of IT FTEs: Insourced Versus Contractor, 2014

The distribution of IT FTEs (insourced versus contractor) can help provide a view of the IT staffingstrategy.

Insourced IT FTEs are defined as:

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"FTEs who are employed by the IT organization (excluding contractors and consultants). Theseinclude all full-time and part-time employees supporting the IT environment, as defined by ITspending/budget."

Contract IT FTEs are defined as:

"Contract FTEs (contractors) who are supplemental to your staff and are "operationally"managed by the in-house staff. These include all full-time, part-time and temporary contractorssupporting the IT environment, as defined by IT spending/budget."

IT contract labor or contractor usage can be an effective approach to maintaining flexibility andagility when business conditions are changing. However, keeping contractors for extended periodscan be costly and limit process standardization.

Figure 9. Government — State and Local: Distribution of IT FTEs: Insourced vs. Contractor

88% 12%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Insourced Contractors

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

Distribution of IT Resources by IT Functional Area

The distribution of IT cost by IT functional area provides a view of key IT resource consumption inthe context of the overall IT portfolio:

■ Definitions for the IT Functional Area Framework are defined below.

■ This distribution is different from all the previous metrics because it represents an annual"expense view" of IT costs, which includes depreciation and amortization, as well as the currentyear's operational, lease and maintenance expenses. However, this view excludes the fullcapital expense outlay of the given year, to reflect the total annual cost of the IT environment.

The distribution of IT expenses into these categories helps to define the relative level of IT resourcesrequired per year to support the technology environment portfolio. This is often leveraged in tandemwith IT resource planning exercises, wherein annual cost and staff resource allocations can beviewed in terms of IT infrastructure (data center, end-user computing, IT service desk, data network

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and voice network) versus applications (application development and application support) versus IToverhead (IT management, IT finance and IT administration). While this measure is helpful inidentifying relative volumes of IT resource consumption by IT functional area, as compared toindustry, it does not aid in identifying whether resources are being leveraged in a cost-effective orproductive manner.

By viewing human resources (IT FTEs) within the context of the total portfolio, organizations are ableto identify which environment is the most labor-intensive as a percent of the IT labor pool. Typically,application activities (development and support) demand the most resources from both cost andstaffing perspectives. The degree to which an organization outsources should be consideredalongside such staffing metrics.

Figure 10. Government — State and Local: Distribution of IT Cost and Staffing by IT Functional Area

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Cost Distribution

Staffing Distribution

Cost Distribution Staffing DistributionData Center 25% 20%

End-User Computing 14% 13%

IT Service Desk 9% 10%

Voice Network 6% 4%

Data Network 10% 6%

Application Development 10% 14%

Application Support 16% 19%

IT Management 6% 8%

Finance & Administration 4% 6%

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

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To better understand IT functional area cost-efficiency levels, Gartner recommends evaluatingindividual IT functional area annual costs compared with the workload supported, within the contextof service levels, complexity, demand and scale. For more information on cost measures by ITfunctional area, see Gartner's various IT Key Metrics Data: Key Infrastructure Measures research(which is cited throughout this report and in the IT Functional Area Framework section).

IT Functional Area Framework

The following sections provide guidance on how to count costs and FTE numbers, as defined by thescope of the IT functional area framework/chart of accounts. This includes costs associated withthe operation, lease, maintenance, and depreciation of hardware, software, connectivity, disasterrecovery, occupancy/facilities and personnel to support the environment as defined below.

Data Center

Note: Data center (enterprise computing and storage) includes mainframe, Linux, Unix andWindows servers, storage, and any other platform running in the data center.

Hardware

■ Processing devices: Include all hardware in server platform configurations, including internaldisk storage, controllers, external disk arrays, tape libraries, optical jukeboxes, processors,memory, cards and other offline media supplies.

Software

■ Annual costs for host and virtual OS licenses, virtualization and partitioning software, utilities,databases, middleware, content/document management search engines, messaging,communications (TCP/IP, FTP and host-based) and server security software.

Connectivity

■ Intra-data-center connectivity: This typically includes routers, switches, load balancers,controllers and appliances. Data center communication networks are dedicated networks thatare segregated or isolated from the general-purpose LANs or WANs. General-purpose orshared network costs are excluded from the data center and should be allocated to the datanetwork.

■ Inter-data-center connectivity: This typically includes the transmission cost and hardware costfor the fiber, used and unused (dark fiber), and the switches and controllers. Data center remotecommunication networks are dedicated networks that are segregated or isolated from thegeneral-purpose LAN or WAN. General-purpose or shared network costs are excluded from thedata center and should be allocated to the data network.

Disaster Recovery

■ Includes disaster recovery contracts (compute and communications) for hot sites (shellfacilities), dedicated hardware, software and connectivity.

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Facilities/Occupancy

■ Costs for power/heat management, furniture, access systems, office space, raised floor and / orslab using overhead cable trays etc.

Personnel

■ Operations/maintenance, engineering technical services, planning and process management,service administration, management and administration, and facilities management.

For more detailed information, see "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Infrastructure Measures:Mainframe Analysis: Current Year," "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Infrastructure Measures: LinuxServer Analysis: Current Year," "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Infrastructure Measures: Unix ServerAnalysis: Current Year," "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Infrastructure Measures: Windows ServerAnalysis: Current Year" and "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Infrastructure Measures: StorageAnalysis: Current Year." (Access to these documents is dependent on your level of Gartnersubscription.)

End-User Computing

Hardware

■ User client and peripheral hardware: desktop, laptop, thin-client and tablet PCs, personal andshared printers, multi-functional printers (MFPs or MFDs), handheld devices such assmartphones, and messaging devices. Transmission costs for these devices are excluded andshould be allocated to the data network.

■ IT management hardware: This encompasses hardware that primarily supports an IT process,not a business or user process. Examples are test and training devices, servers hosting networkand system management (NSM) or asset management software, and devices used by the ITstaff supporting the end-user computing environment. This also includes supporting a hostedvirtual desktop (HVD) installation.

Software

■ User client software.

■ Personal productivity and database: This includes new word processors, spreadsheets,presentation packages, personal databases and other personal productivity software executingon client systems. It also includes upgrades.

■ Messaging and groupware: This includes new and upgraded email, groupware andcollaboration software.

■ IT Management Software: This includes IT software that is used exclusively for IT functionsincluding network, systems, storage and asset management, training and computer-basedtraining (CBT) software as well as security software (antivirus, personal firewall, encryption, etc.).This also includes supporting a hosted virtual desktop (HVD) installation.

Disaster Recovery

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■ Annual costs of hardware, software, connectivity, occupancy and contracts specificallydedicated to disaster recovery for end-user computing.

Occupancy

■ Occupancy costs should include fully burdened costs for the facilities being used by the staffsupporting the end-user computing environment. Some examples include office space,furniture, electricity, maintenance, property taxes, security and office supplies.

Personnel

■ Operations/maintenance, engineering technical services, planning and process management,service administration, management and administration.

For more detailed information, see "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Infrastructure Measures: End-User Computing Analysis: Current Year." (Access to this document is dependent on your level ofGartner subscription.)

IT Service Desk

Hardware

■ PBX, ACD, interactive voice response, computer-telephony integration, IT service desk end-user computing devices, and IT service desk application servers.

Software

■ This includes all software that is necessary to operate the IT service desk, such as expertknowledge tools, problem management tools, quality monitoring, self-service, workforcemanagement software, workflow management software and IT service desk management portalsoftware.

Occupancy

■ Occupancy costs should include fully burdened costs for the facilities being used by the staffsupporting the IT service desk environment. Some examples include office space, furniture,electricity, maintenance, property taxes, security and office supplies.

Transmission

■ Includes inbound 800 service, dedicated trunking, local service, outbound long distance,Internet access (for example, IT service desk portal) and networking between IT service desks.

Disaster Recovery

■ Annual costs of hardware, software, connectivity, occupancy and contracts specificallydedicated to disaster recovery for IT service desk.

Personnel

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■ IT service desk agents, operations/maintenance, engineering technical services, planning andprocess management, service administration, management and administration.

For more detailed information, see "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Infrastructure Measures: ITService Desk Analysis: Current Year." (Access to this document is dependent on your level ofGartner subscription.)

Voice Network

Note: Total voice network includes voice premise technology and wide-area voice network costs, aswell as dedicated cellular (mobile) voice network costs.

Hardware

■ Wide-area voice network hardware: Switching and routing, as well as terminating hardware.Terminating hardware includes microwave, satellite, compression, multiplexer/channel bank,PBX network interface card and channel service unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU).

■ Voice premise: Telephone system equipment (such as voice switch/server and peripherals,including modules and uninterruptible power supply [UPS]), premise system phones (voice only;smartphones such as BlackBerry, iPhone and Android-based devices are excluded and shouldbe allocated to the end-user computing environment), voice mail hardware (for example,processors and storage) and message authentication control (MAC) materials.

■ IT management (network operations center [NOC]): This includes hardware that is located withina client's NOC and is used to support a client's centrally managed voice infrastructure/network.This includes client devices (PCs on NOC desktops) as well as servers (NOC), located within theNOC or elsewhere, but used primarily by the NOC to support the voice network infrastructure.The costs for these client devices/servers may need to be prorated between voice and dataservices, depending on a client's NOC environment.

Software

■ Switch/voice server and peripherals (e.g., automatic call distribution [ACD], voice response unit[VRU]) and voice mail software costs.

■ IT management (NOC): Software used by the NOC primarily to support/manage a client's voicenetworks. The costs for this software may need to be prorated between voice and dataservices, depending on a client's NOC environment.

Transmission

■ Includes all outbound and inbound transmission costs. It also includes the annual cost for localcentral office lines (where applicable) as well as cellular (mobile) voice only transmission costs.

Disaster Recovery

■ Disaster recovery contracts (communications) for hot sites (shell facilities), dedicated hardware,software, and connectivity.

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Occupancy (For Personnel Only)

■ Occupancy costs should include fully burdened costs for the facilities being used by the staffsupporting the voice network service. Some examples would include office space, furniture,electricity, maintenance, property taxes, security and office supplies. Occupancy for hardware(for example, closet space) is specifically excluded (that is, occupancy costs should apply onlyto the people supporting a client's voice network).

Personnel

■ Operations/maintenance, engineering technical services, planning and process management,service administration, management and administration.

For more detailed information, see "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Infrastructure Measures: VoiceNetwork Analysis: Current Year," "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Infrastructure Measures: Wide-Area Voice Network Analysis: Current Year" and "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key InfrastructureMeasures: Voice Premise Technology Analysis: Current Year." (Access to these documents isdependent on your level of Gartner subscription.)

Data Network

Note: Data network includes WAN, LAN and Internet access services (IASs), as well as dedicatedcellular (mobile) data network costs:

■ WAN: Connectivity and transmission of business-critical data between enterprise locations andbusiness partners

■ LAN: Accounts for the provisioning of communications and connectivity to critical businesssystems within enterprise sites and campuses (Note: Costs associated with permanent buildingcabling, horizontal and vertical, are excluded. Likewise, costs for any interbuilding cabling —copper and/or fiber — that would be found on a campus are also excluded.)

■ IAS: Enterprise access to the global Internet, for the use of its personnel and for the use of itsexternal customers to access enterprise websites

Hardware

■ Security hardware: Dedicated data network firewall hardware/servers, intrusion/detectionservers and devices, as well as encryption hardware.

■ NOC hardware: This includes hardware that is located within a NOC to support a centrallymanaged data network infrastructure/network. This includes test equipment and remotemonitoring equipment, client devices (PCs on NOC desktops) and network managementservers (NOCs).

■ Switching, routing and wireless hardware, including switches and routers, multiplexers, satelliteequipment, boundary (branch) routers, backbone routers and bridges, and wireless accesspoints.

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■ Other dedicated data network hardware, including Domain Name System (DNS) and DynamicHost Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers, optimization equipment such as Internet load-balancing hardware, UPS, MAC hardware and MAC cable (closet to desktop).

■ Some of this may need to be prorated between the voice and data network.

Software

■ Security software: Dedicated data network firewall software, intrusion/detection software aswell as encryption software.

■ NOC software: All NSM software costs related to the NOC's support of the data networkinfrastructure/network.

Transmission

■ Annual data network transmission costs, such as carrier digital services including Frame Relayaccess, ports and PVCs (Permanent Virtual Circuits), ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)access, ports and PVCs, MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) access, ports, and CARs(Committed Access Rates) which also includes specific charges for Quality of Service (QoS)commitments, sometimes referred to as traffic shaping, T3/E3, dial backup service,Synchronous Optical Network (SONET), metropolitan Ethernet, and dark fiber, as well as annualcost for circuits connected to the Internet service provider. and cellular (mobile) datatransmission costs.

Disaster Recovery

■ Disaster recovery contracts (communications) for hot sites (shell facilities), dedicated hardware,software, and connectivity.

Occupancy (For Personnel Only)

■ Fully burdened costs for the facilities being used by the staff supporting the data network.Some examples include office space, furniture, electricity, maintenance, property taxes, securityand office supplies.

Personnel

■ Operations/maintenance, engineering technical services, planning and process management,service administration, management and administration.

For more detailed information, see "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Infrastructure Measures: DataNetwork Analysis: Current Year," "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Infrastructure Measures: Wide-Area Data Network Analysis: Current Year" and "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key InfrastructureMeasures: Local-Area Data Network Analysis: Current Year." (Access to these documents isdependent on your level of Gartner subscription.)

Applications

Application Development

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■ New code for a new application and functional enhancements to the current code that takemore than two person-weeks, or that typically add eight function points or more. A "functionalenhancement" is defined as "a change made for a user that allows additional capabilities (froma business point of view) that were not there before. In some environments, majorenhancements can actually be added in less than two person-weeks. If this is the case, andeight function points or more are added (about 800 lines of COBOL or 300 lines of a databaselanguage), then this is still categorized as development

Application Support

■ Bug fixes of any size or duration, maintenance of hard-coded data or tables (including field sizechanges) embedded within the programs (any size or duration), and functional enhancements tocurrent code that take less than two person-weeks and typically add fewer than eight functionpoints, or any project that produces no new business functionality for the user.

■ A "functional enhancement" is defined as "a change made for a user that allows additionalcapabilities (from a business point of view) that were not there before." In some environments,major enhancements can actually be added in less than two person-weeks. If this is the case,and eight function points or more are added (about 800 lines of COBOL or 300 lines of adatabase language), then this is categorized as development rather than support.

Hardware

■ This includes only hardware (mainframes, servers, end-user computing devices) used by theapplication development or support staff members to do their jobs (that is, client devices as wellas servers and a portion of the mainframe used for application development and testing). Thisexcludes end-user or production hardware.

Software

■ Development and support software required by the application development and support staffmembers to do their jobs. It may include the languages/compilers/databases, development/testing tools and IT management software tools, such as project estimators and projectschedulers.

■ Business functionality software: For application support, this includes the maintenance cost ofoff-the-shelf vendor packages, as well the annualized cost of the software.

Occupancy

■ Fully burdened costs for the facilities used by the development or support staff and included inthis analysis view. Some examples would include office space, furniture, electricity,maintenance, property taxes, security and office supplies.

Personnel

■ Application development: This includes staff involved in developing new applications,enhancing existing applications, installing new packages and installing major functionalenhancements to existing packages.

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■ Application support: This includes staff involved in supporting applications that exist within thecurrent portfolio. It also includes personnel who are responsible for fixing programmingproblems uncovered when applications are running in production. It does not include anypersonnel who are responsible for running the production applications. If an upgrade for apackaged application primarily contains fixes for existing problems, then the efforts involved ininstalling such a maintenance upgrade are included in application support.

For more detailed information, see "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Applications Measures: Cost andStaff Profile: Current Year," "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Applications Measures: ApplicationDevelopment: Current Year" and "IT Key Metrics Data 2015: Key Applications Measures:Application Support: Current Year." (Access to these documents is dependent on your level ofGartner subscription.)

Corporate IT Management

Only include functions that are at a level within the IT organization that, after best effort, cannot beallocated to an IT functional area.

Office of the CIO/CTO

■ This includes the "C-level" IT management, including the CIO and CTO functions. Also includedhere are the direct reports of the CIO, who spend the majority of their time providing enterprise-wide support other than the functions outlined below (that is, special projects).

IT Human Resources

■ This includes resources dedicated to human resource issues surrounding the recruiting andretention of IT staff.

IT Marketing

■ This includes resources dedicated to marketing the capabilities of the IT organization to thebusiness units.

Technology Planning and Process Management

■ This includes activities related to the planning for and management of current and futuretechnology needs, and the establishment of policies and processes relating to technology. Thisalso includes, but is not limited to, systems research, product management, technologyevaluation and purchase decision making, the establishment of processes surrounding securityand virus protection, and business continuity/recovery.

Disaster Recovery

■ This includes resources dedicated to planning, testing and implementing contingencyprocedures across all IT functions. This also includes the staff dedicated to safeguarding theenterprise's ability to continue operations of vital business functions following physical damageor other catastrophes that impact business facilities. Responsibilities include:

■ Maintaining disaster recovery documentation

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■ Negotiating contingency site arrangements and serving as liaison with the vendor

■ Managing off-site data retention

Security

■ This includes resources that oversee the development of standards and procedures forensuring overall network and systems integrity.

IT Finance and Administration

Only include functions that are at a level within the IT organization that, after best effort, cannot beallocated to an IT functional area.

IT Administration

■ This includes direct administrative and clerical support to enterprise-level IT. Positions includesecretary, receptionist and administrative assistant.

Budget and Chargeback

■ This area establishes the overall IT budget, monitors actual expenses versus the budget,arranges financing for purchases and performs financial reporting to other enterprise areas.Staff members also handle the operation of the chargeback system. Positions include financialanalyst and chargeback administrator.

Asset Management

■ Tracking: This area provides the administrative support for tracking systems and systemcomponents. It accounts for labor and contract costs for managing depreciation records andlease contracts, performing asset inventories (physical or automatic management), assetidentification and tracking, asset database management, change recording and reconciliation. Italso includes the creation and maintenance of an up-to-date record of installations, moves,adds, changes, removals and final disposal of all assets (for example, hardware, software andcircuits). The record contains information for locating, assessing, auditing, troubleshooting,counting and assigning assets, or performing other technical and business functions without theneed to repeatedly visit the asset location or reassemble data records. It also includes thedetermination of an asset's useful life, including planning for the installation, upgrade, andremoval/disposal of the asset and executing the plan.

■ Procurement: This area solicits bids, negotiates purchasing agreements, establishes purchaseorders, validates vendors' bills, coordinates with accounts payable for payments and handlescontract administration.

Quality Assurance

■ This includes staff responsibility for monitoring, tracking and recommending solutions forimproving the content and delivery of services provided by the customer service contact center.

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Training

■ This refers to the primary source for the delivery of training within the IT organization and forend users in the business units. This area may also prepare the training materials, evaluateemployee skills and assist in the creation of custom training programs for the organization.

Conclusions

A successful IT performance measurement program communicates metrics that are important to atarget audience. This remains true when communicating IT investments to the business. Themetrics and benchmarks that Gartner has identified here provide a high-level view of current trendsin IT by industry. They also reveal trends in business alignment, staffing, technology andoutsourcing. They can be used to assist in communicating alignment with the business and inevaluating targets in key technology areas. They provide context for key business decisions andinternal performance measures.

It is important to understand that the published averages are not targets, and decisions of "good" or"bad" performance should not be based on these metrics. They are indicative reference points fromwhich to view current performance and investment levels to help you identify differences that couldmerit further analysis. Articulating why your organization is higher or lower than these metrics is thefirst step in better business alignment and the communication of IT's impact on businessperformance.

For more detailed metrics focused on IT infrastructure cost and performance, consult Gartner'svarious IT Key Metrics Data: Key Infrastructure Measures research, which can help provide moreinsight into IT-centric cost-efficiency and productivity metrics.

For more detailed metrics focused on IT application spending, staffing and project measures,consult Gartner's IT Key Metrics Data: Key Applications Measures research, which can help providemore insight into total application development versus support metrics.

ITKMD is a Gartner Benchmark Analytics solution that delivers indicative IT metrics in a publishedformat as directional insight for IT organizations. This solution represents a subset of the metricsand prescriptive benchmark analysis capability that is available through Gartner BenchmarkAnalytics. For ongoing and more targeted analyses, Gartner Benchmark Analytics provides clientswith in-depth, personalized benchmarking and customized assessments. These prescriptive, client-focused engagements are structured to identify technology performance strengths, to prioritizeopportunities for IT and business optimization, and to assist in communicating IT's role in creatingbusiness value through strategy enablement and process improvement.

Related IT Key Metrics Data Research

This research is part of a set of Gartner Benchmark Analytics research pieces.

Depending on your subscription level for Gartner services, some clients have access to the GartnerITKMD publication series from gartner.com, select "Explore," "Metrics & Tools," and "IT Key MetricsData."

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For detailed information and metrics specific to each of the IT Key Metrics Data: Key IndustryMeasures, see individual documents outlined in Table 1 above, or review "IT Key Metrics Data 2015:Index of Published Documents and Metrics" for a comprehensive list of all available IT Key MetricsData 2015 research.

Table 6. ITKMD 2015: Overview Document Index

Document Title Current Year

Executive Summary G00265996

Small and Midsize Enterprise Executive Summary G00265997

Resources to Review Your ITBudget Assessment G00265998

Index of Published Documents and Metrics G00265999

Demographics G00266000

Surveys G00266001

Frequently Asked Questions G00266002

Glossary of Terms G00266003

Definition of Industries G00266004

Source: Gartner IT Key Metrics Data (December 2014)

Appendix: Exploring Gartner's Prescriptive Benchmark Analytics Capabilities

Gartner's consulting-based benchmark analytics capabilities deliver unbiased comparisons of ITperformance relative to unique client-specific peer organizations and those considered best inclass. Benchmarks can help you assess your IT organization's performance to ensure delivery ofcost-effective and efficient IT services, and identify opportunities for improving performance.

Gartner Consulting led benchmarks are individually configured, project-specific benchmarks thathelp support such IT challenges as growth planning, charging for IT services, budget validation,mergers and acquisitions, end-user satisfaction, application rationalization, or the support ofoutsourced service contract evaluation. Benchmarking offers a stake in the ground, to determinewhere an enterprise is today, and a future road map, which shows where opportunities lie.

Gartner Benchmarking can help you:

■ Plan your IT budget with relevant facts and metrics to justify your IT spending and staffingcosts.

■ Identify opportunities for cost optimization and investment prioritization.

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■ Use data to improve dialogue and align with business units and the board.

■ Select the right mix of insourcing and outsourcing at fair-market prices and service levelsavailable today.

Gartner Benchmark Analytics Select Case Studies

CIO and IT Executive Benchmarks

CIO and IT executive benchmarks evaluate performance from two perspectives: a cost and maturityassessment of critical IT competencies and IT business value. Learn more at Gartner Consulting:For Your IT Role.

CIO Benchmarking Case Studies

■ CIO Wants to Move IT to a Process-Focused Delivery Model

■ CIO Wants to Obtain a Better Understanding of IT Performance

■ Organization Establishes a Baseline and Looks to the Future

■ Organization Evaluates IT's Ability to Support the Dean's Vision

■ CIO Balancing Increased Demand With Flat Resources

IT Budget Benchmarking Case Studies

■ Organization Ensures Industry Competitiveness

■ Organization Assesses Merger and Acquisition Activity Implications on IT Spend

Consortium Benchmarking Case Studies

■ Organizations Share Best Practices

Infrastructure and Operations Benchmarks

Infrastructure and operations benchmarks create a starting point in the process of helping ITorganizations identify and assess all IT performance levels. Learn more at Gartner Consulting'sBenchmarking: For Your IT Challenges — Infrastructure and Operations.

Infrastructure and Operations Benchmarking Case Studies

■ Organization Assesses IT Performance to Ensure Effectiveness and Competitiveness

■ Organization Benchmarks IT Costs to Ensure Ongoing Cost-Effectiveness and ConsistencyWith Industry

■ Organization Undergoes Cost-Optimization Assessment

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■ Organization Creates a Foundation for Continual Improvement

Enterprise Computing Benchmarking Case Study

■ Organization Benchmarks Data Center Costs to Ensure Cost-Effectiveness

End-User Computing Benchmarking Case Study

■ Organization Creates Foundational Components for Increased Transparency of Services to EndUsers

Applications Benchmarks

Applications benchmarks are the starting point in the process to help IT organizations identify andassess application development and support performance levels. Learn more at GartnerConsulting's Benchmarking: For Your IT Challenges — Applications.

Application Development and Support Benchmarking Case Studies

■ Organization Ensures Competitiveness and Quality

■ Organization Maintains a Foundation for Continual Improvement

■ Organization Manages Stakeholders and Identifies Performance Improvement

■ Organization Creates a Foundation for Continual Improvement

SAP Benchmarking Case Study

■ Agency Ensures Delivery of Cost-Effective SAP Services

Sourcing and Vendor Relationship Benchmarks

Sourcing and vendor relationship benchmarks provide an accurate answer to the question, "Is this agood market price for the services being provided?" Learn more at Gartner Consulting'sBenchmarking: For Your IT Challenges — Sourcing and Vendor Relationships.

Market Assessment Benchmarking Case Studies

■ Organization Implements Third-Party Benchmark Clause

■ Organization Wants to Execute a Global Consolidation Strategy

■ Organization Accelerates Business Growth

IT Service Catalog Benchmarking Case Study

■ Organization Assesses IT Service Catalog Rates to Validate Current Competitiveness

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Cloud as a Service Benchmarking Case Studies

■ Organization Looks to Procure Cloud Email

■ Organization Evaluates Backup as a Service

■ Organization Requires Third-Party Assessment of Storage as a Service Offering

■ Organization Desires Unified Communications as a Service Contract Evaluation

End-User Satisfaction Benchmarks

IT customer satisfaction benchmarks establish a baseline for customer satisfaction and create aroad map that helps prioritize efforts to increase these levels. Learn more at Gartner Consulting'sBenchmarking: For Your IT Challenges — IT Customer Satisfaction.

IT Customer Satisfaction Benchmarking Case Study

■ Organization Undergoes an Assessment of End-User Satisfaction

■ Agency Assesses End-User Satisfaction

IT Business Effectiveness Benchmarks

IT business effectiveness benchmarks establish a baseline for IT's effectiveness in meetingbusiness needs and identify opportunities to better align the IT organization with the enterprise formaximum results. Learn more at Gartner Consulting's Benchmarking: For Your IT Challenges — ITBusiness Effectiveness.

Business Effectiveness Benchmarking Case Study

■ Agency Undergoes an Assessment of Business Effectiveness

More information on Gartner Benchmark Analytics can be obtained by contacting your accountexecutive, or by email: [email protected].

Gartner Recommended ReadingSome documents may not be available as part of your current Gartner subscription.

"Best Practices to Drive Cost and Value Optimization in IT Management"

"The Gartner Cost Value Matrix: Assess If Cost Optimization Initiatives Balance Cost Reduction andBusiness Value"

"Six Ways to Drive Cost and Value Optimization for IT Operations"

"One More Time: This Is How You Express Costs in Business Value Terms"

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"How to Manage the IT Budget Wisely Through Cost and Value Optimization"

"It's Time for the Next Round of I&O Cost Reductions"

"Fight IT Cost Optimization Fatigue With These Saving Strategies"

"Manage Four Views of the IT Budget"

"Use Benchmarking to Identify IT Cost Optimization Opportunities"

"Don't Settle for Average When Benchmarking IT"

"Five Principles Underpin IT Cost Optimization Success"

"IT Cost Optimization Should Be an Ongoing Discipline"

Evidence

■ This research contains relevant database averages and ranges from a subset of metrics andprescriptive engagements available through Gartner Benchmark Analytics consulting-basedcapabilities.

■ Employee, income and revenue data is based on the most recently completed fiscal year.

■ Calculations were made using worldwide observations.

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Project_Review (All)

Status IMS Dept / Project Name Start Finish Actual Work Remaining Work

Active Completed Public Utilities 0 40

IVR 01/02/15 12/31/15 0 40

IMS 1,098 7,515

Agenda Management Software ‐ for Council 09/08/14 07/08/15 246 423

Change Management 10/01/14 09/30/15 95 748

Hive Pass Phase 2 01/27/15 07/30/15 51 99

Library Financial Administration 2015 07/01/13 03/18/16 23 577

Library Portfolio Administration 01/01/15 09/09/15 114 346

Marmalade 02/24/15 07/20/15 265 4,690

Risk Management Case Manager 12/31/14 04/30/15 108 18

ServiceNow Upgrade 2015 01/20/15 06/25/15 176 572

test 03/19/15 04/07/15 21 43

Mapping 62 243

Set up a Replacement Accela Map Server 12/18/14 05/12/15 62 243

Network 2,757 4,831

e‐Discovery Operations Support 09/15/14 07/16/15 37 363

EMS Trucks 01/05/15 05/01/15 23 40

Gateway Mall Cop Shop 01/05/15 05/29/15 15 61

HASL Support 03/27/14 09/29/15 987 1,407

HASLC Email Conversion 01/12/15 04/22/15 149 8

Install Cameras ‐ Glendale, Main 02/18/15 06/30/15 12 27

Library Network Projects 2015 03/14/14 10/13/15 1,203 1,863

PSB ‐ Core Switch 01/05/15 09/08/15 37 11

Web Application Firewall 01/05/15 05/22/15 63 5

Internet and MOE Upgrade 02/05/15 05/22/15 13 1

SCCM Evaluation 03/10/15 05/01/15 164 7

Network Monitoring ‐ Network Instruments 03/18/15 06/29/15 2 2

Power Cycle HASLC IT for RMP 04/16/15 05/08/15 16 20

FBI BCI Audit 04/20/15 06/01/15 0 96

DHS CyberSecurity Assessment 04/20/15 06/30/15 0 72

Cisco ‐ ISE and Prime 04/21/15 06/30/15 0 216

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Active UCS and NetApp 04/21/15 07/02/15 31 120

Library Phone System Upgrades 04/21/15 07/07/15 2 446

Water Department Fiber Project 04/20/15 05/20/15 5 67

SLCTV 0 268

Library SLTV Projects ‐ 2014 12/18/14 06/30/15 0 268

Software Engineering 1,889 2,701

ACT_Collections 11/17/14 06/12/15 1,039 753

Engineering CIP Database Front‐end Discovery 12/09/14 06/01/15 516 200

Socrata Automated Update 12/01/14 05/26/15 107 21

Courts Assistant 10/23/14 08/28/15 86 786

Chase Paymentech   Replaces PayPal     phase 2 is PUtil 02/19/15 06/15/15 91 665

Build the interfaces for Parking 03/23/15 03/23/15 0 0

Coris Court Calendar 03/23/15 04/01/15 51 0

SharePoint Council Agenda 04/01/15 05/31/15 0 275

Software Engineering Maintenance 0 200

Candidate Finance Reporting 02/17/15 06/30/15 0 200

Software Engineering PU‐Dev 1,447 19,070

Cross Connections 12/01/14 07/14/15 558 6,092

Handheld Enhancements 11/19/14 04/14/15 7 113

Pretreatment 01/06/15 08/05/15 53 1,128

PUBS Hive Dev 01/26/15 07/17/15 206 371

PUBS Investigator Dev 12/22/14 09/23/15 428 2,846

PUBS IVR Dev 01/13/15 07/17/15 18 3,296

PUBS Landlord 12/19/14 06/25/15 43 29

PUBS Phone Dev 12/19/14 06/30/15 0 38

PUBS Reports Dev 02/02/15 08/11/15 103 2,947

PUBS Desktop Dev 01/19/15 07/30/15 32 2,212

Software Engineering PU‐Maint 166 5,006

PUBS Investigator Maint 12/18/14 07/17/15 75 2,131

PUBS Production Maint 09/02/13 07/23/15 91 2,875

Software Support 7,188 7,059

Accela Script Upgrade to version 2 02/10/14 06/30/15 491 328

Accela Servers Maintenance 01/01/15 07/07/15 138 2,428

AccelaParks 12/01/14 09/27/16 406 926

Active Cognos Design and  Development Citywide 04/07/14 04/16/15 1,014 0

FMLA 04/14/14 07/27/16 1,715 115

Micromain to Kronos Time Analysis 12/29/14 07/01/15 24 10

Phone Directory 09/02/14 05/29/15 312 28

PlansAnywhere 12/01/14 04/23/15 0 480

Police Two Factor Authentication 09/23/14 05/22/15 1,047 15

Special Events days report 01/06/15 08/12/15 5 59

Telestaff 911 Bureau Implementation 09/01/14 06/12/15 1,908 237

TM1 ‐ Base Purpose Statements 01/05/15 09/03/15 106 213

TM1 ‐ Budget Expense 05/01/15 06/17/16 9 1,239

Faster Cognos Reporting 03/04/15 08/04/15 10 73

HR Benefit RFP Changes and Fiscal Year Changes 03/23/15 06/01/15 3 230

TM1 ‐ Budget Revenue 05/01/15 01/07/16 0 618

Cemetery Open Data 04/13/15 05/08/15 0 60

Software Support Maintenance 566 216

Library Administration 2015 07/01/13 07/07/15 566 216

Web Development 12,585 134

SharePoint Site Migration 06/10/14 04/23/15 12,585 134

Active Total 27,758 47,282

Cancelled IMS 0 0

Email Retention Policy 10/20/14 10/20/14 0 0

Software Engineering 348 793

PDOX ‐ Replace Production Server ‐ New DMZ Staging Server 10/22/14 05/21/15 348 793

Replace PayPal with Chase 04/21/15 06/30/15 0 0

Software Engineering PU‐Maint 61 2,127

PUBS Handheld Maint 09/06/13 08/14/15 61 2,127

Software Support 493 83

Accela ‐ Selectron 11/18/14 01/08/15 88 0

Accela Enterprise 09/23/14 03/31/15 405 83

Cancelled Total 902 3,003

Complete Completed Public Utilities 2,235 0

Public Utilities New Website 06/02/14 10/02/14 2,077 0

Pubs Misc 12/15/14 11/26/14 14 0

Pubs_Desktop 11/03/14 12/02/14 64 0

Complete Survey Monkee 11/03/14 12/05/14 80 0

IMS 3,293 0

eDiscovery Handoff 04/22/14 10/20/14 293 0

Glendale Branch Planning and Discovery Time 10/01/14 11/14/14 15 0

Glendale Branch2 09/05/14 02/12/15 2,723 0

Housing Auth Email Pilot 12/12/14 01/12/15 102 0

Library Financial Administration 07/01/13 07/01/14 76 0

old Glendale Library project plan 09/09/14 12/05/14 68 0

PCI ReCertification 01/07/15 03/05/15 15 0

Network 1,778 4

Airport Network Expansion Project 12/01/14 02/11/15 48 0

Lib net 01/06/14 03/05/15 28 0

Library Network Upgrade 03/14/14 07/03/14 962 0

Move eDiscovery Server 10/06/14 10/27/14 306 0

New Crime Lab 01/05/15 04/01/15 195 0

Pioneer Park Comm Upgrade 01/05/15 04/23/15 64 4

Replace HASLC Firewall 10/08/14 02/27/15 176 0

Software Engineering 11,085 181

Accela Citizen Access Credit Card Surcharge 12/09/14 01/15/15 671 0

Accela Civic Data Module 04/01/14 12/05/14 504 0

ACT 11/25/13 04/30/15 1,915 181

ACT_3_0 03/14/14 12/18/14 6,247 0

Courts ‐ Small Claims Judgment Form 11/24/14 05/05/15 438 0

FireDataWarehouse 04/10/14 11/26/14 1,000 0

Near by address ‐ gis service 11/01/14 01/13/15 61 0

Reset Password 01/05/15 01/07/15 8 0

State Citation Service 04/02/13 12/01/14 51 0

Statistics Web site 10/21/14 01/09/15 192 0

Software Engineering Maintenance 627 0

PD‐Alarms 01/16/13 12/31/14 1 0

PD‐Other 01/16/13 12/31/14 1 0

PD‐Performance 01/16/13 12/31/14 2 0

PD‐POSE 01/16/13 01/02/15 12 0

PD‐RMS 01/16/13 10/23/15 596 0

Complete PD‐ROBOTUTOR 01/16/13 02/12/15 9 0

PD‐TRAINING 01/16/13 12/31/14 1 0

SQL Administration 01/01/14 01/05/16 6 0

Software Support 17,362 8

Accela ‐ Parks 10/22/14 11/18/14 475 0

Accela Database Server Upgrade 06/04/14 07/25/14 288 0

Accela Documentation of Processes and Procedures 01/08/14 06/30/15 142 0

Accela Web Production Server Replacement (SLCiAccWeb) 01/20/15 03/09/15 842 0

Account Payable Workflow 01/10/14 03/05/15 32 0

Airport CIP Planner Interface Into ONESolution 01/07/14 12/31/14 85 0

Alchemy Database Rename 11/13/14 04/17/15 257 0

COGNOS‐ 10‐2‐2 Upgrade 01/22/15 02/20/15 46 0

Cognos BI Dashboards, Disclosure Management, and TM1 02/06/14 01/15/15 803 0

Cognos Build Out 11/15/13 10/17/14 116 0

COGNOS‐Enterprise 12/17/14 03/31/15 37 0

E‐Discovery Migration and Configuration 09/08/14 01/22/15 370 0

Envisionware Infrastructure Upgrade 12/09/13 06/30/14 3,704 0

FDM RMS Upgrade 10/06/14 04/23/15 182 0

FMLA Letters In Cognos 05/01/14 09/24/14 84 0

GL Mapping To State Chart Of Accounts 01/01/14 12/15/14 0 0

Kronos Upgrade 09/17/14 04/21/15 325 0

Library Account Automation for Salt Lake City School District 07/01/14 10/07/14 30 0

Library Administration 2014 07/01/13 06/30/14 1,007 0

Library Micromain Implementation 10/25/13 08/29/14 639 0

LMS Upgrade 07/21/14 09/02/14 0 0

Maximum Cloud Based Parks Reservation 09/29/14 03/13/15 96 0

OneSolution Hardware upgrade 09/24/14 12/09/14 634 0

OneSolution Upgrade to 15 11/19/14 04/01/15 130 0

PAF 09/22/14 12/17/14 39 0

PDOX Migration to Cloud 01/21/15 04/03/15 18 0

Polaris 5 upgrade 10/01/14 11/13/14 264 0

ProjectDox Servers Maintenance 01/01/15 07/10/15 4 0

ProjectDox Upgrade and Implement Middle Tier 04/04/14 08/05/14 205 0

ProjectDox Upgrade to 8_3 05/27/14 11/05/14 1,385 0

Complete Selectron Upgrade and Hardware Replacement 01/08/14 04/03/15 186 8

ServiceNow 10/23/13 12/04/14 1,920 0

Telestaff DB Upgrade, Hardware Upgrade, and  911 Bureau 06/04/14 03/20/15 2,631 0

TM1 ‐ Budget Development Process ‐ Planning 01/12/15 07/01/15 65 0

TM1 ‐ Revenue Projection 12/22/14 03/17/15 269 0

WebEOC Phase2 03/31/14 09/23/14 51 0

Software Support Maintenance 790 0

Accela Script Documentation 01/09/15 12/23/15 325 0

BillTrack50 12/08/14 12/31/15 2 0

Library Systems Maintenance 12/02/13 06/30/14 463 0

Web Development 115 0

SP Migration Phase 1 06/10/14 10/10/14 115 0

Complete Total 37,285 193

Initiative IMS 49 97

Parks work order system 08/01/14 08/01/14 0 0

Prosecutors MONGO Mail 02/19/15 03/30/15 44 44

Special Events 04/22/14 06/30/14 5 53

Network 0 11

HASLC PBX Upgrade 03/16/15 03/16/15 0 0

SLC Corp Integrated Switch Replacement 05/08/15 06/30/15 0 11

Software Engineering 0 683

Loan and Grant Application and Managment 12/09/14 12/09/14 0 0

Poilce Citation BCI Service 11/01/14 05/31/15 0 679

Pose System Credit Card Surcharge 01/15/15 01/15/15 0 4

Software Engineering PU‐Dev 219 5,290

Mobile Investigator Dev 12/18/14 12/18/14 0 0

PUBS Internet Dev 12/19/14 09/16/15 101 3,220

PUBS Internet Mobile Dev 12/15/14 12/15/14 0 0

PUBS Production Dev 01/16/13 08/14/15 119 2,069

Software Support 0 0

Open Data 01/28/15 02/24/15 0 0

Accela Version Upgrade 06/01/15 06/01/15 0 0

CAFR Creator 06/01/15 06/01/15 0 0

E‐Discovery Upgrade 06/01/15 06/01/15 0 0

Initiative Web Development 0 0

HASLC Upgrade Web Services ‐ Initiative 01/14/15 01/14/15 0 0

Initiative Total 268 6,081

On‐Hold Network 36 133

Soccer Field 03/27/14 12/12/14 36 133

Software Engineering 607 1,048

Jury IVR 11/24/14 03/26/15 13 268

Prepare New GIS Files for RMS‐CAD 04/09/13 02/06/15 400 4

Sharepoint ‐ calendar approval 12/01/14 01/31/15 0 5

Sharepoint ‐ policy approval 11/27/14 01/30/15 0 202

SharePoint System Pages 12/01/14 03/02/15 2 563

UofU ‐ Sustainability 01/01/14 01/08/15 193 7

Software Engineering PU‐Maint 33 2,157

PUBS Adhoc Maintenance 01/15/13 07/15/15 33 2,157

Software Support 85 26

RiskMaster Upgrade 04/04/14 01/21/15 85 26

Web Development 0 0

OneSolution ‐  SharePoint Data Repository Test Case 01/05/15 06/02/15 0 0

On‐Hold Total 761 3,364

Planning Council Office 0 0

Induction Ceremony ‐ Place Holder 09/09/14 09/09/14 0 0

IMS 79 170

Attorney Case Management ‐ Discovery 12/31/14 04/21/15 44 73

Recorders DM DR Demonstration Project 12/31/14 06/16/15 35 97

Mapping 0 0

UDOT crash db 12/18/14 12/18/14 0 0

Network 259 361

Library Branches 03/03/14 05/29/15 250 350

Marmalade Library ‐ Planning 02/05/15 04/09/15 9 11

Phone Upgrade ‐ Main Library 02/18/15 05/12/15 0 0

Software Engineering 42 1,762

Accela One Stop Reviewer 01/06/15 01/06/15 0 848

Recorders‐ GRAMA ‐ Payment Module 01/12/15 05/01/15 42 43

CITY PROSECUTOR 04/27/15 07/31/15 0 870

Planning Software Support 141 93

Community Dashboard ‐ Discovery 06/01/14 01/06/15 40 0

Golf Rounds Project 06/23/14 07/09/14 99 93

LMS Discovery 01/12/15 06/01/15 2 0

Special Event days report 01/06/15 01/06/15 0 0

Planning Total 519 2,386

Grand Total 67,493 62,309