Upcoming hearings by the Committee on Technology in Government of the New York City Council (as of 2.22.05).

Subject: Upcoming hearings by the Committee on Technology in Government of the New York City Council (as of 2.22.05).
Date: 2/22/2005 5:51:17 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: bruce.lai@council.nyc.ny.us
Sent from the Internet (Details)


Hello All,

Here's an update on some of the recent activities of the Committee on Technology in Government of the New York City Council:

Making NYCMap (GIS) Data Publicly Available: On January 28, 2005, the Committee held a hearing about the lack of public access to the data in the NYCMap, the City's official base map.

At the hearing, we heard from a number of GIS experts from the private and nonprofit sectors.

The Committee will be working with the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) to increase public access to data in the NYCMap.
To learn more about this issue, go to the following link: http://www.nyccouncil.info/issues/report_act.cfm?mtfile=T2005%2D0118.

Enhancing and Increasing Government-Related Programming on NYC-TV: On February 14, 2005, the Committee held a hearing entitled Oversight: Improving Participatory Democracy Through Municipal Cable Television. At the hearing, we discussed with DoITT and various experts in TV production and interactive media on how to improve government-related programming on NYC-TV, including Council 51, the NYC-TV program that airs City Council hearings.
To learn more about this issue, go to the following link: http://www.nyccouncil.info/issues/report_act.cfm?mtfile=T2005%2D0182.

*****

The following is a list of our upcoming hearings. Please note that all Committee hearings are open to the general public. No RSVP is necessary.

On Monday, February 28, 2005 at 11 AM to 1 PM, 14th Floor Hearing Room, 250 Broadway, the Committee on Technology in Government will hold entitled Oversight: Franchising of City-owned Poletops for Wireless Communications. Recently, DoITT issued an RFP (http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/html/business/poletop_rfp.shtml) for franchises for the installation and use of municipally-owned poletops (i.e., street light poles, traffic light poles and highway sign support poles) to place telecommunications equipment that supports mobile telecommunications services (i.e., wireless communications). DoITT and the poletop franchisees have been invited to testify.

On Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at 12 PM, Committee Room, City Hall, the Committee on Technology in Government and the Committee on Land Use will hold a joint hearing on DoITT's preliminary budget for FY 2006.

*****

The following are two events you may be interested in attending.

United Way of New York City & TechFoundation Present
TechConnect, a series on information technology for nonprofits, sponsored by IBM
"IT Fundraising"

9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, February 24, 2005
United Way of New York City
2 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, New York 10016

More information about this event can be found at http://www.uwnyc.org/technews/events.html.

---

Grassroots Use of Technology Conference
Saturday, April 16, 2005
Tang Center, Kendall Square, MIT

This is the 6th annual conference of Organizers' Collaborative
Keynote Speaker, Micah Sifry

More information about this event can be found at http://organizenow.net/conference05.html

*****

The Committee has a web page now. Go to:
http://www.nyccouncil.info/issues/committee.cfm?committee_id=106
All briefing papers from the current session (beginning in January 2004) are available.

*****

If you know of people who would be interested in the Committee on Technology in Government’s activities, please feel free to forward this e-mail to them.

If you know of anyone who would like to receive these e-mails, just have them e-mail me, and I will be put them on the list. Finally, feel free to post this information on any listserve you may belong to or on any website you are affiliated with.

Thank you. I look forward to seeing you at one of our hearings.

Regards,
Bruce Lai
--
Bruce Lai
Legislative Policy Analyst, Committee on Technology in Government
New York City Council
250 Broadway, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10007
Work: 212.788.9109
Fax: 212.788.9168
E-mail: bruce.lai@council.nyc.ny.us