National Association of Legislative Information Technology
2000 Legislative Staff Achievement Awards
Sandy Scharf, Iowa || Jeffrey Blanchard, Florida
Sandy Scharf
Director
Legislative Computer Support Bureau, Iowa
The National Association of Legislative Information Technology recognizes Sandy Scharf for professional accomplishment and valuable service and contributions to the staff section and NCSL. Sandy served as Chair-Elect of NALIT in 1997 and as Chair in 1998, and has been an integral part of NALIT for many years. He has spoken at numerous NALIT and NCSL sessions, has provided constant support for the association over the years and is part of the institutional memory of the staff section. His sense of humor, straightforward approach, and leadership qualities have encouraged greater participation in the association.
Sandy has been director of the Iowa Legislative Computer Support Bureau for the past 16 years. He has over 30 years of experience in information technology. As director of the bureau, Sandy has managed the move from a mainframe-based information system to distributed client server/Internet/Intranet network. Under his leadership, Iowa has been in the forefront of states with chamber automation systems and public access to legislative information, including streaming audio coverage of floor sessions through the Iowa Legislature's website.
Jeffrey Blanchard
House Bill Drafting Office, Florida
The National Association of Legislative Information Technology recognizes Jeffrey Blanchard for his contributions to the Multistate Legislative Document Management Project of the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee. The project, sponsored by the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee, was created to explore the feasibility of a multistate effort to develop a replacement for TextDBMS software. Florida's House Bill Drafting Office "loaned" Jeffrey Blanchard to work on the project. Jeffrey's work included collecting legislative documents from other states and working with project participants to develop model legislative documents and standards that can be used as a foundation for legislative document management systems.
Jeffrey has been with the Florida Legislature for over 15 years, the last 11 as a Legislative Analyst with the House Bill Drafting Office. Jeff is now one of the more senior editors of bill drafts, with expertise in transportation issues and regulated industries. Jeff's contributions have gone beyond his job description to include training new staff, assisting in the development of a WordPerfect-based bill drafting system that interfaces with TextDBMS, a bill tracking system, an Outlook-based bill draft request system, and work on legislature-wide technology projects such as selection of a new search engine.
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