1999 NALIT Legislative Staff Achievement Award Recipients

Mark Allred, Utah || Nebraska Legislative Technology Center

The National Association of Legislative Information Technology recognizes Mark Allred for professional accomplishment and service to the staff section, NCSL and the Utah Legislature. Mark has been active as a NALIT member for many years. Mark served as chair of NALIT in 1996-97. Under Mark's tenure as Chair, the NALIT listserv gained subscribers from all 50 states and became an active forum for discussion and invaluable information exchange among NALIT members. Mark currently serves on the NALIT Executive Committee as past chair. He has spoken at many NALIT sessions and has represented NALIT on the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee. He recently became co-chair of the Legislative Staff Coordinating Committee's Multistate Legislative Document Management Steering Committee.
Mark has served since 1983 as research and systems analyst for the Utah Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel. He supervises the Information Center, computer and bill entry staffs and directs information systems for the Legislature. Mark received an MPA degree from Brigham Young University, a B.S. degree from Utah State University, and has done doctoral work at the University of Southern California.

The National Association of Legislative Information Technology recognizes the Nebraska Legislative Technology Center for professionalism, commitment and exemplary service to the Nebraska Legislature, the staff section and NCSL. The Legislative Technology Center--a division of the Clerk of the Legislature's Office since 1997--has led significant advancements in legislative technology and improved service to the public.
Nebraska was one of the first states to provide gavel-to-gavel legislative coverage through the Internet. The Legislature's website also provides access to all bills, amendments, daily journals, calendars, committee reports and other legislative documents. Technology Center staff in the past year and a half also converted the legislative chamber automation system to a Windows platform, ensured faster and more dependable access to users, deployed new computers in all senators' offices and in five divisions, and upgraded software for many applications.
Staff are respected as experts in networking, geographic information systems, application development, chamber automation and technology training. Several staff members have been panelists at NCSL and NALIT meetings on various technology topics. The Technology Center also hosted a number of video-streamed sessions from the December 1998 and April 1999 NCSL Assembly on State Issues meetings, which allowed them to be displayed through NCSL's web site.