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National Association of Legislative Information Technology

Handouts and Presentations from NALIT Meetings

Updated August 14, 2008

   2008 Legislative Summit  

 2007 Professional Development Seminar  

 2007 Annual Meeting                                                              
 2006 Professional Development Seminar   2006 Annual Meeting  
 2005 Professional Development Seminar   2005 Annual Meeting    
 2004 Professional Development Seminar   2004 Annual Meeting  
 2003 Professional Development Seminar   2003 Annual Meeting  
 2002 Professional Development Seminar   2002 Annual Meeting  
 2001 Professional Development Seminar   2001 Annual Meeting  
 2000 Professional Development Seminar   2000 Annual Meeting  
 1999 Professional Development Seminar   1999 Annual Meeting  
 1998 Professional Development Seminar   1998 Annual Meeting  

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2008 Legislative Summit  (View full Agenda)
New Orleans, Louisiana
July 22-26, 2008

Legislative Websites--Enhancing Access to Information

  • Adobe PDF Billwatch, Joel Redding, Webmaster, Legislative Research Commission, Kentucky
  • Adobe PDF  My Legislative Research, Scott Darnall, Senior Programmer/Analyst, Legislative Research Council, South Dakota

Protecting Legislative Digital Records: Audiorecording of session
Learn how to ensure that electronic records are accessible for legal discovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery purposes. Learn about a model way to preserve legislative electronic data and digital records.

Handouts/Presentations:

Audio

Other sessions of interest: 

Government E-Mail: Laws and Policies
Is all government e-mail a public record? Do citizens have any privacy rights regarding electronic communications with government officials? What policies are needed for retention of e-mail records? In this video experts discuss current laws, policies and court cases.

Video
 

A New Life for Online Government
Web 2.0--a second generation of the Internet--offers new ways to provide services and collaborate with citizens on health, education, public safety and civic life. Explore Second Life and other social networking tools being used by Congress, NASA, the CDC and others.

Video

 

NALIT Business Meeting

  • Business Meeting Minutes (coming soon)

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2007 Professional Development Seminar (View full Agenda)
Springfield, Illinois
September 26-29, 2007

NALIT Seminar attendees contributed $210 as part of a charity raffle.  Dennis Loudermilk donated one of his hand-crafted bowls with an inlaid NALIT logo for the raffle. A check and letter were sent on behalf of NALIT to the Mini O-Bierne Crisis Nursery in Springfield, which acknowledged the contribution in this letter.

Wednesday, September 26
Management Track: Project Management Methodologies: What and Why

  •  Adobe PDF Project Management  --PN Narayanan, PMP, Delaware Department of Technology and Information, Delaware

Technical Track II: Website Roundup

Thursday, September 27
Five Minutes of Fame: State Roundtable

  • Adobe PDF  California --Brenda Fleming, Manager, Chamber & Committee Division, Legislative Data Systems, California
  • Adobe PDF  Hawaii --Jean Cox, Systems Analyst/Programmer/Webmaster, Senate, Hawaii
  • Adobe PDF  Illinois --Tim Rice, Executive Director, Legislative Information System, Illinois
  • Adobe PDF  Idaho --Glenn Harris, Division Manager, Information Technology, Legislative Services Office, Idaho
  • Adobe PDF  Kansas --Dave Larson, Director-Legislative Computer Services, Kansas
  • Adobe PDF  Maine --Scott Clark, Deputy Director, Office of Information Services, Maine
  • Adobe PDF  North Dakota --Maryann Trauger, Manager, Information Technology Services, North Dakota
  • Adobe PDF  Texas --Linda Pittsford, Manager, Computer Support Center, Legislative Council, Texas

Saturday, September 29
Management Track: Technology and Access to Information: FOIA and Open Meetings

Technical Track I: Authentication of and Permanent Access to Electronic Documents

State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources, American Association of Law Libraries, Washington, D.C.

Technical Track II: VPN and Remote Access

  • Adobe PDF  Remote Access --Glenn Harris, Division Director, Information Technology, Legislative Services Office, Idaho

Technical Track I: Document Management Systems

Management Track: Change Management

  •  Adobe PDF Change Management  --PN Narayanan, PMP, Delaware Department of Technology and Information, Delaware

Technical Track I: Constituent Communications

Technical Track II: Managing Complexity and Quantity of Legislative Applications

 

NALIT Business Meeting

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2007 Annual Meeting  (View full Agenda)
Boston, Massachusetts
August 5-9, 2007

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Will Your Hotspot Get You Into Hot Water? The Hazards of Public Wi-Fi Hotspots

IT: The Budget, Bill Drafting and the Public

NALIT Business Meeting

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2006 Professional Development Seminar (View full Agenda)
Washington, D.C.
Oct. 10-14, 2006

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NALIT Seminar attendees contributed $80 as part of a charity raffle.  Dennis Loudermilk donated one of his hand-crafted bowls with an inlaid NALIT logo for the raffle. A check and letter were sent on behalf of NALIT to the American Red Cross, which acknowledged the contribution in this letter.

Lights, Camera, Action!
This session presents an overview of what legislative broadcast production is all about--the history of the medium in state legislatures, who’s doing what and where, and the future of these converging technologies.

Digital Broadcasting of Press Conferences, Capitol Reports, Civic Education, and Special Events
It’s not only live or archived committee meetings and floor sessions that you can broadcast.  Capturing important capitol press conferences, producing specialized capitol reports and providing civic education programming to the public can be an important piece of your job.

Closed Captioning
Are there closed captioning or other ADA requirements or expectations for legislatures that broadcast legislative proceedings?  This session highlights ways to respond to special needs and how states have done it.

  • Captioning Web Video - Jennifer Sagalyn, Manager of Strategic Partnerships, CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media, Boston, Massachusetts

Digital Records Preservation
State governments are creating vast amounts of information solely in digital form, including legislative records. Much of this material is of permanent value, yet is at risk because of fragile media, technological obsolescence, or other hazards.  Information technology professionals play critical roles in managing and preserving digital information.  This session will provide tools IT  professionals can use when considering or planning for a digital preservation initiative.

Legislative Communicators and Technology Professionals: Working Together
No longer are the fields of communication and technology separate and distinct.  More than ever before, communicators rely on technology to deliver their messages to their intended audiences.  This session is designed to help foster the relationship between the "techies" and the "talkies."

  • Top Ten Things You Need to Know Working with Public Information & Communications Professionals / Information Technology Professionals - Mitch McCartney, Public Information Office Director, Nebraska Legislature and Gary Wieman, Network Manager, Legislative Technology Center, Nebraska

Management Track: Dealing With Decision Makers
Regardless of your profession, most people have to get buy-in for their projects and programs from someone higher up on the organizational chart.  This session will explore methods for effectively dealing with the decision makers in your organization.

Technical Track: User Setup and Administration
PC setup, user rights, Active Directory policies, and testing/release of those aggravating patches. What combinations of these are employed to keep systems up-to-date while maintaining security and ease of use? Topics covered will include methods employed for Patch Tuesday, least privilege user accounts (LUA), Windows Update vs. Microsoft Update, local administrator rights with AD restrictions, applications that have problems with LUA, and patch testing procedures.

Preview: Microsoft Vista
There’s been a lot of attention given to the next release of Windows – Windows Vista.  A number of changes have been made to Windows Vista, from the end user experience for Flip-3D to architectural changes that harden the security of Windows Vista.  The four pillars of Windows Vista are: security, next-generation desktop, infrastructure and mobile professionals.  Although each of these pillars will be discussed, the majority of the conversation will be around the security changes in Windows Vista.  Topics of discussion will include: 1) BitLocker Drive Encryption – protecting your data at rest with a fully encrypted drive; 2) Internet Explorer 7 - changes implemented to reduce its attack vector; 3) User Account Control – letting end users truly run as a standard user; 4) Windows Defender – the 2nd line of defense on spyware and malware; and 5) Network Access Protection – the framework for maintaining network health.  Throughout the session there will be demonstrations of these security features to help illustrate the value and benefit of Windows Vista.

XML: Why and for What?
You have a base understanding of what XML technologies are.  You’ve heard that lots of legislatures are moving toward XML-based systems for applications such as bill drafting, amendments, journals and calendaring.  Is this technology the correct course to take for your legislature?  This track session will discuss and investigate the issues, advantages, disadvantages and possible pitfalls.  You'll hear from legislatures with different experiences in moving toward XML-based systems--their successful, and in some cases, not so successful, stories of moving from legacy to XML-based systems.

IT Personnel Recruitment and Retention
Selecting the right employee is similar to, but more difficult, than selecting the right software or hardware and can have a much bigger impact on your operations.  Identifying the right candidate from the start is one of the most important factors in hiring the right employee.  It is equally important to understand and recognize all of the resources you have available to help identify these candidates and to reduce the subjectivity involved in hiring decisions.  This session will provide various approaches and techniques to help you efficiently and productively identify the best candidate for your position.

Technical Track: New Technologies
This session will take a look at how some newer technologies, like .NET, SQL 2005, and Office 2007 are or will be used in state legislatures.

User Setup and Administration
PC setup, user rights, Active Directory policies, and testing/release of those aggravating patches. What combinations of these are employed to keep systems up-to-date while maintaining security and ease of use? Topics covered will include methods employed for Patch Tuesday, least privilege user accounts (LUA), Windows Update vs. Microsoft Update, local administrator rights with AD restrictions, applications that have problems with LUA, and patch testing procedures.

  • Group Policy - Eric Dugger, Network Services Manager, Legislative Counsel Bureau, Nevada

 

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2006 Annual Meeting  (View full Agenda)
Nashville, Tennessee
August 14-18, 2006

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Picking Up the Pieces After Katrina and Rita
This session focuses on how a major disaster affects state legislatures, even if the disaster doesn't strike the capitol.  Topics include: offering resources to citizens through web sites, suspending laws, conducting elections, establishing new operation sites, and communication issues.

You Are Not Anonymous
What you do on your computer at work is seen by others, sometimes even if they’re not intentionally looking. Also, because your computer is owned by citizens, this information might be made public. This session will show you just how vulnerable you are.

TechTalk--on Smartphones, PDAs and Voice Over IP
Like most places in the world today, our legislatures are inundated with mobile communication devices, and the planning and implementation of internet phone systems (VoIP) is on the rise.  This session will provide specific examples of the use of devices such as Treos and Blackberries in a legislative setting, as well as insight on converting to a VoIP system from some who have done it.  Get some practical, business ideas along with product reviews from legislative IT professionals.

Secure: Are You Sure?
Today's computer users are bigger malware targets than ever. From "Evil Twin" attacks on wifi networks to personally tailored 'spear phishing' emails and malware hitchhiking on IMs, malicious people are finding more and more ways to breach networks and individual systems. This session will discuss these problems and what computer security specialists are doing to counter them.

Constituent Services Software
Constituents are using technology to communicate their needs and concerns. Therefore, these requests are escalating and are more complex in nature. The expectation was that a response would always address these needs and concerns. Now, more than ever, the expectation is that the response too should be immediate, if not sooner. This session will explore how software has matured and is being used today to meet the needs as requests for information increase from a growing and diverse constituent base.

NALIT Business Meeting

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2005 Professional Development Seminar (View full Agenda)
Rapid City, South Dakota
Oct. 5-8, 2005

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NALIT 2005 Seminar Blog
The NALIT Seminar blog has photographs and reports on events from the seminar in Rapid City, including a raffle to raise contributions for hurricane relief.  Dennis Loudermilk donated a beautiful hand-crafted bowl with inlaid NALIT logo for the raffle.  NALIT attendees raised more than $200.  A check and letter were sent on behalf of NALIT to the Louisiana Disaster Relief Foundation (LDRF) (see LDRF letter).

XML Tutorial
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
This introductory session is designed to explore the XML approach in the context of Legislative data. Whether you are championing a new era of electronic publishing and content management, designing a replacement to a sophisticated existing drafting solution, or delving into interoperable data exchange to enhance delivery of Legislative documents to the Web, XML offers an opportunity to create an industrial-strength, self-describing, data-driven solution that delivers multi-channel publication options.

  • Adobe PDF Download PDF Version: XML Tutorial - Devan Shepherd, CEO, CTO, XMaLpha, Minnesota

XML in Legislatures
Wednesday, October 5, 2005
States that are at various stages of implementing XML-based systems will discuss why they chose to use XML, its value for the particular application, and how they have gone about implementation.  Following the presentations, panelists and audience members will participate in a roundtable discussion.

Avoiding Outdated Applications
Are there best practices for managing the update process?  How do you get buy-in from management and users for updates? Should they be done in-house or outsourced?  This session explores how to manage the update process, but will also look at maintaining older applications when justified or necessary.

Web Search Engines
Thursday, October 6, 2005
This session reviews and compares the various search engine products available for web sites and how they have worked in state legislatures.

Policies for Mobile Technology
Thursday, October 6, 2005
PDAs and cell phones are becoming commonplace in legislatures, but they can be difficult and expensive to support and manage.  This session will look at what policies should be in place and how states are managing mobile devices.  It will also look at customizing legislative content for users of these devices.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Issues for Legislatures
Thursday, October 6, 2005
How do states provide for the disabled in meeting rooms, chamber galleries, chamber desks and Web sites?  This session will explore the technology, vendors, types of devices, and how legislatures are meeting these needs.

Public Wireless Systems
Friday, October 7, 2005
A growing number of legislatures offer wireless access to legislative information at the capitol.  Panelists will discuss their experience with costs, benefits, risks, and strategies for deploying wireless networks.

  • Public Wireless Overview for the State of South Dakota - Amanda Jost, Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, South Dakota

Technical Track: Disaster Preparedness
Recent natural disasters have again raised awareness of the need to prepare for events that can take down mission- critical legislative systems.  This session will look at how states can gain support for and implement disaster preparedness and recovery plans. 

IT Staffing and Structure
Friday, October 7, 2005
Most legislatures have a central information technology office that serves all legislators and staff, but many have separate house and senate IT offices or even a separate office for each caucus.  Panelists will discuss the variations on these structures and the benefits and challenges posed by each.

Data Management and Preservation of Digital Records
Friday, October 7, 2005
This session will cover the preservation of digital records and publications and tools available to states--an electronic recordkeeping plan/template, a Library of Congress Capability Assessment, and the OAIS Reference Model.  The session will provide a closer look at how states are approaching the issue and discussion of the differences in these approaches.

Closing Keynote Address:  John Gilroy
Saturday, October 8, 2005
John Gilroy, a columnist for The Washington Post since 1994, has published more than 500 columns regarding all aspects of personal computing.  Readers and audiences praise him for his humor, his clear, concise answers and his wide knowledge of the world of high technology. 

Voting Systems
Saturday, October 8, 2005
State legislatures are exploring new options in voting systems and displays.  This session will look at recent developments in voting systems.

Washington's Floor Activity Report
Saturday, October 8, 2005
This application was developed to present information about the status of bills during House and Senate floor sessions in real time. House and Senate workroom staffs enter actions as they occur on the floor. All participating clients are notified to refresh local data displays using multicast technology. The client application also includes a feature to allow members to create and store personal notes on each bill and amendment. Originally written in ASP and VB6 with a SQL Server backend, the application has recently been updated to ASP.NET.

Washington's Selected Bill Tracking
Saturday, October 8, 2005
This application provides custom bill tracking functionality and is available to legislative members, staff, liaisons, lobbyists and the general public. Features include the ability to create and manage custom bill lists in a folder tree structure. Custom reports can be generated and exported to Excel, Word, Access, or plain text. Custom lists can be shared with other system users.  The application is written in ASP.NET accessing a SQL Server backend.


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2005 Annual Meeting  (View full Agenda)
Seattle, Washington
August 16-20, 2005

Microsoft Tours
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
NALIT members experienced a glimpse of the future on a tour of the Center for Information Work and Home at Microsoft. Both concepts are under the creative direction of Microsoft Research, a division tasked with wondering how technology can make a difference in everyday life and then to build it.

Opening Plenary Session and Keynote Address by Bill Gates of the Microsoft Corporation
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Bill Gates is Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation, Seattle. Gates started the world's leading software company in 1975. His vision and leadership have changed the way the world uses computers. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, with an endowment of $27 billion, is dedicated to global health and learning.


NALIT Business Meeting
Thursday, August 18, 2005

Technology for Legislators: Manage or Be Managed
Wireless at the capitol, handheld computers and cell phones, web sites and blogs...all this new technology allows legislators available 24/7. This session will help legislators understand these tools and to manage, not be managed by, technology.

Phishing, Pharming, Spyware and Spam
Thursday, August 18, 2005
E-mail spam and scams, spyware, viruses and various types of malicious software or "malware" are a growing problem for all computer users.  This session will provide guidance to help identify, prevent and resolve these problems in the legislative environment.

Voting Systems and Displays: A View to the Future
Friday, August 19, 2005
As many states are realizing the need to replace their legacy voting systems, this session looks at ways to get the most out of your voting system, including exploring how to leverage your system for expanded use. We will hear from the state of Illinois on their recent reengineering of their voting system, which they developed in house.  In addition, a leading technology expert will discuss the future of display technology, giving practical assessments of the pros and cons of the various display options available to legislatures.

Legislative Websites: Everything Old Is New Again
Friday, August 19, 2005
New technologies are turning old challenges into new realities for legislative Web sites. Hear how states are archiving Web casts, making them widely accessible and searchable, and how they are managing content through new methods of information distribution.

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2004 Professional Development Seminar (View full Agenda)
Burlington, Vermont
Sept. 8-11, 2004

Malware
Wednesday, September 8, 2004
This session covers identifying, preventing and removing malware.
  • Spyware – Tom Salonick, Technology Support Technician, House of Representatives, Pennsylvania

    Web Tips, Tricks and Techniques: RSS for Legislative Web Sites
    Thursday, Sept. 11, 2004
    Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an XML format designed for sharing headlines and other Web content. Several states are using RSS to provide users with notices of new Web content or to distribute newsletters. This session will look at how to make your content available via syndication, which RSS format you should choose, and other tips for and potential uses of RSS for legislative Web sites.

    Voice Over IP in the Legislature
    Wednesday, September 8, 2004
    Last year we heard about the potential of VoIP. This year, we hear from people who actually use it. Does it live up to the hype? Or does it create more problems than it solves? How difficult was the implementation? Was the transition smooth or was it a nightmare scenario?

    XML Bill Drafting Systems (Joint with Legal Services Staff Section)
    Friday, Sept. 10, 2004
    XML (extensible markup language), designed specifically for Web documents, provides a flexible way to identify and share information according to its content, meaning or use. This session will discuss the use of XML for bill drafting systems and its benefits for IT staff and users. States with XML bill drafting systems will explain why they chose XML and will discuss the impact on and involvement of users in the implementation of these systems.


    E-Mail as a Public Record (Joint with Legal Services Staff Section)
    Friday, Sept. 10, 2004
    In many states, the question of whether legislative e-mail is a public record has not been definitively determined. However, legislative staff can be called on to interpret whether e-mail is public record or may be responsible for retention and management of e-mail, or to provide public access upon request. This session will discuss these issues and explore how states are dealing with legislative e-mail.

    Gadgets, Gizmos and Gear
    Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004
    This session will give you, the tech-savvy tech (or not-so-savvy tech), a look at some of the great new technologies being used by your fellow IT folks. There will be reviews and demonstrations of the technologies and their application. Items such as the “thing-a-ma-jig” the “what-cha-ma-culit” and the “hickey-bob” will be on display.
    • Gadgets, Gizmos and Gear - Darryl Hazelwood, District Office Support Supervisor, House of Representatives, Pennsylvania

    XML Editors
    Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004
    ArborText vs. Word vs. Propylon vs. ? A number of states and parliaments have implemented a variety of XML strategies, and we can now learn from their experience. Contingency Planning and Business Continuity
    Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004
    Most IT shops have plans in place to replace critical IT infrastructure in case of emergency. The scale of possible disasters has increased enormously over the last few years. How quickly can you rebuild your IT infrastructure offsite? Do your House and Senate have alternative meeting sites? Are they anywhere near your alternate IT site? Can you replace critical knowledge locked in the heads of your staff should they be unavailable? With luck, we’ll never have to find out the answers to these questions, but…


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    2004 Annual Meeting
    Salt Lake City, Utah
    July 19-23, 2004

    A Focus on Legislative Staff: Retaining the Best and the Brightest
    Tuesday, July 20, 2004
    Good legislative staffs are worth their weight in gold.  With tight budgets, short timelines, partisan conflicts and term limits, staff play a critical role.  This two-part session explores how to keep outstanding employees in the midst of competition, reduced funding and an aging workforce.


    Technology Time Warp: Stretching the Hours in the Day
    Wednesday, July 21, 2004
    All of us, legislators and staff, have days where the work to do exceeds the time available. What does technology offer that may help us avoid having to read The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People? This session will explore technologies that have promise for the harried legislator or staffer, including: (1) Instant Messaging—Does it have a place in the legislative environment? How does it work and what are the policy as well as technological questions? (2) Gadgets—Technologies continue to develop and converge. How can the busy legislator use the new generation of phones, digital assistants, and wireless devices to leverage their time? (3) Directing the Flow of Information—Technologies like RSS exist for searching through news.


    Experiences and Guidelines for Managing IT Consultants
    Wednesday, July 21, 2004
    Contracting out IT projects, even those that appear to be straightforward at the outset, can sometimes run into time-consuming and costly problems.  Learn from the experiences of colleagues and consultants about the keys to successful relationships with consultants.


    Webcasting Policies and Pitfalls
    Wednesday, July 21, 2004
    Internet streaming of live committee meetings and chamber proceedings is becoming more prevalent.  This session covers a number of policy issues to consider when webcasting is implemented, including staffing requirements, content disclaimers, archiving policies, webcast files versus official legislative records, bandwidth, and accessibility of webcast files.


    Wireless Access to Legislative Information
    Wednesday, July 21, 2004
    Several legislatures offer wireless access to legislative information for the public, legislators and staff with wireless-enabled devices; one offers free Internet access. Learn how some have structured the service.  The panel will discuss their experience with costs, benefits, risks, and strategies for deploying wireless networks.


    Wireless Access to Legislative Information—Technical Session
    Wednesday, July 21, 2004
    Wireless technologies present technical and security challenges for IT staff, especially when providing the public with wireless access to legislative systems.  This session will walk you through the technical ins-and-outs of deploying wireless networks.


    NALIT Business Meeting
    Thursday, July 22, 2004


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    2003 Professional Development Seminar (View full Agenda)
    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
    October 1-5, 2003

    Dealing with Spam
    Wednesday, October 1, 2003 Web Casting: Can It Be Done and Done Right?
    Friday, October 3, 2003 Web Trends--Tools and Techniques: What's Hot and What's Not?
    Friday, October 3, 2003 IT Staffing: Ingredients for a Good Organizational Recipe
    Friday, October 3, 2003

    Tim Rice's Handouts:


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    2003 Annual Meeting
    San Francisco
    July 21-25, 2003

    Information Technology Trends and Topics
    Monday, July 21, 2003 Evaluating IT Expenditures in Tough Budget Times
    (Co-sponsored by the National Legislative Program Evaluation Society)
    Thursday, July 24, 2003 XML Editors and Open Source Solutions
    Thursday, July 24, 2003
  • NALIT Business Meeting
    Thursday, July 24, 2003


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    2002 Professional Development Seminar (View full Agenda)
    John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Sparks, Nevada
    October 16-19, 2002

    Implementing Wireless and Voice over IP
    Wednesday, October 16, 2002 Mission Statements and Strategic Planning
    Wednesday, October 16, 2002 Decision-making and Managing for Conversions and Upgrades
    Thursday, October 17, 2002 New Challenges in Licensing, Procurement and Budgeting
    Thursday, October 17, 2002 Disaster Recovery and Continuance
    Friday, October 18, 2002
    Recent world events have states reevaluating business continuity and recovery plans.  This session reviews the critical points to include in plans and looks at options such as hot site facilities and other ways to ensure that the legislative process will continue in the face of disaster.
    Network and Wireless Security
    Friday, October 18, 2002 Tools for Web Development and Content Management
    Friday, October 18, 2002 Who is Spinning the Web?
    Friday, October 18, 2002 Nevada State Legislature Technology Tours
    Saturday, October 19, 2002 Managing IT Challenges in States
    Saturday, October 19, 2002 Requires RealPlayerClosing Keynote Address: Richard J. Varn, CIO, Iowa


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    2002 Annual Meeting
    Denver, Colorado
    July 23-27, 2002

    Show Me the Money: Measuring the Value of Technology
    Wednesday, July 24, 2002 NALIT Business Meeting
    Thursday, July 25, 2002


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    2001 Professional Development Seminar (View full Agenda)
    Springfield, Illinois
    September 29 - October 3, 2001

    Microsoft Licensing Issues
    Monday, October 1, 2001


    Recruiting and Retaining Legislative Staff
    Tuesday, October 2, 2001


    Web Best Practices
    Tuesday, October 2, 2001


    PDAs and Wireless Technology in the Legislative Arena: Getting in Sync with Mobile Technology
    Tuesday, October 2, 2001


    Providing Support Away from the Capitol
    Tuesday, October 2, 2001


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    2001 Annual Meeting
    San Antonio, Texas
    August 11-15, 2001

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    A Look Inside Legislative Technology
    Saturday, August 11, 2001

    E-Mail Explosion:  Getting a Handle on IT
    Sunday, August 12, 2001
  • Get A Grip On E-Mail - Representative Jeff Hatch-Miller's presentation
  • E-mail Overload in Congress: Managing a Communications Crisis -  Kathy Goldschmidt's presentation
  • Using Technology to help manage the E-mail Explosion - Robert Betchel's presentation
  • It's 10:00: Do You Know Where Your Server Is?
    Monday, August 13, 2001
     

    Best Practices and Policies for Cyber Legislatures
    Tuesday, August 14, 2001

    NALIT Business Meeting
    Tuesday, August 14, 2001


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    2000 Professional Development Seminar
    "Taking Advantage of 21st Century Technology . . . or Not"
    Richmond, Virginia
    October 11-14, 2000

    NALIT Business Meeting
    October 12, 2000
    NALIT Business Meeting Minutes
    Policies Revisited—E-mail, Internet Use, Equipment Use, and Monitoring
    October 12, 2000
    Policies Revisited—E-mail, Internet Use, Equipment Use, and Monitoring by Kim Dodd Manning, Senate, Louisiana
    A Fresh Look at the Paperless Office/Chamber: Implementing Streamlined Systems and Gaining User Acceptance
    October 13, 2000
    The Paperless Office - Myth or Reality? by Gene Rogalski, Xerox Corporation
    Information Technology Funding/Procurement
    October 13, 2000
    Lease or Purchase of Laptop Computers by Paul Schweizer, Minnesota House of Representatives


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    2000 Annual Meeting
    July 15-20, 2000
    Chicago, Illinois

    Toys, Gizmos and Gadgets
    July 17, 2000
    Toys, Gizmos and Gadgets - Sean Johnson, Florida House of Representatives

    State Demonstrations: Legislative Information Systems
    July 17, 2000

    Summary of State Demonstrations

    NALIT Business Meeting
    July 19, 2000

    NALIT Business Meeting Minutes


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    NALIT Professional Development Seminar
    October 13-16, 1999
    Sacramento, California

    Remarks of John Phelps, Clerk of the Florida House, NCSL Staff Chair
    October 14, 1999

    Mobile Computing: Supporting Remote Access and Finding the Right Tools for the Job
    October 14, 1999

    Supporting Remote Access and Finding the Right Tools for the Job by Gary Wieman, Nebraska Legislative Technology Center

    Remote Access by Ed Kingston, Office of Information Technology, Connecticut

    Virtual Private Networking
    October 14, 1999
    Virtual Private Networks The Future of Networking by Jeffrey Coppock, Technology Lead, Nortel Networks

    Virtual Private Networks at Work at the Legislature by Ed Kingston, Office of Information Technology, Connecticut

    Document Management in the New Millennium
    October 15, 1999
    Document Management by Whitney M. Martin, Director, Platform Marketing, Documentum, Inc.
    Word Processing Conversion Issues
    October 15, 1999
    Is XML right for you? by Allan Syiek, Vice President, ADEI, Inc
    Legislative Support Services
    October 15, 1999 Document Management Systems–From Document Creation to Workflow and Management, to Publishing and Distribution
    October 15, 1999
    Evolution of the Document by Norm Gearhart, Legislative Information Systems, Ohio


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    1999 Annual Meeting In Indianapolis, Indiana

    New Options for Voting Systems
    July 25, 1999

    Alabama Voting System by Brian Hansen, Director, Legislative Computer Center, Alabama
    Senate Voting System of California by James Gilles, Chief Deputy Director, Legislative Data Center, California
    Electronic Voting in Nevada by Allan Smith, Manager, Information Systems, Legislative Counsel Bureau, Nevada
    History and Future of Nevada's Voting Systems by Allan Smith, Manager, Information Systems, Legislative Counsel Bureau, Nevada

    State Demonstrations
    July 24, 1999

    Utah's Use of Active Server Pages by Mark Allred, Research & Systems Analyst, Utah

    NALIT Business Meeting
    July 27, 1999
    Business Meeting Minutes


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    1998 Professional Development Seminar
    Implementing Streaming Audio and Video in Your Environment by Sean Johnson, Florida House of Representatives

    Appendix: Implementing Streaming Audio and Video in Your Environment by Sean Johnson, Florida House of Representatives

    Strategic Planning for Legislative Information Systems by Alfred W. Speer, Louisiana House of Representatives

    Strategic Planning for Legislative Information Systems by Mary Galligan, Kansas Legislative Research Department

    Computer Technology in the Redistricting Process by Mary Galligan, Kansas Legislative Research Department


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    NALIT Business Meeting Minutes
    Minutes of the NALIT Business Meeting
    NCSL Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 24, 1998

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