TPOC 2006 Annual Report

Telecommunications Planning and Oversight Council
November 1, 2006

2006 Telecommunications Planning and Oversight Council

Membership as of August 31, 2006
MEMBER	AGENCY/ORGANIZATION	REPRESENTING	TERM ENDS
Jennifer Anderson, Chair	Rockwall Independent School District	Public Education, K–12	August 31, 2006 [1]
Darla Fent	Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board	Higher Education	August 31, 2007
Robert Frost	Tarrant County College	Local Governments	August 31, 2005 [1]
Clair W. Goldsmith	The University of Texas	The University of Texas System	August 31, 2006 [1]
Mike Gudell	Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts	Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts	By discretion of the Comptroller
Johanne Ibsen-Wolford	Siemens Communications, Inc.	The Public, Telecommunications Expertise	August 31, 2006 [1]
Walt Magnussen	Texas A&M University	Texas A&M University System	August 31, 2006 [1]
Stephen Raines	Speaker of the House	Small State Agencies	August 31, 2007
Tim Shen	Tim Shen Consulting LLC	The Public, Telecommunications Expertise	August 31, 2005 [1]
Vacant	Health and Human Services Commission	Health and Human Services Commission	By discretion of the HHSC Commissioner
Vacant	Large State Agency	Large State Agencies	Determined by appointment date
Vacant	Texas Building and Procurement Commission	Texas Building and Procurement Commission	By discretion of the TBPC Executive Director
Vacant	Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board [2]	Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board	Office designated by statute

Foreword

The Texas Legislature created the Telecommunications Planning and Oversight Council (TPOC) in 2001. TPOC membership consists of 13 members appointed by the Governor, the Speaker of the House, the Lieutenant Governor, and by designation in the legislation.

TPOC Mission

The Telecommunications Planning and Oversight Council shall plan and oversee the operations of a state telecommunications network that will effectively and efficiently meet the long-term requirements of state government for voice, video, and computer communications. [3]

The following are assigned within the scope of TPOC’s responsibilities:

To establish plans and policies for a system of telecommunications services to be managed and operated by the Department of Information Resources (DIR)
To review the financial information for the DIR Telecommunications Services Division
To oversee the strategic planning and reporting functions for the Capitol Complex Telecommunications System (CCTS) and the Texas Agency Network (TEX-AN)
To develop a strategic plan for the state government telecommunications network [4]
To evaluate TEX-AN usage waiver requests [5]
To develop service objectives and performance measures for CCTS and TEX-AN
To review the performance of services provided by DIR to customers of CCTS and TEX-AN