Status of the Plan for the
State Government Telecommunications Network

Telecommunications Planning and Oversight Council
October 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
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
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
Walt Magnussen	Texas A&M University	Texas A&M University System	August 31, 2006
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
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 [2]	Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board	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]

In the Strategic Plan for State Government Telecommunications Services 2005–2009 (2005 Strategic Plan), TPOC outlined the vision, goal, and strategies for developing and deploying an enterprise network solution that consolidates state resources and utilizes technologies to achieve convergence. TPOC is required to report biennially to the Legislature on the status of the strategic plan. This document, the Status of the Plan for the State Government Telecommunications Network (2006 Status Report), fulfills that requirement. [4]

The 2006 Status Report addresses the progress the state has made toward accomplishing the goals of the strategic plan and discusses recommended statutory changes to enhance the capability and cost-effectiveness of the system.

Planning for and development of the next Telecommunications Strategic Plan for 2007–2011 will begin in fiscal 2007 and will be coordinated with the development of DIR’s 2007 State Strategic Plan for Information Resources Management.