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ITAC ACTION ITEMS - Status Report
May 14-16, 2002

Troy District Office, New York

ITAC membership email abbreviation:   GS-W ITAC

Legend for AI Identifier:   May2002.NY.1 = month, year, location, & action item number for each ITAC meeting.

AI Identifier

Person(s) Assigned / Description of Action Item / Status of AI/Comment

May2002.NY.1
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:  Isabelle Halley

Description of Action Item:   Isabelle will send Leo House instructions for AIS "cut and paste" to BASIS for MIS

Status of AI/Comment:   Completed 5/14/02, see attached email.

May2002.NY.2
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:  Steve Blanchard

Description of Action Item:   Steve will wordsmith the Parts, such as Part B, of the ITAC charter based reflecting the organizational changes in the Bureau. Reflect change that ITAC reports to both the Associate Director for Water and the GIO. Revise and report at the next meeting.

Status of AI/Comment:   Completed

May2002.NY.3
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:  ITAC members

Description of Action Item:   ITAC members

AI/Comment:   ITAC members will send "Draining of Office of Information Resources" draft letter review comments to Nelson Williams by COB May 24; Loren Kloft will send the letter to Steve Blanchard by Tuesday morning May 28.

Status:

  • Nelson Williams will rewrite/rework the letter and deliver the letter for Bob Hirsch again.
  • Mike Slifer will try to get ITAC on the WRD Senior Staff Meeting Agenda.
  • This letter will be discussed again at the next ITAC Cyber Seminar.

    • Steve Blanchard's email follows:

      [Begin:]
      The letter is well written and expresses a proper attitude. However, I can't recommend to Bob that he sends it for the following reasons.
      1. The issues that are addressed in this letter primarily relate to the Director and his common business practice decisions.
      2. The only part that Karen has any control over is the 3 OI people transferred to her staff. Of the 20% reduction to OI, these 3 people are a very small part.
      3. The main issue is that the director has changed the Bureau's business practices and emphasis. What disciplines once did is now shifting to the bureau and regions. Bob, I, and others have explained the consequences of these changes to the director and deputy director on several occasions. Bob and other water HQ staff will continue to meet with the deputy director to show the impacts. In spite of all Bob's and others efforts, the Director has decided which way he wants to move the bureau.

      So in summary, the letter is addressed to the wrong person and shouldn't be sent to Karen. I don't think it should be sent to the Director, the appropriate recipient, because these points have already been presented to the director's office and the director has stuck with his decisions.
      [End.]

  • The next step is to redraft the memo and address critical tasks that are uniquely Water Resources Discipline.
  • Next, identify critical tasks that GIO will be taking over.
  • These tasks are tasks that Water Resources Discipline staff have performed well to date.

Discussion continued to bring this to the Regional GIO and GIO LT from the Regional Computer Specialists.

Completed

May2002.NY.4
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:  ITAC members

Description of Action Item:   ITAC members will send "BASIS AIS Conversion" draft letter review comments to Grady Moore by COB May 17; Grady Moore will send the letter to Steve Blanchard by Monday morning, May 20.

Status of AI/Comment:   Completed, Sent from ITAC thru Bob Hirsch to Carol Aten, 6/18/02.
Reference:   Transition planning from AIS to BASIS+

May2002.NY.5
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:  ITAC members

Description of Action Item:   ITAC members will send "Communications" draft letter review comments to Jessie Alvarez by COB May 24 ; Jessie will send to Steve Blanchard by Tuesday morning May 28.

Status of AI/Comment:   In progress, add Regional GIO as a recipient. --- Completed

May2002.NY.6
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:  ITAC members

Description of Action Item:   ITAC members will send "SLEDS" draft letter review comments to Loren Kloft by COB May 24; Loren Kloft will send the letter to Steve Blanchard by Tuesday morning May 28.

Status of AI/Comment:   Completed -- Mike Slifer sent this letter out the week of June 10. John Gray responded and will plan to sit in on the July Conference Call

May2002.NY.7
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:  Steve Blanchard   Mike Slifer

Description of Action Item:   Steve Mike will followup with the WRD Senior Staff on rotation ITAC member assignments:   Pat Vallance, Loren Kloft and Mike Slifer.

Status of AI/Comment:   Complete, Mike Slifer sent Email to RH's 8-14-02 requesting replacements.

May2002.NY.8
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:  Charlie Merk

Description of Action Item:  Charlie Merk will summarize the goals that have been accomplished since January 2001 and send to ITAC members.

Status of AI/Comment:   Charlie presented the 2001 goals to senior staff, RE: October 22, 2002 presentation

May2002.NY.9
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:  Brian McCallum

Description of Action Item:   Brian McCallum will followup with the Regional Hydrologist to determine the location of the next meeting.

Status of AI/Comment:   Completed -- The ITAC meeting is scheduled for September 10-12, 2002 in Montgomery, AL

May2002.NY.10
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:  ITAC Chair

Description of Action Item:   The ITAC Chair will officially send out ITAC minutes to the Regional Executives, including the Regional GIO and to the Associate Director for Water Water Resources Division Senior Staff.

Status of AI/Comment:   Completed 8-14-02 (Mike Slifer)

May2002.NY.11
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:  ITAC members

Description of Action Item:   ITAC members shall send out the minutes to all the Lotus email abbreviations of the constituents they represent and follow-up with how the minutes effect the constituency.

Status of AI/Comment:  

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