DEP Biweekly Reports Folder 0049, 2000-2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

means of overcoming progress on development of new systems were discussed, as well as possible those roadblocks.

Re-engineering/Planning/E-Government

Intranet on Computer Two members of my staff met with OMB and a member of the citywide TAC is a technology initiatives to discuss the Department's plan for an agency wide Intranet. The Intranet facilitate the exchange of that will permit the Department of Environmen a rotection (DE to the Internet, which is ideas and information as it relates to carrying out the agency mission. Unlike internal communications a public relations and customer support entity, the Intranet is an performance of mechanism. Currently, most DEP employees use a computer at some point in the databases are resident their duties but have no mechanism for the sharing that information. Large within the agency which could on Local Area Networks (LANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs) practice of sending a printed be tied together and accessed by staff directly, instead of the current of current technology (e.g. copy through the inter-office mail. The Department could take advantage their desk). It would online training, whereby an employee could view a video or tutorial online at would allow a more reduce the amount of paper currently distributed through the agency and memos, meeting efficient record management system which could utilize searchable indexing of The DEP Intranet (including meeting notes), technical data, procedures, manuals, phone listings. entire department and would also increase the efficiency of information exchange throughout the management structuring facilitate collaboration between groups-including those separated by designed and executed (between bureaus) and geographically (upstate and downstate). A well proceed. Intranet will achieve these goals. We are awaiting OMB and DOITT approval to

Fiber Optics issuing an RFP for the Staff met with Deputy Mayor Coles and DOITT to discuss progress toward Our staff have installation of fiber optic cables in our vacant high pressure watermain lines. Veatch is preparing a base péflOrmed site inves iga ions. The Water Board's consultant Black and of construction projects map, at our direction, which will include changes to the system as a result RFP sometime in coordinated by DDC. The group anticipates that it should be possible to issue an February.

SPDES Discussions Planned with NYSDEC have planned a meeting with A new Regional Water Engineer has been designated by NYSDEC. We We particularly want to him and other senior DEC officials for the first week of January in Albany. manner in which the State take up various SPDES issues. Specifically, we intend to discuss the alteration. In prior issues SPDES permits. In the past, permits have been renewed with little or no permits. This would meetings, we have expressed our views on possible modification of various pretreatment, CSOs, plant apply to a broad spectrum of the treatment process, such as industrial DEC has given capacity upgrades, and State standards that limit the optimizing of treatment.

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