Title: State Updates (continued)
1Network Nebraska
2Nebraska Information Technology Commission
- Created in 1998 by LB924 currently codified as
NRS 86-501 through 86-530. - The Nebraska Information Technology Commission
(NITC) shall establish the vision and goals to
guide the development and use of information
technology infrastructure in Nebraska. - Composed of 9 Commissioners appointed by the
Governor and approved by the Legislature Lt.
Governor Dave Heineman is the Chair.
3Nebraska Information Technology
Commission (www.nitc.state.ne.us)
Education Council
Community Council
State Gov. Council
Technical Panel
- Work Groups
- Operations WG
- Training Advisory WG
- Action Items Task Groups
- INPWG (joint sponsorship)
- Work Groups
- Directory Services
- E-Government Strategy
- Lotus Notes Collaboration
- Records Retention
- Juvenile Data Sharing
- INPWG (joint sponsorship)
- Work Groups
- Accessibility
- Network Architecture Work Group (NAWG)
- Security Standards
- Statewide Synchronous Video Work Group (SSVWG)
- Work Groups
- Telehealth Subcommittee
- Technologies Across Nebraska (joint effort with
UNL) - INPWG (joint sponsorship)
Network Nebraska Initiative
Collaborative Aggregation Partnership (CAP)
Interim Network Policy Work Group (INPWG)
Network Architecture Work Group (NAWG)
Operational Members UNCSN, DAS-DOC, NET
February 24, 2003
4Network Nebraska
- Lt. Governor and UN President said Build a State
Network - UN CIO Walter Weir
- Nebraska DOC Brenda Decker
- NET Michael Beach
- State CIO Steve Schaefer
5Customers
- Definition of Customer- those entities with
the capacity to provide local technical service
and network support to other participants,
including the end user. - Educational Service Units
- Telehealth
- Colleges/Universities public/private
- State Agencies
6Pre-aggregation Situation
7University of Nebraska Pre-aggregation Situation
8Network Needs
- Aggregation of Bandwidth Reduce cost
- Ability to scale the size of the network
- Quality of Service/Redundancy
- Service Level Agreements
- Ability to mix network designs
- That meet State University network needs
- To consolidate network support functions
9Services
- Internet 1 aggregation primary service
- Internet 2 SEGP by July 2004, lots of interest
- Transport network Telehealth, homeland
security, etc. - Video Services
- Others (email, file servers, etc)
10Backbone Phases
- 0 - Scottsbluff project
- 1 - Omaha, Lincoln, Grand Island, Kearney
Alltel is provider with MPLS network - 2 - North Platte, Norfolk, Alliance, Grand Island
Qwest is provider with ATM network
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12Next Steps
- Identification of additional aggregation points
- Encourage Customers to subscribe
- ESUs 10,11,15,16,18 (maybe 13,14 and others)
- Wayne State College
- Interest from several community colleges
- Creighton
- Nebraska Hospital Association
- Expect 100 meg of I1 service by July 2004
- But, ISPs are lowering prices to compete
13Possible Network Nebraska Extension
State College connection ESU connection to U
of N Co-Location
14Problems
- No money and State budget continues to fall
- ISPs are becoming more competitive
- Still no money
- Most issues are not technical policy/polictics
15Contacts
- Walter Weir, CIO
- University of Nebraska
- 402-472-2862
- wweir_at_nebraska.edu
- Jim Emal, Director of Strategic Technology
- University of Nebraska
- 402-472-7145
- jemal_at_nebraska.edu
- Rick Golden, Director of Networking
(construction, contracts, whatever) - University of Nebraska
- 402-472-7626
- rgolden_at_nebraska.edu