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Office of Technologies
Mission - The Caroline County Office of Technologies is dedicated to providing technical leadership for all
county agencies and departments to meet there respective missions through the efficient implementation, operation,
and support of computer and communication systems.
Responsibilities - Caroline County Office of Technologies is responsible for the budgeting, purchase, and
support for efficient and proper operation of:
- All Caroline County departments end user systems and Network Servers
- All Caroline County departments Network and Applications functionality
- Caroline County 911 CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) system
- Caroline County e-mail system Design, Implementation, and Functionality
- Design, Installation and Maintenance of Caroline County Networks Including; Local Area, Fiber, Wireless, Metropolitan,
and Wide Area Network Systems
- Audit and Tracking of all Caroline County Owned Technical Resources
Budget Overview - Effective July 1, 2002, this office is now a separate
division under the direct supervision of the County Administrator. Previously
these job functions were part of the Administration and Support budget, which
included the Office of Technology and Office of Human Resources.
To delineate the job duties and classify program costs the Office of
Technologies will have a separate budget such that the Capital Technology
budget category may be more accurately represented per requirements of GASB 34
(see pie chart below).
The Office of Technologies budget supports hardware and software expenditures for all County Departments.
These expenditures are divided into these categories: Hardware, Software, Licensing
(Required by some software vendors), Wide Area Network, Maintenance, and Office Support.
Below is a colored table indicating each individual category budget.
(Chart does not include employee expense)
| Definitions of Budget Overview |
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| Hardware: |
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Any NEW Equipment Purchased including; PC's, Local Areas Network Gear (routers/switches), Peripherals (printers, scanners, etc.) |
| Software: |
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Any NEW Application Purchased including; Microsoft Office Applications, Single User Specialty Applications (Arcview GIS, PhotoShop, etc.) |
| Licensing: |
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Renewal of agreements for Application usage with multiple software vendors. |
| Wide Area Network: |
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Any Supplies, Equipment, or Service that supports the use or expansion of the Counties Wide and Metropolitan Area Networks. |
| Maintenance: |
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Agreements for Service and/or Support with multiple software vendors. The purchase of parts necessary for repair of units, systems or networks. |
| Office Support: |
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Mileage and Conference expenses, Seminar/Certification fees, Tools and Spares, Office Supplies, Capital Outlay, and Other Expenses. |
| General Fund Budget FY 2003 |
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$31,338,215 |
| Office of Technologies |
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$247,243 |
Computer Network Supervisor - James D. McCormick Jr.
The position of Computer Network Supervisor is a technical leadership position responsible for the operation of the communication, computer, and technology system of the County to include Local and Wide Area Networks, workstations, servers, peripherals and software
- Promotes the cooperative partnership between individual and multiple departments for the effective and efficient implementation and use of technological resources
- Designs, integrates, and issues purchase orders for network hardware and software
- Prepares the technology capital improvement budgets for the various department and supervises the execution of those budgets
- Installs and assembles Wide and Local Area Network systems, workstations and peripherals to include cable for additional workstations
- Configures workstations and servers to increase capability
- Troubleshoots hardware and software problems with network communications, servers, workstations, printers and peripherals
- Evaluates new hardware and software for County Government and individual department applications
- Consults with and evaluates systems of County-related agencies and makes recommendations to them
- Trains designated staff members in each department to perform minor maintenance work
Computer Network Lead - Chris Rice
The position of Computer Network Lead is an intermediate level of work integrating and maintaining software or hardware for local and wide area microcomputer networks, including operating software and network communications software.
- Maintains the structure of simple local and wide area microcomputer networks and prepares plans, reports and diagrams documenting the type and location of software and hardware
- Installs operating system software and network communications software for microcomputer networks; application software and customizes as required
- Configures and monitors the performance of network software and hardware for optimum efficiency
- Diagnoses routine network software and hardware problems and makes repairs and adjustments
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