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About IT Forum
Your source on IT employment security
and good government
 Purpose,
goals drive union's IT agenda
The purpose of
the Information Technology Forum is to identify interests of IT union
members and to develop strategies that further these interests. See Contact
Us to veiw the list of Forum members.
Our purpose also is to protect the employment
security of IT members by:
- Examine the privatization of IT work – develop
strategies to bring it in house.
- Develop positions and strategies that assure IT
employees have the education and training to perform their jobs –
cross training.
- Develop positions and strategies to promote career
paths and related job opportunities.
Forum Composition
- Members hold IT classifications in their agency.
- Diverse membership with respect to classification
(i.e. programmers, technicians) and agency representation.
Proposed Forum Activities
- Develop a network among IT employees represented
by OCSEA (e-mail network, MyOCSEA, linkages with OCSEA subordinate bodies).
- Act as an information gathering body as it pertains
to projects it adopts or sounding board for issues affecting IT employees.
- Act as a resource regarding legislation that affects
IT work (example: HB 482).
- Explore problems with contracting out IT services
including requesting information about problematic contracts, analyzing
impact and helping to prepare statement positions about how work can
be performed by state employees.
- Examine education/training needs and pursue strategies
that help assure IT employees receive investments that keep them current
and help prepare them for future career possibilities and agency IT
needs in the future.
Operation and Staff Support
- Forum meets, as needed depending on the type/scope
of work it adopts.
- Operations Director Bruce Wyngaard is assigned as
liaison. OCSEA department staff from Research or IT lend assistance
on a project-by-project basis as priorities dictate.
- Forum activities are reported to the Board
Professional Advisory Committee.
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