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The Department continued to oversee 17 con- The wireless network that runs our computing Uacts between the Town of Mashpee and human ser- environment is pictured below. This image is a Map vice agencies providing a variety of services to of Mashpee with Icons that represent network anten- Mashpee residents. nas, their locations, and our coverage. Last year I showed a detailed map of the wireless backbone, but The Department is a representative at the left it out to limit space. Barnstable Human Rights Commission and attended The 2008 International Human Rights Day This is .actually 2 complete wireless networks. Celebration. The Primary Network was installed December 2006 and the Backup(Original)Network was installed June The Human Services Department continues to 2004. Both networks are running simultaneously. take an active role in budget and policy decisions. This configuration provides us with a complete redun- Mary Scanlon,the Human Service Chairperson and an dant wireless backbone which better utilizes band- experienced clinician, continues to provide clinical width between sites and enables 100% redundancy. consultation to the coordinator of the department with This year we added a Wireless Base Station on Town no additional cost to the town. Hall to connect Heritage Park and the Chamber of i. Commerce to our network. We also added the new The Human Services Department will look for- Fire Substation. ward to meeting the needs of Mashpee residents in the upcoming year and will continue to identify gaps in Department Mission services and promote collaboration within the town to To provide 24 geographically dispersed depart- fill these gaps. ments in Mashpee with consistent, cost effective, and secure connectivity to all current and future informa- tion systems. To create an Information Systems infra- Gail Wilson structure that provides increased accessibility to infor- Human Service Coordinator mation for all citizens of the Town of Mashpee. This includes telephony,local and wide area data networks, e-mail and internet access, network operat- Report of the ing systems, desktop operating systems, anti-virus Director of Information protection, firewall protection, anti-spam and anti- TechTechnolo Department spyware initiatives, backup and disaster recovery ser- nology p vices, software licensing and maintenance, networked printers and other related technology. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens Major Activities of the previous Fiscal Year 2009 of the Town of Mashpee • Provided data processing services to 21 town 2008 was another busy year for the Information departments. Technology Department. We have accomplished much in the past 5 years that I have had the privilege • Expanded connectivity to the Mashpee High of working for the Town of Mashpee, and many of the School, Quashnet, and K.C. Coombs Schools new features, enhancements and products we have using Cisco Routers to enable MUNIS connec- provided to our town employees and residents would tivity to expand the Purchase Requisition, not have been possible without proper funding and a Purchase Order, and Workflow Business i quality team. May I also express my gratitude and Processes. thanks to the Mashpee Cable and Advanced Technology Advisory Board for their generous sup- • Expanded the usage of Sticker Tracker applica- j port in funding the hardware, software, wireless net- tion and migrated all Mooring transactions and I' i work infrastructure and G.I.S. initiatives that we have the Mooring Waitlist to Mooring Tracker. implemented over the past 5 years to stabilize, i enhance, expand, and secure our network; and may I • Migrated all ESRI GIS content including shape thank Bruce Stello and Tom Mayo for their enthusi- files, Geodatabases, imagery, projects and pro- I'm and can do attitude. grams to the new GIS Server running ARC IMS Server. Also moved the GIS website from out- side vendor to in-house on this ARC IMS Server. 121