Issue - meetings

To receive an overview of progress with the Shadow Dorset Council ICT Workstream.

The committee received and considered a report to provide an update on the work of the ICT Workstream, which had been requested by members at the last meeting.  The Chairman noted that the report provided members with assurance that the projects were working well towards day 1 requirements.

Members considered the issues arising from the report and during discussion, the following points were raised:

·                In response to a question, it was confirmed that members elected to Dorset Council would be issued with a new device.  A decision on the devices that would be purchased was to be discussed by the technical teams but it was likely that members would be able to have a choice of a tablet or touch screen laptop, which would be fit for purpose. There was a request for member involvement in this decision

·                The new devices for member use would be corporately owned and personally enabled which would allow members to be able to put their own drivers on to their device.  This would include the ability for members to be able to print directly from their device, which was important from a data protection perspective

·                The new devices would allow members more freedom to deal themselves with any issues with their device

·                Testing was currently underway

·                As part of the member induction process, members documents would be moved over from their sovereign council device, where applicable

·                In response to a question it was confirmed that arrangements for parking would be in place from day 1

·                In response to a question it was confirmed that IT would continue to serve legacy services until convergence took place.  There was no timeframe for this at present.