02/11/1998 04:35 PM House TEL

   HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS                               
                 February 11, 1998                                             
                     4:35 p.m.                                                 
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THE TELECOMMUNICATION INFORMATION COUNCIL              
POLICY COMMITTEE                                                               
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
98-02, SIDE(S) A & B                                                           
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Porter, Chairman, convened the work session of the              
House Special Committee on Telecommunications at 4:35 p.m.                     
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Porter, Dyson, Ivan and Berkowitz.  Representative Kemplen was also            
in attendance.                                                                 
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
CHAIRMAN PORTER gave an overview of the issues discussed at the                
committee's December hearing and opened the floor up for general               
discussion, comments and/or questions.                                         
                                                                               
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FRAN ULMER introduced the Telecommunications               
Information Council (TIC) Policy Committee; she also discussed                 
subsidies for schools and rural health care providers and the FCC              
Advisory Committee.                                                            
                                                                               
ANNALEE McCONNELL, Director, Office of Management and Budget,                  
Office of the Governor, addressed the year 2000 problem.                       
                                                                               
MARK BOYER, Commissioner, Department of Administration, talked                 
about using technology to deliver services.                                    
                                                                               
ANDY KLINE, Special Staff Assistant, Office of the Lieutenant                  
Governor, spoke on standards for government systems.                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 5:24 p.m.                                         
                                                                               
NOTES:                                                                         
                                                                               
Three hard copy handouts were distributed in this work session.                
                                                                               
The recorder had mechanical difficulties at the juncture between               
side A and side B.  Therefore, the recording of the last few                   
minutes of the meeting contains gaps.                                          
                                                                               
This meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.  A             
copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by contacting the            
House Records Office at 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                  
Alaska, 99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, or after adjournment of the                
second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the               
Legislative Reference Library.