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Alberta SuperNet & Grande Prairie's CyberCity - this presentation was delivered by Dave Gourlay, City Manager, City of Grande Prairie, to a SuperNet Awareness Workshop sponsored by Peace Region Economic Development Alliance held at the Trumpeter Motor Inn on Wednesday March 6, 2002.  For further information visit:

Information Technology Status Update - March 14, 2002 Presentation to the City of Grande Prairie's Supervisors Group (Note - large file size:  3.5 Mb approxd.)

Internet Portal Strategy - The following three documents were issued as an appendix to a Request for Proposals which closed on March 15, 2002.  The documents also serve to describe the Internet Portal Concept as envisioned by the City of Grande Prairie senior management and technology staff.
Internet Portal - Executive Summary  
Appendix A - E-Commerce Features (this document identifies some e-commerce website features and opportunities recognized by the City , as well as identifying our vision of how we interact  with citizens, businesses and visitors to the website)
Appendix B - Portal Integration:
Next Generation		 Identifies a framework for the Internet Portal project and overall implementation plan

 

 Launching Grande Prairie's Information Systems into the 21st Century (Tables; a set of 50+ PowerPoint slides from Information Resources Department - automatically-generated web pages: graphic versions (~70-80 Kb each) and text versions (1-2 Kb each); total is > 5 Mb).
The CyberCity Initiative aims to help Grande Prairians to prepare for and to participate and compete in the Information Age. An Executive Summary (a two-minute read) describes the objectives of this initiative and provides links to its components.
An Enterprise-wide Network Study describes the networking environment, the installed network, its objectives, topology and components. A related Electronic Communications page describes the context of the City's on-line activities, particularly the section "Inter-City and World-Wide Networking."
Telephone and Network Integration Study: An Assessment of Communication Needs and Technology Convergence Opportunities (90 Kb; September, 1998).
 The Computer System Application Acquisition and Implementation strategy (20 Kb) describes the corporate strategy for new computer system application acquisition and implementation.
 A suite of descriptive information is available concerning the development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for spatial analysis and processing of mapped asset locations and the related attribute data.
 An Information Management Advisory Committee (IMAC; 20 Kb) provides oversight for the collection, storage, processing, exchange and display of information through use of electronic and telecommunications equipment and systems.
 Strategic Planning for Information Technology and Telecommunications (background paper - 130 Kb) "Exploiting Global Information Exchange in the 1990s and Beyond."
 "Outsourcing: The 20 Steps to Success" by Warren S. Reid, President, WSR Consulting Group, LLC. "Outsourcing can offer definite advantages - but only if you do it right. Outsourcing is fraught with danger for the unwary executive or corporate counsel." Other WSR articles.