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Article: Government in Wisconsin connects to private tech firms
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- Daily Reporter (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 28, 2009
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Internet services tailored to government agencies are forcing
public officials to weigh the ease of outsourcing against do-it-
yourself savings.
Outsourcing might be the only choice in Juneau County, which
posts agendas and minutes online and has for years planned to create
an e-mail notification system, said Michael Hunkins, the county's
information systems director.
"It was definitely in some plans I had in the near future," he
said. "But, unfortunately, I had some setbacks with an employee
passing away recently."
The county might have to hire a company to do the job, Hunkins
said, and that can sometimes work out better than doing jobs in-
house.
"I have no problem with the private sector, ...