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Commissioners authorize temporary countywide employee emergency alerts using Blackboard; require 311/HR outreach and integration planning
Summary
Commissioners approved immediate use of the county’s preexisting Blackboard notification system as a temporary employee-incident notification channel, directed STARS mobile import and coordination with law enforcement dispatch centers, and tasked the Fire Marshal and Universal Services with evaluating long-term integration options.
Harris County Commissioners Court on May 8 approved immediate countywide use of the Blackboard mass-notification system (previously used during the COVID-19 pandemic) to deliver emergency incident alerts to county employees.
The court directed that employee mobile numbers be imported from the county’s STARS personnel system on a biweekly basis and required departments to encourage employees to register mobile numbers and not to opt out of emergency messaging.…
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