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After service disruptions, Hood County directs HR to draft IT director posting and orders an RFP for managed services
Summary
Following recent IT staffing disruptions and public testimony urging local responsiveness, Commissioners directed HR to draft a job posting for a county IT director and asked purchasing to prepare an RFP for IT managed services; the court also signaled interest in an IT oversight committee.
Hood County Commissioners on May 27 directed staff to prepare a job posting for an IT director and to draft a request for proposals (RFP) for IT managed services after a week of service disruptions prompted judges and court offices to describe slow vendor response and operational backlogs.
Courtroom testimony included:
- Tom Rickert, a former county IT employee, warned that the county’s existing in‑house IT staff collectively hold decades of experience and urged the court to be careful before outsourcing because rapid…
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