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Hocking County IT director outlines AI policy, NextGen 911 timeline and Starlink tests for rural sewer sites
Summary
IT Director Mark Scott told commissioners the county is drafting an AI policy with a three‑tier risk framework, plans wall‑mounted emergency manuals, expects NextGen 911 to go live after state testing in early March, and is testing Starlink as a lower‑cost backup for remote sewer pump connectivity.
Mark Scott, Hocking County’s IT director, told the Board of Commissioners on Feb. 5 that the county is finalizing several technology initiatives aimed at improving public safety, emergency preparedness and cybersecurity.
“We're currently working on a policy for the whole entire county,” Scott said of a draft artificial intelligence policy now with the prosecutor’s office. He described an annual inventory of county AI systems and a three‑tier risk ranking; tier 3 systems that would manipulate data would trigger public notice explaining how resident data are being handled.
Scott also showed a template emergency plan manual intended to be mounted and available in every office. “It will include plans for…
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