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Workshop Memorandum 18-029
Date: January 9, 2018
From: Katheryn Hallberg, Management Analyst
Joseph Zoba, General Manager
Subject: Discussion Regarding the Catalog of Functional Computer Enterprise Systems
Used by the Yucaipa Valley Water District
The general philosophy behind open data is that datasets maintained by the government agencies
are public records and should be, by default, machine-readable and downloadable from public
websites. Open data allows for greater transparency, accountability, civic engagement, and
innovation by expanding public access to government data.
Senate Bill No. 272 requires local government agencies to publish a list of all the information
systems ("enterprise systems") they maintain. These catalogs of data include basic details for
each database, including a description of the purpose for the system, how the data is collected
and updated, and the vendor providing the software or hosting for system. This bill does not
require local agencies to publish the dataset themselves online, however, these inventories serve
as a menu from which the public can request data through a California Public Records Act
request.
The following software products are required by to be shared with the public.
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