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Director Memorandum 18-013

Date: January 16, 2018

Prepared By: Joseph B. Zoba, General Manager

Subject: Catalog of Functional Computer Enterprise Systems Used by the Yucaipa
Valley Water District

Recommendation: That the Board reviews and authorizes the publication of functional
computer enterprise systems pursuant to Government Code Section
6270.5.

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.

Effective on January 1, 2016, Senate Bill No. 272 (Government Code Section 6270.5.) 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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