Information Services {IS}

Nature, Scope and Extent of Department Responsibilities

The Information Services Department consists of two main areas, Applications and Data Center. Each area has a manager responsible for managing and supervising the Information Services Department staff.

The Applications area consists of a programming staff organized into eight teams. Together these teams provide computer application and program services to over 31,000 employees in 258 schools and other sites as well as support for more than 197,000 students.

Primary applications that the department is responsible for include Business Systems using Lawson Software's integrated Enterprise Resource Planning software and the Student Information System using Computer Associates software.

The Business applications consist of functions for finance, procurement, inventory, human resources, payroll, and benefits. The final phase of the successful Lawson ERP implementation was completed on June 30, 2005.

The Student Information System is used for maintaining demographics and records for all students. Staff responsibilities include managing programs to meet all local, state, and federal reporting requirements from both primary systems. This system, which successfully meets the needs of our District as well as the Florida Department of Education, was completely developed and programmed in-house by the IS Department.

Two emerging applications areas include GIS and the movement toward Web Application Development.