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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Information technology can transform the way in |
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| which government serves its constituents and conducts its |
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| operations, but that transformation is not without cost; and
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| WHEREAS, Electronic digitalization and other advances have |
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| revolutionized such essential government actions as obtaining |
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| signatures, date and time stamping, notarizing and serving |
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| legal documents, and record keeping and auditing; and
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| WHEREAS, The Electronic Commerce Security Act, 5 ILCS 175/, |
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| authorizes State and local governments to participate in the |
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| paper-free environment of an electronically digitalized work |
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| environment, but most public agencies face obstacles to that |
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| transition; and
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| WHEREAS, Many public agencies lack both the funding and |
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| expertise to purchase or upgrade the necessary equipment and |
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| skillfully operate that equipment in order to assure consistent |
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| and uninterrupted public service; and
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| WHEREAS, Public agencies also have concerns about meeting |
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| their statutory duties and their need to serve citizens not |
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| fully at ease with standard information technology, such as the |
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| elderly and disabled; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that a task force is established to |
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| study the costs and feasibility of transforming Illinois |
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| government into a digital government at both the State and |
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| local levels; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the task force shall consist of 8 members |
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| appointed 2 each by the Speaker and Minority Leader of the |