ITD meets public and employee needs
by broadcasting transportation board meetings
via WebEx during pandemic

When the pandemic hit hard in March and almost all of ITD began working from home over the next several months, the department still had an obligation under Open Meeting Law to make Idaho Transportation Board meetings accessible to the public. ITD also needed to do so for employees and presenters to the board who could no longer just pop into an in-person board meeting. WebEx was the solution.

“We needed to be able to broadcast in the district conference rooms to meet the public’s need, and to allow state employees to log in and watch board meetings to have knowledge of current and future activities affecting their work environment,” explained IT Integration Sr. Analyst Michelle Cobler.

Eddy Martinez added that it enabled ITD workers to get info without lessening work production, since they didn't need to leave their work areas to go to a conference room.

 

Published 08-14-20