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LIGHTING
THE WAY
FOR OUR
COUNTIES
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C O N T E N T S
focus on
C O V E R S T O R Y
48 WAYNE CouNtY
The evolution of
technology over the last
50 years is changing the county
way that our counties
highlights
operate in a variety of
different ways. 68 CHEStER: Chester County
Geographic Information System
(GIS)
86 ButLER: Speak UP! Butler
County Youth
features
10 Fifty Years of Technology Growth and Lessons Learned
regulars
22 The Faces of IT Across Our Counties
6 President’s Commentary:
25 Nationwide NACo Scholarship Awarded A Constant Voice and
Invaluable Resource
26 IT Organization Design & Staffng
8 Annual Sponsors
33 Are You Doing All You Can to Be Protected?
80 Newsworthy
3 8 Addressing the Data Explosion with Data Governance
43 County Fiduciary Liability: An Emerging Risk
58 Translation Please: Navigating the Lingo of Technology
63 Rule Creates Pennsylvania Leaders
72 New Permanent Records Policy Allows for Electronic Form
a fve-time national award
76 Working Smarter Not Harder with UCM winning publication of the
County Commissioners
82 Next Generation 9-1-1 Association of Pennsylvania
9 4 Eight Graduate from CCAP’s Center for Excelence Leadership Program
Publisher
Douglas E. Hill, Executive Director
Editor
Ken Kroski, Director of Media
and Public Relations
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Graphtech
2017 ExECutIVE CoMMIttEE The County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania
President
(CCAP) is the voice of county government; a statewide
Harlan Shober, Washington County
nonproft, nonpartisan association representing all 67
First Vice President
Dennis Stuckey, Lancaster County
counties in Pennsylvania. CCAP members include county
Second Vice President
Kathi Cozzone, Chester County commissioners, council members, county executives,
Treasurer administrators, chief clerks and solicitors. CCAP strengthens
Michelle Kichline, Chester County
the counties’ abilities to govern their own affairs and improve
BOD Chair
Robert Thomas, Franklin County the well-being and quality of life for every Pennsylvania
2017 EDItoRIAL BoARD resident. It advocates for favorable state and federal
Executive Director, PACAH • Kelly Andrisano, J.D. legislation, programs and policies on behalf of counties.
Executive Director, JDCAP • Wayne Bear
CCAP is committed to service excellence through education,
Executive Secretary • Lori D. Dabbondanza
Executive Director, PACDAA • Michele Denk
information, insurance, technology and other programs that
Insurance Programs Services Coordinator • Tona Faust
Insurance Programs Accountant • Ginger Galliher support effective county government. Founded in 1886,
Director of Member and Vendor Relations • Mandi E. Glantz
CCAP is an affliate of the National Association of Counties.
Executive Director • Douglas E. Hill
Executive Director, PACA MH/DS • Lucy Kitner
Director of Media and Public Relations • Ken Kroski
County News is accepting articles for publication. If you want to submit
Deputy Director • Brinda Carroll Penyak
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County News magazine is published four times a year by the County
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A Constant Voice
and
Invaluable
Harlan G. shober, Jr.
President Resource
County Commissioners
Association of Pennsylvania
Washington County Commissioner We are now more than seven months committees such as the Community
into the year and I am amazed at what and Economic Development
CCAP has accomplished in that short Committee; the Energy, Environment
amount of time. The members and and Land Use Committee; and
staff have worked tirelessly on issues Agricultural Committee. Committee
surrounding the state and federal membership gives commissioners
budgets, prison reform and the a chance to serve in an area of their
fght against the drug addiction that expertise or interest. It’s a great use
plagues our state. of resources and a wonderful way to
serve the people of Pennsylvania.
These issues, and many others,
were tackled under the guidance When this month’s Pennsylvania
of Executive Director Doug Hill and County News magazine hits your
Deputy Director Brinda Carroll Penyak, desk, you will read about issues on
who make sure our organization is a which CCAP staff and members have
constant voice in Harrisburg and an worked diligently. Around the same
invaluable resource to county offcials time, many of us will be attending
throughout the commonwealth. CCAPs Annual Conference in beautiful
Erie. Meetings, such as these, provide
I am proud that more than 400 another way for our members to work
leadership and committee positions for the common good of our citizens;
have been flled by county offcials to share i
nformation and ideas.
from across the state. Some have
volunteered to serve on one, or in As president of CCAP, I was able
some cases two or three, of CCAPs to host such a gathering here in
many important committees. These Washington County in June. It was a
people put forth great effort on pleasure to show the executive board
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members our beautiful countryside,
our industry, our tourist attractions The Unifed Case Management
and to let them enjoy our hospitality.
It helps showcase the beauty and System (UCM) is part of a
diversity of our commonwealth.
statewide efort to share data
As members of CCAP, we all have
issues that are important to us and
between participating counties.
problems that are at the forefront
for our individual counties. Of the
many services provided by CCAP, Here in Washington County, the county, but his staff is becoming
one that I would like to encourage UCM system is being utilized at the familiar and comfortable with the
the leaders of every county to take correctional facility, adult probation system. “I think and believe one of the
a really good look at is the Unifed and the public defender’s offces, with best advantages is the reports that are
Case Management (UCM) system implementation in progress in the readily at hand and built in,” he said.
developed by our CCAP staff. district attorney’s offce.
Karen Lebar, the assistant chief of
UCM is a one-of-a-kind product for Pene Cecil, who works for the adult probation, said UCM works
criminal justice departments to use Washington County Public Defender, well for her offce. “It’s nice because
for their case management needs. said their offce has been using the a person’s case is in there from the
Information about criminal offenders system since August 2016 to keep magistrate level and we just build
is stored in the database as they are track of clients. she uses UCM to upon that when it fnally comes to us.
processed through the criminal justice pull information from the UJs Portal In our old system we had to build the
system. The core offender information and the Washington County Jail’s case from scratch,” she said, noting
is shared, while department database, giving her access to criminal that UCM also is user friendly.
information is shared between users charges, dates of birth, social security
based on different security levels. numbers, contacts and case notes. Jon Ridge, chief of Washington
UCM is benefcial, because the county “Now it’s a breeze, it’s truly fast, it County’s adult probation offce,
pays for and maintains one system, saves me a lot of time and I have no agreed that UCM is working well,
instead of multiple informational problems with it,” she said. but he believes it will reach its full
systems. It also is part of a statewide potential when the district attorney’s
effort to share data between Cecil added that the UCM Help Desk offce utilizes the system.
participating counties. is wonderful and the staff walks her
For more information about the UCM
through issues and answers all of her
In the commonwealth, there are 20 questions. She also has participated system, please be sure to contact
adult probation offces, four district in conference calls with other UCM CCAP. I believe it is a system that will be
attorney’s offces, four jails, and fve users throughout the state for training truly benefcial to your county. This is
public defender’s offces using UCM, sessions and problem solving. also one more example of the benefts
while 19 counties are using the web provided by CCAP and I want to thank
portal. There are eight counties who Ed Strawn, the warden at the all of the members and staff who work
have more than one department Washington County Correctional on projects such as UCM and support
using UCM. Facility, said UCM is still new to the CCAP throughout the year.
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