The Colville Tribe continues to make considerable investments in modernizing its Information Systems with tremendous backing and support of the Colville Business Council, Administration and all Tribal programs. Information technology impacts all aspects of Tribal operations and service delivery.
Information technology tools help to create, manipulate, organize, transmit, store and act on information in digital form in supporting traditional business techniques as well as providing new alternative and more efficient ways of doing business. Core technologies (processors, drives, and peripherals) continue to get smaller, better, faster, cheaper and easier to use enabling new ideas and techniques to be introduced on a regular basis.
Information Technology systems and applications include: Network Backbone, Computer Rooms and Closets, Standardization of equipment and software, Council Audio Visual System, Phone System, Email, Print Services, Enterprise Storage, Financials, HR, Payroll, Media Services, Customer Billing, Work Order Management, Computer Aided Dispatch, Police and Fire Records Management, Recreation, Fleet Management, Fire Staffing, Permitting, Licensing, Case Management, Internet, Intranet. These systems provide staff with essential tools in conducting daily operations and effectively serving the public. The Tribe continues to make a significant annual investment to keep these solutions working. As a result of the investment into these back end systems, the Tribe is now able to support state of the art offerings for its businesses and programs.
The role of the IT Division is to support the operational programs with reliable systems and information on a daily basis. The most critical support required of IT being network, communications and applications support. The IT division provides short and long term direction in planning, researching, selecting and deploying future technologies. IT strives to accommodate improved business process automation, self service and quality customer service through a variety of hardware and software solutions.
New solutions and projects going forward are evaluated as to whether they:
1) have appropriate capabilities for the need to be addressed, 2) will be easy to use with minimal user and administration training required, 3) will be reliable, stable and supportable, and 4) have a proven track record with a number of deployed sites.
Ultimately, the success in providing quality Information Services and Technologies is a result of well trained users and a highly qualified and capable support staff.
After years of planning and preparation, the Tribe is strategically positioned to leverage gigabit fiber optics capabilities for Tribal programs.
