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<br />OJ2988 <br /> <br />Subcommittee: Sue Lowry (WY -Chair) <br /> <br />Estimated Work Days and Time Frame: See Water Resources Committee Work Plan <br /> <br />4. WSWC WATER POLICY SEMINAR <br /> <br />Work to date: The Council has sponsored biennial seminars in Washington, D.C. to enhance <br />congressional contacts and advise congressional staff on major western water issues from the perspective <br />of western states. We have also used the occasion to hold regular Council meetings where federal officials <br />are involved in dialogue with Council members over issues pertaining to federal/state relationships. The <br />spring 2000 seminar was held in conjunction with the Interstate Council on Water Policy (ICWP) and the <br />Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators (ASIWPCA). <br /> <br />2002: The subcommittee will direct further arrangements for the seminar to be held in the Spring of 2002. <br />ICWP and ASIWPCA will cosponsor the event, where two joint sessions are planned. <br /> <br />Subcommittee: Dave Pope (KS) - Chair, Roland Westergard (NY), Francis Schwindt (ND), Brian Griffin <br />(OK), and Dee Hansen (UT), <br /> <br />Estimated work days: 2 <br /> <br />Time frame: March - April <br /> <br />5. COMPUTER INFO BASES AND INTERNET <br /> <br />NEWSLETTER <br />LIBRARY HOLDINGS <br />HOME PAGE <br /> <br />Work to date: The Council staff has accomplished several tasks related to "computerizing" Council <br />documents over the past few years. They have created a Folio 1nfobase containing Western States Water <br />newsletters for the past six years and have also created a Folio infobase for the library index. These <br />developments have facilitated electronic access to Council documents for Council members and other <br />interested persons. Internet and e-mail access for the Council staff have also been developed. A web site <br />has been created for the Council. This web site now contains the current issues of the Council's newsletter, <br />as well as editions from recent months, a directory of membership and E-mail addresses and agency web <br />sites, as well as a listing of publications, positions, and areas for members to access draft positions and <br />other documents. <br /> <br />The staff will explore and present to the Executive Conunittee further opportunities to enhance the <br />Council's role in facilitating electronic conununication among Council members and staff, particularly <br />related to water information gathering and sharing, and water planning. Further, the Committee will <br />explore and implement, as appropriate, means to improve the utility of the Council's web site, such as <br />expanding the links, incorporating a chat function, including a counter for web site hits, and incorporating <br />a facility for editing documents online. <br /> <br />Estimated work days: 5 <br /> <br />Time frame: January - August <br /> <br />3 <br />