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ISSUE 01 February 2012

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Company Overview Page 1 Exciting Opportunities for 2012 Page 2 GAB Projects Page 2 Mobile Device Development Page 3 Back Office Support Introductions Page 3

Individual Commitment to a Group Effort

Im excited to work with a team of talented people. Dave Meyer is leading over 15 projects at GAB. Ryan Oberg is developing the first mobile application for the State of Wisconsin. Amy Meyer and Todd Henrigillis have been providing excellent service to MRL and MDIs technology needs. This includes developing a new support hotline to improve service. Last, but not least, Tori has been keeping all the Lightbox office functions running smoothly. Thank you all for what you do to make Lightbox Technologies great! David Grassl

Company Overview
Lightbox Technologies is establishing itself as a key service provider for the Government Accountability Board (GAB) at the State of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Radiologist LTD (MRL). Lightbox Technologies leads the technology team at GAB and provides Radiology PACS, Dictation, Networking and Back office management at MRL. There are a total of 6 people working for Lightbox Technologies and we have 4 open positions. Lightbox Technologies also provides support services for the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration and Orthopedic Hospital of Wisconsin. The Division of Enterprise Technology (DET) is using the Lightbox technology support model as the new state technology model for all agencies. This is a great opportunity for Lightbox moving forward with the State.

Building Alliances
Managing the Elections Division Technology Redistricting Efforts Check!
Managing the Governor, Lieutenant Governor Recall Projects Check! Implementing Voter Photo ID Technologies Check!
Needless to say, Lightbox Technologies at the State of Wisconsin Government Accountability Board (G.A.B.) is right in the Lightbox employees (Dave, Dave, and Ryan) are working on key technology initiatives to Voter Photo ID assist the G.A.B. with a number of Last year, the legislature passed new laws technology driven projects. that require all voters to show a photo ID. Statewide Redistricting G.A.B. is responsible for implementing that law and there were a number of changes boundaries and ensure that the law is being followed. In system in CRM for tracking provisional ballots. SVRS Modernization signature recall validation. from every Lightbox county also and

Exciting Opportunities for 2012

2012 will be an exciting year for Lightbox Technologies. Our biggest challenge will be to recruit qualified staff to fill all the positions we have available at the State of Wisconsin. I will be spending a lot of my time working with recruiters and recruiting services finding new ways to connect with technology resources. I will also start working with universities to look at new hires coming out of the technology programs.

developed a system for tracking estimated costs

thick of whats happening in Wisconsin. municipality in the state.

The state legislature has passed new that Lightbox has made to the SVRS to legislative district municipalities have passed new ward plans. addition, Lightbox is also developing a new Lightboxs role in this is to implement these new districts in the Statewide Voter Registration System (SVRS) to ensure that everyone that is eligible to vote gets to vote implementing GIS mapping technologies that have significantly cut the costs down Lightbox has implemented the new GIS through a data validation process to ensure that all voters are in the districts in which they belong. This data validation process will be complete prior to any elections occurring in those municipalities. Recall With over 1 million signatures to validate, and in the correct districts. We are also Lightbox is redesigning the current SVRS to be easier to use, improve development time frames, speed up implementation of new to follow an already established framework. is redesigning the SVRS in Microsoft CRM and it will be a web based platform instead of the current client/server platform that is provided through Citrix. This is an extremely exciting initiative that Lightbox will be working on over the next year plus. Infrastructure Transition

for implementing the new districts in SVRS. laws, improve the backend architecture, and technologies and we are currently going Lightbox

Another exciting opportunity is that Lightbox will be leading the development of the new State of Wisconsin Voter Registration System. We will be using Microsoft Dynamics CRM to customize a new Election Management System. Another popular project is the leading of the Recall verification efforts at G.A.B. This project has national coverage and interest.
Dave Grassl

there are technologies that Lightbox has Lightbox is coordinating the transition of the implemented to assist in this process. G.A.B. technology infrastructure from DOA Lightbox has implemented a new Microsoft the recall petition validation process. addition, Lightbox coordinated In to be managed and maintained by G.A.B. In technology infrastructure that will still be CRM tracking system for the G.A.B. to track addition, Lightbox will be managing that the housed at a DOA data center, but will be Dave Meyer

procurement and configuration of the managed internally by G.A.B. and Lightbox scanners and developed the workflow for resources.

EYE ON IT Additional GAB Initiatives

Mobile Voter Public Access System
Access Elections Mobile Felon File Automation Voter Public Access, Click & Mail

Technology Solutions for Government

Mobile Device Development Lightbox is part of a team at the GAB which has applied for a federal grant to aid in the development of a voter public access tool for overseas and military voters to more rapidly absentee and accurately This vote will with an ballot. include voters, as well as eliminate the delay of standard mail. In addition to the federal grant, Lightbox is also working on the development of a tool to send election notifications and allow voters to find their polling place based upon their current registered information. If their information is incorrect they will be able to submit updated information to their clerk and request polling place information based upon their address. By utilizing GPS and mapping software, we will be able to accurately direct a voter to their polling place. Ryan Oberg

Updates to Canvass and WEDCS Nomination Process Automation

Federal Voting Assistance Program FVAP

Election Division Social Networks (Face book/Twitter) G.A.B. Data Warehouse Centralize candidate filing with Campaign Finance Information System (CFIS) Statement of Economic Interest (SEI for Ethics Division) SharePoint Collaboration Site Incident Tracking Recall Election Cost Gathering Training Management Absentee Ballot Management Provisional Ballot Management

notifications of when elections occur, when a ballot is issued, printed, received by an official, and again when the ballot is counted. For military personnel and overseas voters, registration can be complex and time consuming. By placing registration on the mobile platforms we can allow our military voters to provide information immediately to our clerks and electors will be able to complete a form, review, print, sign, and mail in everything required. As soon as absentee ballots are available online, the system will direct military and registered overseas voters to their ballots. At this time, the user can mark their ballots on their mobile device, print, sign, and mail. Wisconsin is a state that prides itself on government transparency. By gathering usage data, we will be able to keep the public informed of the success of the system and improve services to our military and overseas voters. This tool will streamline the voting process for our military and overseas

Meet Your MRL Radiology Assistants

If youve worked 2 or third shift the past few months you have probably already had the pleasure of meeting at least some of your Radiology Assistants online. This team works nd rd 2 and 3 shifts and all holidays remotely from Saipan. With their help MRL is able to provide an efficient delivery of reports back to referring physicians by ensuring that order information is received accurately, critical results are communicated back when necessary, and special report delivery is done as requested. Top Left: Glesie Nadunza Top Right: Shiela Goto Bottom Left: Grace Laxina Bottom Right: Rosie Ramos Their philosophy was best stated by one of their team members upon being given a compliment for her hard work. We work with love, values and dedication.
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