About Us
The City of Fond du Lac continues to make considerable investments in modernizing its Information Systems with tremendous backing and support of the City Council, City Management and all City Departments. Information technology impacts all aspects of City 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 a new alternative and more efficient ways of doing business. Information Technology systems and applications include: Network Backbone, Computer Data-Centers and Closets, Standardization of equipment and software, City Council Audio Visual System, Phone System, Email, Print Services, Enterprise Storage, GIS, Financials, HR, Payroll, Customer Billing, Work Order Management, Police and Fire Records Management, Recreation, Fleet Management, Permitting, Business Licensing, Case Management, Internet, and Enterprise and Public Wireless Services. These systems provide staff with essential tools in conducting daily operations and effectively serving the public. The City continues to make a significant annual investment to keep these solutions working. The role of the IT Department is to support the operational departments with reliable systems and information on a daily basis. The most critical support required of IT being network, communications and applications support. The IT department 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 city is strategically positioned to leverage fiber optics cable installs for high-speed broadband deployments to all of the city-owned facilities.