Kansas Statutes 74-9302. Same; purpose and duties
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-9302
- gateway: shall mean any centralized electronic information system by which public information shall be provided via dial-in modem or continuous link to the public through subscription or through public libraries. See Kansas Statutes 74-9301
- INK: shall mean the information network of Kansas, Inc. See Kansas Statutes 74-9301
- network manager: shall mean the entity or person engaged to manage and run the gateway or network on behalf of INK. See Kansas Statutes 74-9301
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- public information: shall mean any information stored, gathered or generated in electronic or magnetic form by the state of Kansas, its agencies or instrumentalities, which is included within the information deemed to be public pursuant to the Kansas open records act, Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-9301
It shall be the purpose of INK to perform the following duties:
(a) Provide electronic access for members of the public to public information of agencies via a gateway service;
(b) develop a dial-in gateway or electronic network for access to public information;
(c) provide appropriate oversight of any network manager;
(d) explore ways and means of expanding the amount and kind of public information provided, increasing the utility of the public information provided and the form in which provided, expanding the base of users who access such public information and, where appropriate, implementing such changes;
(e) cooperate with the office of information technology services in seeking to achieve the purposes of INK;
(f) explore technological ways and means of improving citizen and business access to public information and, where appropriate, implement such technological improvements; and
(g) explore options of expanding such network and its services to citizens and businesses by providing add-on services such as access to other for-profit information and databases and by providing electronic mail and calendaring to subscribers.