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MHIS Mission

The strategic mission of the Metro Hartford Information Services (MHIS) is to provide leadership, coordination, and support for the information technology and communication needs of the City of Hartford, the Hartford Public Schools, and the Hartford Public Libraries.

MHIS Vision

MHIS will enable or support continuous improvement of any work process including the enhancement of instructional technology by and through a transformation to real time and on-line work processes.

Eric L. Jackson, Chief Information Officer

We strive to provide excellent service to our community. We value professionalism, communication, respect, and integrity and we commit ourselves to: (read more..)

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 Business Relevance; Supporting City Initatives - July 1st, 2009
  

Business Systems:

• Implementation of the MUNIS Work Order is progressing. MUNIS Benefits module is in process. These modules provide seamless processing between the Financial Systems and the City’s’ MUNIS Payroll and Human Resource systems. (read more..)

• Implementation of MUNIS Inventory module is nearing completion (read more..)

• Conversion of the Hartford Public Schools Winstar Attendance system has been converted to MUNIS (read more..)

• Integration between MUNIS and the City 311 system is in process. (read more..)

• Conversion of the Earnings History file is in process. (read more..)

• Lost Time reporting has been completed (read more..)

• Efforts to Outcome in HHS & OFYC (read more..)

• School of Choice Application (read more..)

Network Operations:

• Network Operations suffered two major disruptions in data center operations in November. In response we have implemented stronger change control, and are working to increase staff members' awareness and application of risk management (read more..)

• Continued work with the Support Services Division, HPS leadership, and vendors on the Waterford Early Learning project. Please see the entry under Support Services for more detail. (read more..)

• Continued support for DPW with network infrastructure and telephone work in the evacuation of City staff from No. 2 Holcomb Street. NOD is now working to redesign the fiber-optic connections for the Holcomb / Coventry campus to remove all reliance on 2 Holcomb Street. (read more..)

• Network Operations has conducted a research project to evaluate the potential cost savings of implementing energy management software for City and HPS PCs. A 2000+ user energy study has been completed. Results show that City and HPS users already exercise good energy discipline – turning off their PCs at night and weekends. A role for energy management software may still exist in conjunction with overnight patch management. (read more..)

Support Services:

• Power Schools (read more..)

• Support Services continued working with Network Operations, Pearson, and the BOE on the Waterford project. Project kickoff occurred July 2009 with a projected completion of January 2010. The rollout consisted of the deployment of 2000+ computers, 218 printers, 38 distributed Servers, Network drops and electrical cabling in 180 classrooms in 22 schools. Support Services has conducted the Project Management services for this project. This project had little planning time and has had a great impact on MHIS resources. The project is currently at 91% complete. (read more..)

• Support Services kicked off the Power school project in September, to replace SASI the district Student Information System. The system will go live for the 2010/2011 school year. Data Conversion from SASI has begun and Scheduling training for the Magnet Schools kicks off on February 4, 2010. (read more..)

• Performance Pathways scanner and computer setups were completed at the 50+ sites and the server is being installed to support online testing. The data exports from SASI are working successfully and system is being utilized by the schools. (read more..)

• Support Services continue to provide support to school construction projects for Fisher/Montessori, University HS, Kinsella, Hooker, Capital, and Fisher Stem. (read more..)

• Support Services continued to participate in many other projects during Q2: Read 180, Choice, HMMS Transition, Science Program deploying 870 laptops to various schools, Leveled Literacy computer deployment, and City and BOE department moves. (read more..)

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