Metro Area County I.T. Collaboration
Dakota County Information Technology has entered into many joint contracts, projects, and other technology endeavors with Minnesota cities, counties and the state. However, until recently, there was no formal agreement in place to facilitate and encourage joint efforts.
In May 2011, an MOU was approved between Dakota County and seven other large MN counties for a cross county collaboration process to incent sharing IT infrastructure and functionality. This bold, new initiative directs IT Leadership to review options for sharing underutilized assets as well as costs to implement new emerging technologies, provide new services and purchase technology.