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Current status and future plans for Passport system updates
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Council Member Julie Won inquires about the completion status of Passport updates and future plans. Director Lisa Flores provides context on the system's evolution and current focus.
- The original scope of Passport was much smaller than its current implementation
- There are no planned major releases at this time
- The focus is on improving current processes and streamlining existing functionality
- MOCS continues to engage with agencies to prioritize future changes and additions to the system
Julie Won
0:35:46
are just current rates that we've negotiated with them.
0:35:51
Okay.
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And it sounds like it's safe to say that the phased update the passport is in, it's now at the completion since we first began three years ago, or is there still more to come?
Lisa Flores
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Well, I mean, I I would say the just to to step back, as you may know, chair one, the original scope of this contract when it was let, some years ago, over ten years ago, was to pilot four agencies and do about two releases, maybe three.
0:36:23
Obviously, release one being Vendex and all the way through COVID, when they did release three, which was sourcing.
0:36:30
So invoicing, for example, was not in the original scope.
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I say that because we obviously have a much more complex system than was originally envisioned.
0:36:40
And so as I mentioned earlier, at this time, we don't have a planned major release and definitely want to focus on looking at our current processes, where we can make changes to ensure that the processes are as efficient as possible to streamline and continue to speed up the process.
0:37:00
But there's definitely an opportunity for us to continue to add on to the system as we work with our agencies to prioritize what they'd like to see in the system.
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As any system, it does not include every single thing every single agency wants.
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And sometimes, that's a good thing, right?
0:37:15
We want some standardization across the system.
0:37:17
But we constantly engage with both our users and our agencies to see where we can prioritize changes in the future.