1. Donegal County Council Geoffrey Browne I.S. Projects Leader

2. Donegal

3. County Donegal ~4800 sq_km ~1100 KM coastline Northwest Periphery Rural Living and sparsely populated Island Communities Mountainous interior Population centres around the coastal fringe 147,000 population

5. Donegal Socio Economic Large Gaeltacht Area Airport in Carickfin Fishing Ports in Killybegs, Burtonport etc No Railway Network Numerous Festivals including “Mary from Dungloe”, Earagail Arts Festival, Rory Gallagher Festival

6. Donegal Socio Economic cont. High unemployment levels Tourism Fishing Agriculture Knowledge Economy – Call Centres Construction Textiles (in fast decline)

7. Donegal County Council - stats Headquarters – Lifford Decentralised offices – 5 29 Elected Councillors 4 Town Councils Amongst largest employers in County Amongst most advanced users of ICT –60 + Servers, 1300+ PCs \ Laptops, 6 MANs, Hosting 5 x One Stop Shops, Social Welfare, Revenue, Health Service, NRDO etc On-Line Services – DOPS, Motor Tax, Library, Payments, GIS, Forms, Electoral Register etc.

8. Council Activities Planning Roads and Transportation Water, Environment and Emergency Services Community and Enterprise Corporate Services, Motor Tax etc Information Technology – Networks, Telemetry, Software Development, User Support. Broadband Infrastructure – MANs, CNS Housing Cultural Services – Libraries, Museums etc