Legislation Details

File #: 24-388    Version: 1 Name: Dot GOV Domain Transition
Type: Contract Status: Approved
In control: Information Technology - Registrar of Voters
On agenda: 6/11/2024 Final action: 6/11/2024
Title: Approve a contract with Carahsoft Technologies for $219,975 for the term of June 11, 2024, through December 20, 2024, to provide professional services to transition the County's ".com" commercial email and website domain to a government-designated ".gov" email and website domain per Assembly Bill 1637; and Authorize the County Administrator to execute the contract and execute any amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to 10% of the contract amount
District: All
Attachments: 1. A - Carahsoft Technologies Contract, 2. Minute Order, 3. Executed Agreement
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Approve a contract with Carahsoft Technologies for $219,975 for the term of June 11, 2024, through December 20, 2024, to provide professional services to transition the County's ".com" commercial email and website domain to a government-designated ".gov" email and website domain per Assembly Bill 1637; and Authorize the County Administrator to execute the contract and execute any amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to 10% of the contract amount

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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:

The Department of Information Technology (DoIT) recommends that the Board of Supervisors to:

1. Approve a contract with Carahsoft Technologies for $219,975 for the term of June 11, 2024 through December 20, 2024 to provide professional services to transition the County's ".com" commercial email and website domain to a government-designated ".gov" email and website domain per Assembly Bill 1637; and

2. Authorize the County Administrator to execute the contract and execute any amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to 10% of the contract amount.

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:

Assembly Bill 1637 requires all cities and counties to transition all public-facing websites, employee websites, and employee email addresses to a ".gov" or ".ca.gov" domain. Currently, Solano County occupies a ".com" domain for all its public facing and employee websites and it must be transitioned to a ".gov" or "ca.gov" domain.

Benefits to transitioning from ".com" domain to ".gov" domain will make Solano County's websites more secure and make them significantly more challenging for malicious actors to impersonate its websites. This transition is a step toward safeguarding public trust in government institutions allowing constituents to be confident that they are receiving official Solano County government information.

In addition to transition of the website and email addresses for all e...

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