Ministry of Agriculture & Lands

Web Administrators Working Group—Terms of Reference

Objectives

The objectives of the Web Administrators Committee are to support the business of the ministry and to contribute to more efficient and effective operations of the ministry by:

  1. providing advice, recommendations and feedback related to ministry web usage (on the Internet, Intranet and Extranet) to individual business units, the Web steering committee and key Web support staff;
  2. serving as a body for discussion and resolution of Web problems experienced by business units;
  3. collaborating and sharing information on Web techniques, resources, contracted services, and best practices;
  4. contributing to the planning and development of business standards, guidelines and best practices for managing business information and applications on the Web;
  5. contributing to the planning and development of technical standards, guidelines, templates and tools required to support the ministry's business on the Web;
  6. exploring opportunities to share common applications and to conduct joint application development projects between business units;
  7. communicating and disseminating relevant information to ministry information systems working groups such as the Information Management Working Group, the Systems Officers Working Group and the Application Managers Working Group;
  8. exploring opportunities to work with other ministries, the private sector, and other organizations;
  9. where appropriate, identifying and raising Web issues to the Web steering committee, and
  10. making recommendations regarding roles, responsibilities, skills and training requirements.

Membership

The committee will be comprised of Web Administrators [Intranet] from the ministry's branches, programs and regions.

Chairperson - Manager, Web Services.
Web Administration support - Keith Langley

Administration

The committee is currently chaired by Joe Carr, the Manager of Web Services, Information Management Branch.

The chair is responsible for calling for agenda items, timely distribution of agendas, minutes, and materials required for the work of the committee.