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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Tuesday, March 31, 2015 IT department understaffed at state level develop the model and still has QRW¿QLVKHGLW2QHUHDVRQLVWKH agency where the CIO works, the Department of Adminis- trative Services, does not have enough employees assigned to the project. Michael Jordan, who was FKLHI RSHUDWLQJ RI¿FHU IRU WKH state and director of DAS until March 5, agreed with most of WKH ¿QGLQJV -RUGDQ DJUHHG WKH FKLHILQIRUPDWLRQRI¿FHU¶VRI¿FH was understaffed, and pointed out in a Feb. 24 written response that the agency had asked for 12 more employees in the next two-year budget starting in July. Without additional employees, Jordan estimated his agency ZRXOG¿QLVKGHYHORSLQJWKHQHZ project management strategy by summer 2017. However, Jordan took issue with the auditors’ recommen- dation for clear consequences By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau SALEM — Oregon has taken steps over the last year to prevent major information technology project failures such as Cover Oregon, but the effort remains understaffed and incomplete, according to an audit released Monday. Auditors also concluded the new project management strat- egy would not prevent many of the common problems that arose with state IT projects over the last 10 years. Auditors at the Secretary of 6WDWH¶V 2I¿FH UHYLHZHG D QHZ project management model de- veloped by Oregon’s chief infor- PDWLRQRI¿FHULQWKHZDNHRIWKH &RYHU 2UHJRQ ¿DVFR$OWKRXJK the strategy is a positive step, DXGLWRUV IRXQG WKH &,2¶V RI¿FH has taken more than a year to when IT projects fail to meet goals during the development process; Jordan wrote that it was also important to be “supportive and collaborative.” 7KH *RYHUQRU¶V 2I¿FH LQL- tially asked for more time so that George Naughton could write “an enhanced response” to the audit after Jordan resigned March 5, said Secretary of State’s RI¿FH VSRNHVPDQ 7RQ\ *UHHQ Kristen Grainger, a spokeswom- an for Gov. Kate Brown, wrote in an email that it was simply an “opportunity to consider that DAS has a new interim director, and whether or not the agency UHVSRQVHOHWWHUQHHGHGWRUHÀHFW that. Upon further consideration, it did not.” Naughton made only a few minor word changes be- fore signing off on the response Jordan had written. An independent IT services review that Brown called for last BRIEFLY Ski areas ask Legislature for liability protection week will cover management issues in addition to security is- sues, Grainger wrote. Brown an- nounced her plan for the review in a press release last week ac- knowledging a data breach at the DAS-managed state data center. Despite the audit’s focus on IT project management, it did not examine what auditors de- scribed as “arguably the worst computer development failure in state history,” Cover Oregon. Oregon spent $300 million in federal money primarily to set up an online exchange for peo- ple to purchase health insur- ance, plus at least $26 million in state money for related projects, The Associated Press reported. The exchange website failed to launch as planned in October 2013. Meanwhile, the state and technology company Oracle $PHULFDQ ,QF KDYH ¿OHG GXHO- ing lawsuits over the project. SALEM (AP) — Ski areas are asking the Oregon Legislature for enhanced protection from lawsuits after the state Supreme Court invalidated the broad liability waivers often printed on the back of lift tickets. Ski facility executives told the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday that they may have to raise their prices if they aren’t shielded from lawsuits. They say they’ll face higher bills for lawyers and insurance. But Lauren Bagley, whose son was injured as a teenager at Mount Bachelor in 2006, says ski companies should be held accountable when their man-made equipment fails. Committee chairman Floyd Prozanski asked both sides to work together and see if there’s room for agreement. Portland mayor suspends city-funded travel to Indiana PORTLAND (AP) — Mayor Charlie Hales says Portland’s government is joining the reaction against an Indiana law aimed at preventing government from compelling people to do things they object to, such as catering gay weddings. The law has been widely criticized as allowing discrimination against gays. Hales said Monday he’s suspended city-funded travel to Indiana. He called on business and civic leaders to do the same. Spokesman Dana Haynes says Portland employees do occasionally travel to Indiana — the planning and development department leaders went recently for a forum. But he says travel is scheduled department by department, and it’s not yet known if any trips were in the works. Washington Governor Jay Inslee also imposed an administrative-wide ban on state- funded travel to Indiana. Oregon regulators are considering sanctions against two bakers who refused to provide a wedding cake to a same-sex couple. Time’s running out for Vanport survivors PORTLAND (AP) — Sev- HQW\ \HDUV DIWHU D ÀRRG ZDVKHG it away, Vanport is having some- thing of a comeback. In February, the Smithsonian Magazine published a long piece about the city’s disappearance. The Oregon Historical Society’s current exhibit features Vanport, too. But many Portlanders still don’t know the history of the 1948 tragedy that wiped Ore- gon’s second-largest city off the map. City memorials are hidden beneath moss and blackberries. 7KHÀRRGLVQ¶WWDXJKWLQ2UHJRQ schools. A team from Concordia Uni- versity believes they have an idea that will bring the story of Vanport back to life. Working with Beaumont Middle School students, the Concordia group is creating an interactive app and documentary. “But time is running out,” Concordia education professor Shawn Daley told the Beaumont students. Few of the 40,000 peo- ple who once lived in Vanport remained. In March, Daley’s team planned to interview six survi- vors. One died just before the in- terview. Another suffered a heart attack. Shipbuilder Henry Kaiser cre- ated Vanport in the early days of World War II because he needed a place where his employees — particularly African American The federal government chose not to rebuild Vanport after the ÀRRG ,QVWHDG LW EHFDPH D FRQ- VWUXFWLRQ ODQG¿OO 7KH FLW\ RI Portland took it over in 1961. To- day, the land holds a golf course and a race track. State legislators have urged middle schools to teach Oregon history. A 2013 bill gave the Oregon Department of Educa- tion money to create an Oregon Studies program, but it’s still in the early stages, said Markisha Smith, the director of ODE’s eq- uity unit. Oregon school districts create their own curricula, so the state can’t force any school to study Vanport, but leaders at the state department are interested in shar- ing the work Daley’s team puts together. James Thompson, now 83, rolled out a map and pointed out WKHEDUZKHUHKHRQFHUH¿OOHGRO- ive and cherry bowls. He washed dishes every day but Sunday, he told them. 7KH PRUQLQJ RI WKH ÀRRG Thompson told the students, Army Corps members rolled out banners saying that levees would hold the Columbia River back. Thompson was heading out to stack sandbags when the river cut a six-foot hole into a railroad em- bankment that served as a dike. “We saw this mass of peo- ple running down the street and all these cars,” Thompson said. “You couldn’t even move.” AP Photo/The Oregonian, Allan deLay A boy clings to safety at Entrance Circle during Vanport flood of Memorial Day 1948. Fourteen people died. workers — could live. The area had few homes, and real estate bigotry prohibited African Amer- icans from living in most of Port- land. Kaiser built his new city on DÀRRGSODLQLQOHVVWKDQD\HDU It soon became the most state’s most diverse city. About 15 per- cent of Vanport’s residents were black. 7KHFLW\KDGWKUHH¿UHVWDWLRQV a movie theater and a library. Portland State University got its start there as Vanport Extension Center. Daley realized last year many of his North Portland neighbors didn’t know any of that history. One of Daley’s Concordia gradu- ate students, Matthew Blanchard, confessed he had grown up across the river in Vancouver — the Van in Vanport — but didn’t know the history either. Daley and Blanchard began researching, but information about Vanport is scattered across the region. The Oregon Historical Society has some photos. Clark County has others. Portland State University keeps its own records, and the Vanport Multimedia Proj- ect has its own slice of history. Using money from a National Council of Social Studies grant, Daley and Blanchard began to synthesize the information into one cellphone app. In early March, they drove out to the land where Vanport once stood. Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHSP7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery 211 S.E. 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