The proposal describes the many parties who contributed: This effort encompassed several hundred meetings across the country with state environmental and energy officials, public utility commissioners, system operators, utilities and public interest advocates, as well as members of the public.
Stakeholders and managers (including policy-makers, commissioners, system developers, corporate and operational managers) were also approached and provided with a participant information sheet and a time for the interview was arranged if they agreed.
The observational fieldwork included informal conversations with staff and in addition we interviewed staff and stakeholders (policy makers, commissioners, system developers, managers) using a semi-structured topic guide developed from our knowledge of the relevant literature and initial observations.
Each county runs on Commissioners' Court system consisting of four elected commissioners (one from each of four precincts in the county, roughly divided according to population) and a county judge elected at large from the entire county.
Critics of a commissioner-led system argue that trying to force a fragmented industry to come under one umbrella is impossible, even under the threat of law.
Before joining SRA in 1995, he was Social Security's deputy commissioner for systems and its chief information officer, overseeing a staff of 3,000 and a $1 billion information technology budget.
Adams told the commissioners the system "has yielded a demonstrable inventory of potential double voting".
Gary M. Lanigan, Mr. Christie's corrections commissioner, said the system did a good job helping prisoners return to society.
James W. Weinstein Jr., the Whitman administration's transportation commissioner when the system began, said that Parsons had recovered admirably from its difficult start in 1999, so he was not surprised that the McGreevey administration decided to extend the contract.
