URBANA — The Champaign County Clerk and Recorder’s Office is the only county department that still has its own information technology staff, said county board member and finance Chair Elly Hanauer-Friedman.
However, that could change as county officials mull the idea of moving those responsibilities into the county’s central IT department — though these talks probably won’t begin in earnest until after the April 6, 2027, municipal election.
“From everything that I have read and folks that I talked to, it’s best practice,” Hanauer-Friedman told The News-Gazette. “Obviously, our elections are critical and we want to make sure that the technology behind
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