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79S20719 JTR-D



By:  Guillen                                                      H.R. No. 266







R E S O L U T I O N

	WHEREAS, During each legislative session, as well as the 

interims between, many skilled employees work to ensure the smooth 

and efficient functioning of Texas state government; and

	WHEREAS, Prominent among these dedicated individuals are 

members of the Texas Legislative Council Information Systems 

Division, the crack troops of highly trained professionals whose 

comforting presence behind the scenes enables the members of this 

chamber to function in a secure and stable computing environment; 

and

	WHEREAS, The legislature's first line of cyber-defense, the 

IS Division includes those individuals charged with repelling 

computer attacks, who move quickly and quietly to quell threats 

posed by worms, viruses, and other exotic and dangerous forms of 

virtual predator; and

	WHEREAS, With the legislative community thus protected from 

incursions from beyond, other IS experts are free to share their 

extensive experience and expertise with legislative staff and 

support personnel, and many a computer crisis has been gracefully 

resolved by way of their coolheaded judgment and Yoda-like wisdom; 

and

	WHEREAS, In creating, maintaining, and protecting a computer 

system of enormous breadth and complexity, the members of the IS 

team daily perform a hugely difficult task; few are the Capitol 

staffers who have not experienced problems with their own home 

computers and felt a sudden rush of appreciation for the IS 

resources so freely available at their workplace; and

	WHEREAS, We are quick to call on the professionals of the IS 

Division when in the midst of a technical emergency, and it is only 

fitting that we also honor their outstanding efforts in avoiding 

such crises and easing the work of the Texas legislative community 

day in and day out; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 

Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby honor the staff of the 

Texas Legislative Council Information Systems Division and commend 

them for a job well done.