Montana Historical Society Library & Archives
UPRS 27_RS
493
Montana.
Department of Administration. Information Services Division.
Montana Department of Administration, Information Services
Division records
1970-1996
22.4 linear feet
This collection is a subgroup
(Division) of the Montana Department of Administration records, RS 493. Please see
the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of
Administration records. These records (1970-1996) of the Information Services
Division (currently named State Information Technology Services Division) consist of general
correspondence, minutes, subject files, studies, surveys and more.
64:8-3
English
Historical Note
In 1951 the Montana Legislative Assembly created the Office of State Controller to assume
the duties of the state accountant. The controller was appointed by the governor for an
eight-year term and was directed to establish a system of financial control, install a
uniform accounting and reporting system, examine appropriation requests, and submit a
revised and final budget to the legislature. The controller was also the ex-officio state
purchasing agent. The Department of Administration (DOA) was originally established under
the Office of the State Controller by Chapter 271, Session Laws of 1963.
As a result of the Executive Reorganization Act passed in 1971, the Department of
Administration was reestablished, and the title state controller was changed to director. As
of 2024, Administration Divisions include: Director’s Office, Architecture and Engineering,
Banking and Financial Institutions, General Services, Health Care & Benefits, Rick
Management and Tort Defense, State Financial Services, State Human Resources, State
Information Technology Services, and State Office of Labor Relations. The State Information
Technology Services Division was previously known as the Computer Services Division, Data
Processing Bureau and as the Information Services before assuming its current title. For a
full list of current Divisions, Bureaus, and Administration staff, visit the Department of Administration
Directory.
These records (1970-1996) consist of general correspondence (1970-1987) and subject files
(1984-1988). Correspondence includes information on the Criminal Justice Information Systems
Committee, minutes of the Data Processing Advisory Council, the Labor-Management Relations
Committee, the Network Operations and Control Task Force, the Tape Management Task Force,
reorganization, and issues of the Division's newsletter. Subject files include a Deloitte,
Haskins and Sells security study, an ICCW child care survey, an ICCW insurance survey, and
ISD agency plans. Also included are minutes (November 8, 1995-December 20, 1996) of the
Governor's Blue Ribbon Telecommunications Task Force, including the Universal Access and
Universal Service Subcommittee.
The collection is arranged by subgroup and then by series.
Collection is open for research.
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and
makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission
must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not
necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases,
permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright
owners.
This collection is preliminarily processed.
In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Department of Administration were
integrated under one collection identifier, RS 493, in order to help facilitate access,
reduce redundancy in the MTHS catalog, and to follow best archival practices.
Collections from Montana Department of Administration's various Divisions and Bureaus that
were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 493. Please read the scope and content note carefully to
determine if this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should
search under these terms.
Information science--Montana.
Montana--Politics and government
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
Information Services Division
General Correspondence
1 / 1-8
Accounting Division
1971-1994
1 / 9-10
Administration
1973-1985
1 / 11-12
Administration (Director; Deputy Director)
1975-1993
1 / 13-14
Administrator (Mike Trevor) : External
1978-1985
1 / 15-16
Administrator (Mike Trevor) : Internal
1976-1985
1 / 17-18
Agriculture, Department of
1973-1989
1 / 19
Annual report to the Governor
1970-1979
1 / 20
Architecture and Engineering Division (DOA)
1986
1 / 21
Auditor, State
1977-1985
1 / 22
Business Regulation, Department of
1970-1974
1 / 23-25
Central Computer Operations Bureau (ISD)
1976-1978; 1983-1987
2 / 1-4
Central Payroll
1971-1994
2 / 5
Central Stores
1980-1994
2 / 6-7
Centralized Services (DOA)
1980-1988
2 / 8-10
Commerce, Department of (including Advisory Council
on Science and Technology)
1973-1992
2 / 11
Communications Division
1976-1993
2 / 12
Community Affairs
1976-1980
2 / 13
Computer Service Division--Organization
1977-1981
2 / 14-16
Conservation License and Special Drawings
1973-1979
2 / 17-18
Consolidation (re: Highway Dept.'s and ISD's IBM
370s)
1976-1978
2 / 19
Consultants
1976-1978
2 / 20
Cost Recovery Rates
1976-1981
2 / 21
Criminal Justice Information Systems Committee
1982-1983
2 / 22
Data Base Administrator
1979-1995
2 / 23-25
Data Base Administration
1978-1981
3 / 1-6
Data Processing Advisory Coordinator
1977-1982
3 / 7-9
Data Processing Advisory Council (including
minutes)
1976-1988
3 / 10
Data Processing Managers' / Management Group
1980-1987
3 / 11
Data Processing Standards and Review Committee
1977
3 / 14
Database Design and Administration Section
1982-1984
3 / 15
Digitizer (Broomall)
1974-1978
3 / 16-23
Director's Office (DOA)
1977-1984
3 / 24
Education Training
1978-1981
3 / 25-27
Employment Security Division (DOLI)
1973-1982
3 / 28
End User Computing
1990-1995
3 / 29
Equipment acquisition
1978-1983
3 / 30-31
Family Services, Department of
1988; 1995
3 / 32
Fiscal System Section (Supervisor)
1986-1993
3 / 33-35
Fish and Game, Department of
1971-1993
4 / 1
Fish, Wildlife and Parks
1982-1986
4 / 2-3
General Services
1978-1986
4 / 4-12
Governor's Office (including Office of Budget and
Program Planning)
1971-1995
4 / 13
Governor's Office, Human Services
1974-1975
4 / 14
Governor's Office, Manpower Planning
1974-1975
4 / 15-19
Health, Department of
1970-1993
4 / 20
Higher Education, Commissioner of
1976-1994
4 / 21-23
Highways, Department of
1973-1991
4 / 24
Housing Division
1976-1977
4 / 25-28
IBM
1977-1987
4 / 29-30
Information Center Bureau
1983-1987
4 / 31
Information Services Division (External)
1985-1987
4 / 32
Information Services Division (Internal)
1985-1987
4 / 33-35
Information Systems Division (Internal)
1977-1981
5 / 1
Information Services Division--Review Board
1985-1986
5 / 2-4
Institutions, Department of
1977-1985
5 / 5
Institutions, Department of -Boulder River School
and Hospital
1974-1975
5 / 6
Institutions, Department of -Warm Springs State
Hospital
1975-1976
5 / 7-8
Insurance and Legal Division
1976-1980
5 / 9-10
Investments Division
1970-1988
5 / 11
Judicial Branch
1972-1992
5 / 12
Justice, Department of
1974-1990
5 / 18
Justice, Network
1982, 1984
5 / 19
Key Issuance Forms--Computer Services Division
undated
5 / 20-21
Labor and Industry, Department of
1977-1987
5 / 22
Labor-Management Relations Committee
1982
5 / 23-26
Labor Relations (Negotiations, etc.)
1976-1986
5 / 27-30
Legislative Auditor, Office of the
1973-1994
5 / 31
Legislative Branch
1978-1981
5 / 32-38
Legislative Council
1973-1994
5 / 39-40
Legislative Fiscal Analyst, Office of the
1978-1985
5 / 41
Legislature--House and Senate
1970-1975
5 / 42
Library--State
1984
5 / 43-44
Livestock, Department of
1974-1984
6 / 1
Long Range Data Processing Plan
1978
6 / 2
Mainframe Data Processing Application Priorities
1986
6 / 3
Management Systems
1979
6 / 4
Military Affairs, Department of
1979-1989
6 / 5-7
Miscellaneous Correspondence
1977-1986
6 / 8
Montana Board of Housing
1980
6 / 9-10
Montana Data Processing Association (MDPA)
1972-1975 1986-1987
6 / 11
Montana Federation of Data Entry and Computer
Services
1979
6 / 12-14
Montana Historical Society (including Education)
1974-1992
6 / 15
Montana Power Company (re reciprocal computer
backup)
1978, 1981
6 / 16
Montana Tech
1974-1975
6 / 17
Montana University
1974-1975
6 / 18
Mountain Bell Telephone
1978-1981
6 / 19-20
National Association of State Information Systems
1978-1980 1984
6 / 21-25
Natural Resources and Conservation, Department of
(including Forestry Division)
1970-1990
6 / 26
Network Operations and Control Task Force
1983
6 / 27
Newspaper Advertisements
1975-1977
6 / 28-29
Nursing, Board of (Professional and Occupational
Licensing)
1973-1983
6 / 30
Occupational Licensing
1978-1981
6 / 31-32
Operations Bureau see also Central Computer
Operations Bureau
1977-1980
6 / 33
Pay / Personnel Project
1977-1979
6 / 34-42
Personnel Division (includes "Data Processing
Classification Review Project" report and minutes)
1973-1993
6 / 43-44
Personnel Officer, Department of Administration
1978-1986
6 / 45
Planning and Economic Developement, Department of
1973
6 / 46
Political Practices, Commissioner of
1993
6 / 47
Position announcements
1978, 1980
6 / 48
Public Instruction, Office of
1978
6 / 49
Public Employees' Retirement Division
1987
6 / 50-51
Public Employees' Retirement System
1976-1980
7 / 1-2
Public Employees' Retirement System
1980-1995
7 / 3-6
Public Service Commission (includes "Conceptual
Data Model" report)
1975-1988
7 / 7-8
Publications and Graphics Division
1981-1994
7 / 9-13
Purchasing Division (including Vendor List)
1978-1992
7 / 14-15
Real Estate Commission
1972-1977
7 / 16-20
Records Management Bureau (includes "Feasibility of
In-House COM for the State of Montana" Report; Agency Billing Summary)
1978-1988
7 / 21
Research and Statistical Services Bureau
1982
7 / 22
Resident Accounts
1976-1981
7 / 23
Resident Information System (RIS)
1977-1978
7 / 24-29
Revenue, Department of (including Audit and
Accounting Division)
1973-1994
8 / 1
Scheduling and Change Control (Unit?)
19778-1979
8 / 2-6
Secretary of State
1970-1992
8 / 7
Security, Data Center
1978-1982
8 / 8
Security Officer
1982-1986
8 / 9-15
Social Rehabilitation Services, Department of
(including Fiscal and General Services Bureaus)
1982-1985
8 / 16
Social Security System
1976-1984
8 / 17-18
Staff Analyst (includes issues of the "Database
Administration Bulletin")
1978-1980
8 / 19
State Fire Marshall
1972-1984
8 / 20-21
State Lands
1971-1973 1985
8 / 22-23
State Treasurer's Office
1973-1981
8 / 24
States (other than Montana)
1977-1978
8 / 25-26
Statewide Budgeting and Accounting System (SBAS)
(including Warrant Control)
1977-1979
8 / 27
Student Intern
1982-1983
8 / 28-29
Supply Inventory Management System (SIMS)
1975-1981
8 / 30
Superintendent of Public Instruction
1977-1990
8 / 31
Surplus Property
1978-1979
9 / 1-6
Systems Development Bureau
1982-1995
9 / 7
Tape Management Task Force (includes "Tape
Management" report and final report)
1980-1981
9 / 8
Teachers' Retirement Division
1982, 1984
9 / 9-10
Teachers' Retirement System
1976-1995
9 / 11-13
Technical Services Bureau/Section
1977-1986
9 / 14
Telecommunications Bureau (Communications Division)
1977-1984
9 / 15-16
Telecommunications Bureau (Information Services
Division) (includes MFAC monthly meeting minutes, 1986-1987, and "Discussion Papers
on Statewide Telecommunications Issues" and "Analysis of Telecommunications
Equipment and Long Distance Rates")
1985-1987
9 / 17
Telecommunications Policy Advisory Council
1984-1991(?)
10 / 1
Telephone Accounting Division
1979
10 / 2
Teleprocessing Network Manager
1978-1980
10 / 3
Tort Claims Division
1982-1986
10 / 4-7
University system (all units)
1976-1992
10 / 8
User Services Section
1980-1982
10 / 9
Vendor--Miscellaneous
1984-1985
10 / 10
Veterans' Preference (Crabtree Decision)
1983-1984
10 / 11
Water Resources Board
1971-1975
10 / 12
Women's Coordinating Committee
1977-1979
10 / 13-21
Workers' Compensation Division
1971-1991
10 / 22-27
Miscellany--General Correspondence
1974-1994
Financial Records
11 / 1-2
Bills FY78; FY79
1978-1979
11 / 3
Budget--Computer Services Division
1978-1981
11 / 4
Budget - Executive Planning Process FY84-FY85
1976-1982
Minutes
11 / 5-6
Dept. of Administration's Coordinating Committee
for Women (CCW) and Inter-departmental Coordinating Committee for Women (ICCW)
1983-1987
11 / 7-8
Governor's Blue Ribbon Telecommunications Task
Force
1995-1996
11 / 9
Information Services Division Staff Meetings
1983-1985
11 / 10
Montana Natural Resources Data System Advisory
Committee
1984-1987
Reports
11 / 11-12
Information Systems Plans
1984-1985
11 / 13
Legislative Auditor: EDP Audit Reports
1983-1987
11 / 14
Quarterly Reports
1981-1982; 1994
11 / 15
State of Montana Telecommunications Report '85
1985
Publications
11 / 16
Computer Economics Report
1984-1985
11 / 17
Information Services Division News and Views
1983-1987
11 / 18
Montana Personnel Perspectives
1982-1986
Subject Files
11 / 19-21
ABARS System
1977-1981
11 / 22
Administrative Memos Manual
1979
11 / 23
Administrative Staff Procedures Manual
1978
11 / 24
Aftercare
1975-1976
11 / 25
Agency Vendor Payment File
1981-1982
11 / 26
Air Pollution Study
1978
11 / 27
Applied Data Research
1980
11 / 28
Arthur Anderson and Company
1976-1978
11 / 29
Astrocom Corporation
1979
11 / 30
BMPD Statistical Software
1982-1984
11 / 31
Boeing Computer Services
1979-1980
11 / 32
Building Codes Division
1982-1984
11 / 33
Building Codes Management
1978
11 / 34
CAELUS Memories Inc.
1980
11 / 35
Cambridge Systems Group
1982
12 / 1
Claims Logs
1981-1982
12 / 2
Comdisco
1980-1986
12 / 3
Comm-Pro Associates
1980
12 / 4
Computer Transceiver Systems
1978-1980
12 / 5
Comtrex
1979-1981
12 / 6
Construction
1981
12 / 7
Control Data Corporation
1979-1984
12 / 8
Credit Memos
1991-1995
12 / 9
Crime Control
1970-1975
12 / 10
Crime Control Division
1970-1991
12 / 11
Cullinane Corporation
1979-1986
12 / 12
Customer Information Guide
1978
12 / 13
DDAs Compaq and IBM PC/AT
1985-1991
12 / 14
DP Bid List
1991-1993
12 / 15
Data 3 Computer Corporation
1984-1986
12 / 16
Data 100 Corporation
undated
12 / 17
Data Bases
undated
12 / 18
Data Communications Network Billing
1993-1995
12 / 19
Data Retrieval
undated
12 / 20
Data Stream Communications, Inc.
1982
12 / 21
Datamacs
1978-1991
12 / 22
Docu/Master
undated
12 / 23
Equipment: CRJE (3767) Terminals
1976-1979
12 / 24
Equipment: CRT (3276) Terminal
1979-1980
12 / 25
Equipment: Mag Card Typewriter
1978-1979
12 / 26
Equipment: PS/2, Model 70, #007076156
1988
12 / 27
Equipment: RJE (3780) Terminal
1978
12 / 28
Equipment Inventory
1979
12 / 29
Executive Planning Process
1984
12 / 30
Expansion Systems
1979-1980
12 / 31-37
Facility Management
1979-1984
12 / 38
Falls Supply
1980
12 / 39-40
Federal Leasing
1978-1981
12 / 41
Fiscal Analyst
1979-1985
12 / 42
Gasoline Consumption
1980-1981
12 / 43
Genesis (Mai)
1979
12 / 44
Guide to International Corporation
1985
12 / 45
IBM Corporation
1981
12 / 46
IBM Software Correspondence
1981-1983
12 / 47
Information Services Division Administrative File
1978-1991
12 / 48
Information Services Division Organization Charts
1979-1984
12 / 49-50
Information Services Division Reorganization
1982, 1984
12 / 51
Information Systems Management Policy
1984
12 / 52
Inmate Accounts
1978
13 / 1
Insurance
1979-1992
13 / 2
Investment Salesman
1976-1978
13 / 3
Journal Vouchers
1982
13 / 4
Local Area Network (LAN) PC's
1986
13 / 5
Levi, Ray and Shoupe, Inc.
1982
13 / 6
Livestock Building Move
1979-1980
13 / 7
Management Systems
1978-1979
13 / 8
Manpower Planning
1976-1983
13 / 9
Megacalc
1983-1986
13 / 10
Microfilm Documentation
1977
13 / 11
Mini Microfiche
1990
13 / 12
Montana Appellate Court Information
1978-1979
13 / 13
Montana College of Mineral Sciences and Technology
1976-1977
13 / 14
Montana Health Care Authority (MHCA)
1994
13 / 15
Montana State University
1976-1984
13 / 16
Mountain Bell
1979-1983
13 / 17
NASIS
1975
13 / 18
Northwest Power Planning Council
1983-1984
13 / 19-22
OBSCIS
1976-1981
13 / 23
Oxford Software Corporation
1985
13 / 24-25
Property Accounting Management System (PAMS)
1978-1979
13 / 26
Position Reestablishment
1991
13 / 27
Questar Corporation
1983
13 / 28
Racal - Milgo Information Systems
1982-1985
13 / 29
Request for Proposal
1978
13 / 30
Sale and/or Transfer of State Property
1979-1983
13 / 31
Smoking Policies and Procedures
1985
13 / 32-33
SPSS
1978-1984
13 / 34
Standards Program Charter and Procedures Manual
1977
13 / 35
State Paid Travel
1990
13 / 36
Subsystem Integration and Conversion Project
1978
13 / 37
Supreme Court
1978-1989
13 / 38-39
Surplus Property
1983-1993
13 / 40
Survey Systems
1976-1979
14 / 1
Term Contracts
1988-1994
14 / 2
Texas Instruments
1975
14 / 3
Triangle Irrigation
1983
14 / 4
TSI Software
undated
14 / 5
University of Montana
1978-1985
14 / 6
UNIRAS, Inc.
1986
14 / 7
Vehicle Accounting
1977-1979
14 / 8
Vo Tech Program
1980-1981
14 / 9
Volunteer Firefighters
1984
14 / 10
Warrant Processing
1993
14 / 11
Western Analysis
1978
14 / 12
Wright Lines
1980
14 / 13
Miscellany
1974-1978
Administrator's Historical Files
Subject Files
14 / 14
Activity Reports
1981-1982
14 / 15-16
Budget (FY84-85; FY88-89)
1981-1983; 1986
14 / 17
Computer Justification
1981
14 / 18
Computer Output Microfilm Utilization
1984
14 / 19
Contracts and Agreements
1980-1982
14 / 20-21
Data Processing Advisory Committee (DPAC)
1983-1985
14 / 22
Historical Perspective of Dept. of Administration
Data Processing Division, 1965-1975
undated
14 / 23
Legislative Session, 1983 (includes budget
information )
1983
14 / 24-25
Legislative Session, 1985 (includes budget
information and handouts)
1985
14 / 26
Legislative Session, 1987
1987
14 / 27-29
Legislative Session, 1989 (includes budget
information and bills)
1989
14 / 30
Motor Pool
undated
15 / 1-2
Natural Resources Advisory Council
1984-1985
15 / 3
Organizational Structure and Scope
1981-1982
15 / 4
Reorganization (CSD/ISD)
1982
15 / 5
Reorganization Summary
1985
15 / 6
Retaliation Complaint (Mike Trevor)
1979
15 / 7
Telecommunications
1982-1984
15 / 8
Treasurer's Warrant Reconciliation Application
1975-1979
15 / 9
Union Business, Active Grievances, etc.
1979-1980
Deloitte, Haskins and Sells Security Study Files
Subject Files
15 / 10-20
Study files
1987-1988
16 / 1-13
Study files
1987-1988
17 / 1-4
Study files
1987-1988
Cost Recover Project Files
Subject Files
17 / 5-15
Project files
1987
18 / 1-3
Project files
1987
Inter-Department Coordination Committee For Women Child
Care Surveys
Subject Files
18 / 4-12
Surveys
1988
19 / 1-14
Surveys
1988
Inter-Department Coordination Committee For Women
Insurance Surveys
Subject Files
20 / 1-15
Surveys
1985
21 / 1-9
Surveys
1985
Information Systems Plans
Subject Files
21 / 10
Legislative Auditor
1984
21 / 11
Legislative Fiscal Analyst
1984
21 / 12
Legislative Council
1984
21 / 13
Governor's Office
1984
21 / 14
3201 Secretary of State
1984
21 / 15
3401 State Auditor
1984
21 / 16
3501 Office of Public Instruction
1984
21 / 17
4110 Justice
1984
21 / 18
4201 Public Service Commission
1984
21 / 19
5115 State Library
1984
21 / 20
5117 Historical Society
1984
21 / 21
5201 Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks
1984
21 / 22
5301 Health
1984
21 / 23
5401 Highways
1984
21 / 24
5501 Lands
1984
21 / 25
5603 Livestock
1984
21 / 26
5706 Department of Natural Resources and
Conservation
1984
22 / 1
5801 Revenue
1984
22 / 2
6101-6107 Administration
1984
22 / 3
6201 Agriculture
1984
22 / 4
6401-6414 Institutions
1984
22 / 5
6501 Commerce
1984
22 / 6
6601-6603 Labor and Industry
1984
22 / 7
6901 Social Rehabilitation Services
1984
22 / 8
Statewide Plan
1984
Miscellany
22 / 9
ISD Newsletter
1990-1991
22 / 10
Singlusr
1984
22 / 11
SISP Planning
1984
22 / 12-14
Miscellaneous
1984
Research and Statistical Services Bureau
General Correspondence
23 / 1-3
Correspondence
1981-1982
Reports
23 / 4
NCIC monthly reports
1981-1982
23 / 5
Research and Statistical Services Bureau weekly
reports
1982