2022 HR Insider Newsletter Summer

Spring 2022

Wellness

Recruitment

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ACI Webinar: Healing Modalities Thursday, August 25th, 10:00am - 11:00am

Combining Eastern and Western medicine is a great way to treat the whole body. Learn about different types of alternative therapies and how to beneft from using them. To REGISTER for this event, click the following link: Healing Modalities and indicators when support may be needed. Click HERE to register

WELCOME WORK-STUDY STUDENTS! CURRENT VACANCIES

Stay up to date with the latest job vacan- cies and scheduled career fairs by visiting the Calendar of Events directly on the EAA Careers page. Once you’ve subs- cribed, you will receive updates to vacan- cies as they become available. Aquifer Environmental Scientist II

Records

Carla Anaya CAST TECH High School

Ian Anaya CAST TECH High School

Claire Mueller City of San Antonio Ambassador

We are pleased to announce that Martin Hernandez has been promoted to Network & Information Systems Su - pervisor effective June 25, 2022. Martin began his employment with the EAA on September 16, 2019, as a Network Administrator and currently serves as Sr Network Administrator. In this role, Martin was responsible for network administration for the local area network, administration of all AWS and Azure cloud-based infrastructure, performing routine server main - tenance, and maintaining networking equipment including routers, frewalls, and servers. In his new role, Martin will be responsible for supervising the daily coordination of the organization’s network and servers including security protocols, remote meetings, and help desk services. Martin will also be responsible for managing the de- velopment of security protocols, conducting periodic audits of security protocols, providing training on acceptable use, and responding to any security incidents. P R O M O T I O N

Open Records Requests, PIA, FOIA The Texas Public Information Act (PIA) (Texas Gover- nment Code Chapter 552) and the Freedom of Infor - mation Act (FOIA) give the public the right to request access to government information. Under the Act, all government information is presumed open unless there is a specifc exception to disclosure. Additionally, we as public information officers and providers cannot ask the requester why they want information. Information can exist in any format including paper, audio, micro- flm, video, and emails. However, the Act does not re - quire the EAA to create new information, do research or answer questions. The Act goes into effect when a person submits a wri - tten request (email, open records request form, etc.) to a governmental body (in this case, the EAA). Requests can be submitted via the EAA Open Records Center. Open Records Request Process An open records request will be sent to and handled by the records department. Per the Act, an agency must

respond to a request promptly. If a request can’t be f - lled within 10 business days after the EAA received the request, the requester must be informed of the latest date and time the EAA will provide the information. A request may also be sent to any EAA employee. Staff should forward the request to the records department to be processed or fll the request themselves. If the em - ployee responds to the request, they are required to pro - vide a copy of the original request and their response to the records department (Nichelle Cunningham). If a requester calls you for information, please have them send you their request in writing before completing the request. When records necessary to fll a request need to be re - trieved from an EAA employee, the Records Coordina- tor will assign the employee an Activity via the Open Records Center. For step-by-step instructions on how to complete an Activity, click HERE.

Martin holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Computer Information Systems and Se- curity from Our Lady of the Lake University and has over 9 years of experience in managing

computer networks and cyber security. Congratulat ions Mart in!

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