The M.I.S. Department was established by ordinance in 1996 to provide expert advice to meet the management needs of all city departments. M.I.S. provides network and general technology infrastructure and student M.I.S. support to the chool Department, and acts as a liaison on information technology issues between all city departments, Northampton Public Schools, and the Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. M.I.S. authors and enforces the city's technology policies and coordinates city-wide systems including networking, telecommunications, applications, office automation, consulting, policies, computer training practices and operations.