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\"The Oregon licensing directory is a free publicly accessible tool that allows anyone — business owners, agency staff, or the general public — to search for license permit and registration requirements across city, county, and state agencies,\" Ricardo del Jamadillo, deputy chief of staff for government relations at the Secretary of State’s office, told the committee.

Del Jamadillo said the directory includes more than 1,000 license types across industries — from childcare and food trucks to environmental permits and contractor licenses — and was formalized by the 2013 passage of House Bill 2643, which requires agencies that issue licenses, permits or registrations and that impose fees to report that information to the Secretary of State for inclusion in the centralized system.

Why it matters: the directory is intended to reduce the time small business owners spend researching requirements across multiple jurisdictions. The Corporations Division operates as a self‑funded entity that returns revenue to the general fund; Del Jamadillo said the division is projected to transfer $85,500,000 to the general fund in the 2025–27 biennium without raising filing fees.

Key details

- Public and agency functions: Public users can use keyword search and filters by city, county, agency and business category; agency staff have authenticated back‑end access to add, edit and maintain license entries.

- Statutory update window: Under the 2013 law cited in the presentation, agencies must review and update their entries annually between July 1 and Sept. 1, confirming processing times, fees and governing statutes or ordinances.

- Scope and limits: The directory provides summary information about license types, issuing agencies, processing times and contact points, but it does not provide individual license status, personal data of license holders or real‑time enforcement tracking.

- Phased development and next steps: Del Jamadillo said the current site reflects a phase‑one implementation with \"certainly a lot of room for growth\" and noted opportunities to improve sector‑specific guidance (for example, clarifying whether a food business needs county public‑health or Oregon Department of Agriculture licensing).

What committee members asked for

Representative Wynne tested the site on a phone and said it was useful but not yet precise for some users: \"it's still not as exactly, where I'd like it to be from a user standpoint,\" Wynne said, citing examples such as restaurant licensing that can vary by county or agency. Committee members asked whether the Secretary of State could produce shareable materials and contact information for legislators to include in newsletters; Del Jamadillo and staff offered to provide materials and to share the small business ombudsman’s contact information.

Limits and safeguards

Del Jamadillo emphasized that the directory is a starting point and not a substitute for agency processes: it does not provide live status for individual license applications and does not display personal home addresses from licensing entries in the directory context. The Corporations Division maintains a separate business registration database that may include principal place-of-business information, Del Jamadillo said.

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Oscar Parsons, shared services administrator in the Department of Administrative Services’ Office of Enterprise Information Services, told the committee the program is governed by a statutory advisory board and a vendor relationship that dates to 2011. \"The core funding mechanism for, certainly Oregon and likely many of the other states, is, a partnership with, the state's transportation department, for the sale of, division of motor vehicle records,\" Parsons said, describing how sale of DMV records helps fund the portal.

The portal advisory board (referred to in the hearing as EPAB) is established by statute and, Parsons said, is a 13‑member body that advises the state chief information officer and the Department of Administrative Services on portal priorities, provider fees, contract terms and related rules. The state’s current portal provider is Tyler Oregon (Tyler Technologies acquired the original vendor, NIC USA, in 2021); Parsons said the existing agreement runs through 2025 and that the state has begun work on an extension.

Why it matters: the portal hosts hundreds of state services and accepts secure online payments for many of them; decisions about convenience and transaction fees affect whether the public or agency budgets absorb payment‑processing costs. Committee members raised concerns about the sale and commercial reuse of publicly available datasets used to fund the portal.

Most important details

- Program scope and vendor: Parsons said the e-government program (eGov) manages Oregon.gov vendor relationships and supports agencies using the statewide portal. Tyler Oregon provides the hosted solution; the contract was originally with NIC USA in 2011 and continues under Tyler through 2025.

- Funding model and fees: Parsons and committee members described a two-part funding picture: a base program funded in part by sale of DMV records and additional convenience or transaction fees negotiated per online transaction (for example, online vehicle registration or permit purchases). These negotiated convenience or transaction fees are reviewed with the portal advisory board.

- Portfolio and metrics: Parsons said the portal supported more than 300 state services as of December, with roughly 97% optimized for mobile; the program hosts about 134 agency websites, 26 customized applications and more than 100 services that accept secure online payments.

- Open data and reuse: eGov also hosts the state’s open data portal. Parsons acknowledged that publicly accessible datasets can be downloaded and reused — including by commercial entities — and said the office tracks access metrics. Senator Sollman said, \"I have a fundamental problem with that,\" while Parsons noted the data are public and the portal provides centralized access.

- Accessibility and usability: the program uses automated tools (Siteimprove) and partnerships (including research with Portland State University) to monitor accessibility and usability. Parsons said language support has expanded: templates support 16 built‑in languages and now can be extended up to 249 languages from 108 the prior year.

What the committee discussed

Lawmakers asked for clarification about who sets convenience fees and how those fees affect agency budgets; Parsons and committee staff explained that negotiated transaction fees and processing fees vary by service and are addressed with agency staff and the portal advisory board. Several members suggested follow‑up work to examine data sales, DMV record access, and whether the state should publish additional guidance or limits on commercial reuse of publicly available datasets.

Limits and next steps

Parsons told the committee the portal advisory board has authority to advise on fees and portal terms but did not describe any pending changes to the portal contract. Committee leadership said staff would follow up on questions about data sales, the portal’s funding model and whether additional transparency or user‑facing features are warranted.

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Secretary of State staff outline Oregon licensing directory, annual update requirement for agencies

Oregon officials review e-government portal program, vendor funding and data practices