Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission

The Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission uses Mediasite to capture and archive investigative and administrative court functions via the web.

For nearly 20 years the commission recorded these administrative law hearings on audio tapes, averaging 300 appeals annually with more than 40 moving on to the hearing process. The commission, seeking a technology upgrade, chose Mediasite to record hearings for any employee dispute, which provides more efficient distribution, wider availability of hearings and establishes the official record of the trial. 

The commission also plans to provide consultation and training in a variety of state personnel topics via Mediasite, including managing internal agency grievances and discipline. 

"As a small operation with limited staff and contract law judges, we needed a simple and easy way to record the hearings, but also the ability to provide a foundation for webcasting other commission services in the future," said Austin Gilley, Deputy Director for the Oklahoma Merit Protection Commission. "Once we had a basic understanding of what we wanted to do, we really came to appreciate that Mediasite came pre-packaged and we wouldn't need specialized people on staff to run it."