Keith A. Kurtz

COMMITTEES & COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS

• Chairman, District Advisory Committee on Instructional Technology, Santa Monica- Malibu Unified School District (1993 - 2002)
• Area Referee Director of Instruction, American Youth Soccer Organization (1999 - 2003)
• Regional Referee Administrator, American Youth Soccer Organization (1996 - 1999)
• Treasurer, Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Santa Monica, California (1994 - 1997)
• Southern California Governments Internet Users Group Steering Committee (1995 - 1996)

PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS

• Soccer Rules for the New Referee by Keith Kurtz, an easy version of the laws of the game with advice, first publication 2021.
• Kurtz, Keith A., Roslyn Wythe, "CityTV on the Web, City Council Meetings Live On-line in Santa Monica," Community Media Review, Spring 2000.
• Junkert, Kenneth G., Keith A. Kurtz, "Measurement of Tip to Ground Potential in Hand Soldering Equipment," EMPF Technology Conference, June 1989.
• Kurtz, Keith A., Kenneth G. Junkert, "Soldering Iron Tip Temperature Testing Using Immersion Bead Sensor and Point Contact," EMPF Technology Conference, August 1988.

SPEECHES, TALKS, & PANELS

• "Technology to Promote Best Management Practices: Identifying New Revenue Sources and Improving Revenue Collection," Public Technology Institute, Technology Leadership Congress, Miami, Florida, May 8, 2008
• "An Institutional Fiber Optic Network (I-Net)," Public Technology Institute, Congress for Technology Leadership, Portland, Oregon, April 13, 2005
• "Planning and the Digital World," California Chapter of the American Planning Association Annual Conference, San Diego, California, October 8, 2002
• "Managing Your Municipal Web Site," California Association of Public Information Officials Annual Conference, Shell Beach, California, April 24 & 25, 2002.
• "E-mail Push and the World Wide Web" and "Streaming Video, Council Meetings Live on the Web,"  2001 Web Forum and E-Government Seminar, California Association of Public Information Officials, Lakewood, California November 14, 2001.
• "Crime Prevention On-line: Making Your Web Site Work Harder," California Crime Prevention Officers’ Association, 2001 Southern Chapter Conference, Buena Park, California, April 26, 2001
• "The Future of E-Government," California Association of Public Information Officials, Palm Springs, California, April 28, 2000.
• "Citizen Access to the Web-enabled Government: Technologies for Public Engagement," Third Annual Southern California Executive Leadership Forum, Pasadena, California, August 18, 1999.

• "Connecting People, Business, and Government with Technology," Lyons International, Santa Monica Chapter, Santa Monica, California, August 5, 1999.
• "Delivering Services Electronically," Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce Membership Luncheon, Santa Monica, California, January 11, 1999.
• "Delivering City Services Through the World Wide Web," Connecting Electronically With Your Constituents, City of Los Angeles Information Technology & General Services Committee, Los Angeles, California, November 13, 1997.
• "The Virtual City Hall - Challenges and Opportunities of the Internet for Municipal Management," MMASC Annual Conference, Ventura, California, August 7, 1997.
• "Communicating With Your Public Through Technology," California Society of Municipal Financial Officers Annual Conference, Pleasanton, California, February 25, 1997.
• "Electronic Delivery of City Information and Services," Y's Men Club, Santa Monica, California, January 28, 1997.

• "Local Government on the Internet," Transforming Local Government Conference, Long Beach, California, May 19, 1996.
• "HTML and the World Wide Web, No Big Thing" or "How to Create a Home Page on the Internet and HTML," California City Clerks Conference, Santa Barbara, California, April 26, 1996.
• "Politics of Doing a Web Site," Southern California Government Internet Users Group Workshop, Lakewood, California, April 25, 1996.
• "Community Building and Access," Electronic Government: Opportunities in Conducting the People's Business on the Internet, Association of Bay Area Governments Conference, San Jose, California, April 19, 1996.
• "CityLink and the Internet Superhighway," League of California Cities Public Works Officers Institute, San Diego, California, March 13, 1996.
• "Using Electronic Delivery of Government Information for Better Contact with the Community," 3CMA Mini Conference, Moreno Valley, California, December 7, 1995.
• "Public Access," The Greater Southern California Government & Business Tech Expo, Los Angeles, California, September 27, 1995.
• "Electronic Democracy in Santa Monica, The Public Electronic Network," The 1995 Municipal Information Systems Administrators Conference, Toronto, Ontario, June 9, 1995.
• "Electronic Democracy in Santa Monica: The Public Electronic Network," Technology in Government Week, Ottawa, Ontario, October 26, 1994.
• "Serving Communities Through Technology," League of California Cities Community Services Conference, Sacramento, California, April 15, 1994.
• "Who Will Pay?," invited testimony delivered to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce at a public hearing titled "Telecommunications to Serve the Cities: Universal Service in Urban America," Los Angeles, California, February 16, 1994.
• "Electronic Democracy in Santa Monica," Community Information Technology Forum, Pasadena, California, December 3, 1993.
• "Ask the Expert: Technical Assistance for Creating Services That Utilize Technology," Connections: Telecommunications & Human Needs (Alliance for Public Technology Workshop), Culver City, California, September 28, 1993, San Diego, California, September 30, 1993, San Francisco, California, October 20, 1993, Sacramento, California, October 22, 1993.