In the early 1990s, as a teenager, Murphey developed and maintained an electronic Bulletin Board System (BBS) becoming one of the youngest System Operators (SysOps) in the nation.
In this role, Murphey learned to edit code and in an effort to provide the customers of the BBS with access to a national network (this was in the days before the use of the Internet became easily accessible to the general public) Murphey successfully networked the board with a national network of other Bullletin Boards.
In 2000, Murphey combined his interest in public policy with his web development skills by authoring a series of websites. Murphey noted that many local-level Government entities did not provide Internet access to documents and proceedings. In order to provide this content Murphey used a network of websites to offer a venue for people to access local government documents on the Internet.
In April of 2000, The Oklahoman published a story about Murphey's first local government content website - (Guthrie Resident Creates New Web Site For Council).
In 2001, Murphey developed a one-stop platform for collecting content generated by members of the Oklahoma Legislature at a time when the information was not as easily available through the state's website. View ScreenShot Here.
In 2002, Murphey named his company WebTeks and from 2002-2005, the focus of his efforts changed from being primarily focused on web content provision into prioritizing web development.
Murphey never lost his excitement for using technology as a tool to allow the people to see what occurs in government and has served in local and state government in order to advance this principle.
In 2001, Murphey won election to a seat to his local city council on a platform of opening up city government to televised content. During his time on the city council Murphey won approval for the both television plan and a resolution requiring city documents and service to be placed online.
In 2006, Murphey was elected as Oklahoma House District 31 State Representative on a similar platform of opening up state government through the application of technology.
In 2008, as the Chairman of the Government Modernization Committee, Murphey authored Senate Bill 980 which contained much of the language that would later become law in House Bill 1170. This law established a Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the State of Oklahoma and put in place the framework to consolidate much of Oklahoma's IT infrastructure.
Murphey also won approval for House Bills 3325 and 1032. House Bill 3325 changed the law to allow Oklahoma's central purchasers to receive bids from vendors online. House Bill 1032 called for the state to apply technological advancements in order to streamline government activities. HB 1032 contained a mandate to state agencies requiring that licensing and permitting processed be placed online for people to access and mandated the state government to list a series of purchases online at the ok.gov website for people to be able to review.