(a) The Chief of Information Technology is established within the
Department.
(b) The Chief shall be appointed by the Secretary and serves at the
Secretary's pleasure.
(c) The Chief shall be provided appropriate professional and administrative
staff by the Secretary as provided in the budget.
(d) The Chief is responsible to the Secretary in carrying out the following
duties:
(1) developing, maintaining, and enforcing statewide information technology
standards, policies, and procedures;
(2) providing technical assistance, advice, and recommendations to the
Secretary and any unit of State government concerning information
technology matters;
(3) reviewing each unit's annual project plan to make information and
services available to the public over the Internet;
(4) developing and maintaining a statewide information technology master
plan that will:
(i) be the basis for the management and direction of information technology
within the Executive Branch of State government;
(ii) include all aspects of State information technology including
telecommunications, data processing, and information management;
(iii) consider interstate transfers due to federal legislation and
regulation;
(iv) ensure that information technology plans and budgets are consistent;
(v) ensure that State information technology plans, policies, and standards
are consistent with State goals, objectives, and resources, and
represent a long-range vision for using information technology to
improve the overall effectiveness of State government; and
(vi) include standards to assure nonvisual access to the information and
services made available to the public over the Internet; and
(5) adopting by regulation and enforcing nonvisual access standards to be
used in the procurement of information technology and the provision of
information technology services by or on behalf of units of State
government.
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