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12120.  The Legislature finds and declares that, with the advent of
deregulation in the telecommunications industry, substantial cost
savings can be realized by the state through the specialized
evaluation and acquisition of alternative telecommunications systems.
  All contracts for the acquisition of telecommunications services
and all contracts for the acquisition of telecommunications goods,
whether by lease or purchase, shall be made by, or under the
supervision of, the Department of General Services.  All acquisitions
shall be accomplished in accordance with Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 12100), relating to the acquisition of information technology
goods and services, except to the extent any directive or provision
is uniquely applicable to information technology acquisitions.  The
Department of General Services shall have responsibility for the
establishment of policy and procedures for telecommunications.  The
Department of General Services shall have responsibility for the
establishment of tactical policy and procedures for data-processing
acquisitions consistent with statewide strategic policy as
established by the Department of Finance.  The Department of Finance
shall have review and approval responsibility of data-processing
information and telecommunication acquisitions to assure consistency
with budgetary objectives.  The Trustees of the California State
University and the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges shall assume the functions of the Department of Finance and
the Department of General Services with regard to acquisition of
telecommunication goods and services by the California State
University and the California Community Colleges, respectively.  The
trustees and the board shall each grant to the Department of General
Services, Division of Telecommunications, an opportunity to bid
whenever the university or the college system solicits bids for
telecommunications goods and services.



12121.  As used in this chapter:
   (a) "Tactical policy" means the policies of an organization
necessary to direct operational staff in carrying out their
day-to-day activities.
   (b) "Strategic policy" means policy which defines the goals and
objectives for an organization.