2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .511   Executive director of Commonwealth Office of Technology -- Roles and duties.

11.511 Executive director of Commonwealth Office of Technology -- Roles and duties. (1) The executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology shall be the principal adviser to the Governor and the executive cabinet on information technology policy, including policy on the acquisition and management of information technology and resources. (2) The executive director shall carry out functions necessary for the efficient, effective, and economical administration of information technology and resources within the executive branch. Roles and duties of the executive director shall include but not be limited to: (a)  Assessing, recommending, and implementing information technology governance and organization design to include effective information technology personnel management practices; (b)  Integrating information technology and resources plans with agency business plans; (c)  Overseeing shared Commonwealth information technology resources and services; (d)  Performing as the focal point and representative for the Commonwealth in information technology and related areas with both the public and private sector; (e)  Establishing appropriate partnerships and alliances to support the effective implementation of information technology projects in the Commonwealth; (f)  Identifying information technology applications that should be statewide in scope, and ensuring that these applications are not developed independently or duplicated by individual state agencies of the executive branch; (g)  Establishing performance measurement and benchmarking policies and procedures; (h)  Preparing annual reports and plans concerning the status and result of the state's specific information technology plans and submitting these annual reports and plans to the Governor and the General Assembly; and (i)  Managing the Commonwealth Office of Technology and its budget. Effective: June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 23, effective June 20, 2005. -- Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 506, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 536, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. Formerly codified as KRS 61.936. Page 1 of 1