2013 Maryland Code
STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT
§ 3A-303 - Duties of Secretary


MD State Fin & Pro Code § 3A-303 (2013) What's This?

The Secretary is responsible for carrying out the following duties:

(1) developing, maintaining, revising, and enforcing information technology policies, procedures, and standards;

(2) providing technical assistance, advice, and recommendations to the Governor and any unit of State government concerning information technology matters;

(3) reviewing the annual project plan for each unit of State government 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 as a result of federal legislation and regulation;

(iv) work jointly with the Secretary of Budget and Management to 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 services by or on behalf of units of State government.

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