2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 4d-7. (Formerly Sec. 16a-113). Information and telecommunication systems strategic plan.

      Sec. 4d-7. (Formerly Sec. 16a-113). Information and telecommunication systems strategic plan. (a) The Chief Information Officer shall develop, publish and annually update an information and telecommunication systems strategic plan which shall have the following goals: (1) To provide a level of voice and data communications service among all state agencies that will ensure the effective and efficient completion of their respective functions; (2) to establish a direction for the collection, storage, management and use of information by state agencies in an efficient manner; (3) to develop a comprehensive information policy for state agencies that clearly articulates (A) the state's commitment to the sharing of its information resources, (B) the relationship of such resources to library and other information resources in the state and (C) a philosophy of equal access to information; (4) to provide all necessary telecommunication services between state agencies and the public; (5) to provide, in the event of an emergency, immediate voice and data communications capabilities which are necessary to support state agency functions; and (6) to provide necessary access to higher technology for state agencies.

      (b) In order to facilitate the development of a fully integrated state-wide information services and telecommunication system which effectively and efficiently supports data processing and telecommunication requirements of all state agencies, the strategic plan shall include: (1) Establishment of guidelines and standards for the architecture for information and telecommunication systems which support state agencies; (2) plans for a cost-effective state-wide telecommunication network to support state agencies, which network may consist of different types of transmission media, including wire, fiber and radio, and shall be able to support voice, data, video and facsimile transmission requirements and any other form of information exchange which takes place via electromagnetic media; (3) a level of information systems and telecommunication planning for all state agencies and operations throughout the state that will ensure the effective and efficient utilization and access to the state's information and telecommunication resources, including but not limited to, (A) an inventory of existing on-line public access arrangements for state agency data bases which contain information subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, (B) a list of data bases for which such access could be provided, including data bases containing consumer, business and health and human services program information, (C) provisions addressing the feasibility and cost of providing such access, (D) provisions for a public-private partnership in providing such on-line access, and (E) provisions to enable citizens to communicate with state agencies by electronic mail; (4) identification of annual expenditures and major capital commitments for information and telecommunication systems; and (5) a direction and policy planning pertaining to the infusion of new technology for such systems for state agencies. In carrying out the provisions of subparagraphs (A) to (E), inclusive, of subdivision (3) of this subsection, the Chief Information Officer shall consult with representatives of business associations, consumer organizations and nonprofit human services providers.

      (c) Each state agency shall submit to the Chief Information Officer all plans, documents and other information requested by the Chief Information Officer for the development of such plan.

      (d) The Chief Information Officer shall not implement a state agency proposal for information system hardware, software, maintenance service or consulting unless such proposal complies with the strategic plan and the agency's approved business systems plan. The Chief Information Officer shall maintain a current inventory of information system components to facilitate asset management and procurement leverage.

      (P.A. 89-257, S. 3, 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 7, 55; P.A. 94-131, S. 1, 4; P.A. 97-47, S. 43; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9, S. 5, 50.)

      History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12 added a new Subsec. (d) requiring the executive director to keep a current inventory of the state agency information system components and requiring information systems to comply with the office's strategic plan; P.A. 94-131 added Subparas. (A) to (E), inclusive, in Subdiv. (3) of Subsec. (b), re on-line access to data bases, effective May 25, 1994; P.A. 97-47 amended Subsec. (b) by inserting reference to Sec. 1-18a; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-9 substituted "Chief Information Officer" for "executive director of the Office of Information and Technology", amended Subsec. (a) by repealing former Subdiv. (6) re 911 and E-911 systems and renumbered former Subdiv. (7) to Subdiv. (6), and amended Subsec. (d) by substituting "implement" for "approve", effective July 1, 1997; Sec. 16a-113 transferred to Sec. 4d-7 in 1999.