8A.104 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.
8A.104 POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.
The director shall do all of the following:
1. Coordinate the internal operations of the department and
develop and implement policies and procedures designed to ensure the
efficient administration of the department.
2. Appoint all personnel deemed necessary for the administration
of the department's functions as provided in this chapter.
3. Prepare an annual budget for the department.
4. Develop and recommend legislative proposals deemed necessary
for the continued efficiency of the department's functions, and
review legislative proposals generated outside the department which
are related to matters within the department's purview.
5. Adopt rules deemed necessary for the administration of this
chapter in accordance with chapter 17A.
6. Develop and maintain support systems within the department to
provide appropriate administrative support and sufficient data for
the effective and efficient operation of state government.
7. Enter into contracts for the receipt and provision of services
as deemed necessary. The director and the governor may obtain and
accept grants and receipts to or for the state to be used for the
administration of the department's functions as provided in this
chapter.
8. Establish the internal organization of the department and
allocate and reallocate duties and functions not assigned by law to
an officer or any subunit of the department to promote economic and
efficient administration and operation of the department.
9. Install a records system for the keeping of records which are
necessary for a proper audit and effective operation of the
department.
10. Determine which risk exposures shall be self-insured or
assumed by the state with respect to loss and loss exposures of state
government.
11. Keep in the director's office a complete record containing an
itemized account of all state property, including furniture and
equipment, under the director's care and control, and plans and
surveys of the public grounds, buildings, and underground
constructions at the seat of government and of the state laboratories
facility in Ankeny.
12. Serve as the chief information officer for the state.
However, the director may designate a person in the department to
serve in this capacity at the discretion of the director. If the
director designates a person to serve as chief information officer,
the person designated shall be professionally qualified by education
and have no less than five years' experience in the fields of
information technology and financial management.
13. Exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be
prescribed by law. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 145, §4; 2005 Acts, ch 52, §2