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42.720 Legislative findings.

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42.720 Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds and declares that: <br>(1) The establishment of the position of the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology, appointed by the secretary of the Finance and Administration <br>Cabinet with the approval of the Governor, as the Commonwealth's single point of <br>contact and spokesperson for all matters related to information technology and <br>resources, including policies, standard setting, deployment, strategic and tactical <br>planning, acquisition, management, and operations is necessary and in keeping with <br>the industry trends of the private and public sectors; (2) The appropriate use of information technology by the Commonwealth can improve operational productivity, reduce the cost of government, enhance service to <br>customers, and make government more accessible to the public; (3) Government-wide planning, investment, protection, and direction for information resources must be enacted to: <br>(a) Ensure the effective application of information technology on state business operations; (b) Ensure the quality, security, and integrity of state business operations; and <br>(c) Provide privacy to the citizens of the Commonwealth; (4) The Commonwealth must provide information technology infrastructure, technical directions, and a proficient organizational management structure to facilitate the <br>productive application of information technology and resources to accomplish <br>programmatic missions and business goals; (5) Oversight of large scale and government statewide systems or projects is necessary to protect the Commonwealth's investment and to ensure appropriate integration <br>with existing or planned systems; (6) A career development plan and professional development program for information technology staff of the executive branch is needed to provide key competencies and <br>adequate on-going support for the information resources of the Commonwealth and <br>to ensure that the information technology staff will be managed as a <br>Commonwealth resource; (7) The Commonwealth is in need of information technology advisory capacities to the Governor and the agencies of the executive cabinet; (8) Appropriate public-private partnerships to supplement existing resources must be developed as a strategy for the Commonwealth to comprehensively meet its <br>spectrum of information technology and resource needs; (9) Technological and theoretical advances in information use are recent in origin, immense in scope and complexity, and change at a rapid rate, which presents <br>Kentucky with the opportunity to provide higher quality, more timely, and more <br>cost-effective government services to ensure standardization, interoperability, and <br>interconnectivity; (10) The sharing of information resources and technologies among executive branch state agencies is the most cost-effective method of providing the highest quality and <br>most timely government services that would otherwise be cost-prohibitive; (11) The ability to identify, develop, and implement changes in a rapidly moving field demands the development of mechanisms to provide for the research and <br>development of technologies that address systems, uses, and applications; and (12) The exercise by the executive director of the Commonwealth Office of Technology of powers and authority conferred by KRS 42.720 to 42.742, 45.253, 171.420, <br>186A.040, 186A.285, and 194A.146 shall be deemed and held to be the <br>performance of essential governmental functions. Effective: June 25, 2009 <br>History: Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 21, effective June 20, 2005; and <br>ch. 99, sec. 3, effective June 20, 2005. -- Repealed, reenacted, and amended 2000 <br>Ky. Acts ch. 506, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 536, sec. 1, effective July <br>14, 2000. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998. Formerly codified as KRS 11.501 and 61.935.