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42.730 Executive director of Commonwealth Office of Technology -- Roles and duties.

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Page 1 of 1 42.730 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 <br>technology policy, including policy on the acquisition and management of <br>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 <br>executive branch. Roles and duties of the executive director shall include but not be <br>limited to: <br>(a) Assessing, recommending, and implementing information technology governance and organization design to include effective information <br>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 <br>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 <br>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 <br>reports and plans to the Governor and the General Assembly; and (i) Managing the Commonwealth Office of Technology and its budget. Effective: June 25, 2009 <br>History: Repealed and reenacted 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 12, sec. 7, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 23, effective June 20, 2005. -- Repealed, <br>reenacted, and amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 506, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2000; and <br>ch. 536, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 353, sec. 2, <br>effective July 15, 1998. Formerly codified as KRS 11.511 and 61.936.