63F-1-204 - Agency information technology plans.
63F-1-204. Agency information technology plans.
(1) (a) By July 1 of each year, each executive branch agency shall submit an agencyinformation technology plan to the chief information officer at the department level, unless thegovernor or the chief information officer request an information technology plan be submitted bya subunit of a department, or by an executive branch agency other than a department.
(b) The information technology plans required by this section shall be in the form andlevel of detail required by the chief information officer, by administrative rule adopted inaccordance with Section 63F-1-206, and shall include, at least:
(i) the information technology objectives of the agency;
(ii) any performance measures used by the agency for implementing the agency'sinformation technology objectives;
(iii) any planned expenditures related to information technology;
(iv) the agency's need for appropriations for information technology;
(v) how the agency's development of information technology coordinates with other stateand local governmental entities;
(vi) any efforts the agency has taken to develop public and private partnerships toaccomplish the information technology objectives of the agency; and
(vii) the efforts the executive branch agency has taken to conduct transactionselectronically in compliance with Section 46-4-503.
(2) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b), an agency information technology plandescribed in Subsection (1) shall comply with the executive branch strategic plan established inaccordance with Section 63F-1-203.
(b) If the executive branch agency submitting the agency information technology planjustifies the need to depart from the executive branch strategic plan, an agency informationtechnology plan may depart from the executive branch strategic plan to the extent approved bythe chief information officer.
(3) (a) On receipt of a state agency information technology plan, the chief informationofficer shall forward a complete copy of the agency information technology plan to the Divisionof Enterprise Technology created in Section 63F-1-401 and the Division of IntegratedTechnology created in Section 63F-1-501.
(b) The divisions shall provide the chief information officer a written analysis of eachagency plan submitted in accordance with Sections 63F-1-404 and 63F-1-504.
(4) (a) The chief information officer shall review each agency plan to determine:
(i) (A) whether the agency plan complies with the executive branch strategic plan andstate information architecture; or
(B) to the extent that the agency plan does not comply with the executive branch strategicplan or state information architecture, whether the executive branch entity is justified indeparting from the executive branch strategic plan, or state information architecture; and
(ii) whether the agency plan meets the information technology and other needs of:
(A) the executive branch agency submitting the plan; and
(B) the state.
(b) In conducting the review required by Subsection (4)(a), the chief information officershall consider the analysis submitted by the divisions under Subsection (3).
(5) After the chief information officer conducts the review described in Subsection (4) ofan agency information technology plan, the chief information officer may:
(a) approve the agency information technology plan;
(b) disapprove the agency information technology plan; or
(c) recommend modifications to the agency information technology plan.
(6) An executive branch agency or the department may not submit a request forappropriation related to information technology or an information technology system to thegovernor in accordance with Section 63J-1-201 until after the executive branch agency'sinformation technology plan is approved by the chief information officer.
Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session