a. be authorized to establish the internal organizational structure of the Office of Information Technology in a manner appropriate to carrying out the duties and functions, and fulfilling the responsibilities, of the office;

b. be authorized to coordinate and conduct all information technology operations in the Executive Branch of State Government, including agency technology operations;

c. be authorized to draft and establish Service Level Agreements with each department and agency in the Executive Branch of State Government;

d. be authorized to review and analyze the results of the Statewide Information Technology Assessment Study;

e. be authorized to enter into agreements, in accordance and consistent with applicable law, regulations, and existing contracts, with private and public entities or individuals to effectuate the purposes of sections 6 through 16 of P.L.2007, c.56 (C. 52:18A-224 through C. 52:18A-234);

f. in consultation with the New Jersey Information Technology Project Review Board, evaluate on an annual basis the feasibility of using artificial intelligence, machine learning, and commercial cloud computing services, as well as other emerging technologies, by State agencies to provide public services and the development of data analytics capabilities to enable data-driven policy development by State agencies; and

g. develop a process to promulgate, and update no less than every other year, a set of metrics to assess each State agency’s implementation of a modern digital experience. The set of metrics shall be reevaluated every three years.

L.2007, c.56, s.12; amended 2013, c.253, s.44; 2021, c.392, s.5.