The department is hereby authorized and empowered to exercise such duties and powers necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article, including the following:

(1) Provide effective management of state telecommunications resources and implement annual plans and procurement;

Terms Used In Alabama Code 41-4-283

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(2) Manage, plan and coordinate all telecommunications systems under the jurisdiction of the state. This centralized management function shall be provided through the following activities:

a. Administration of existing systems including coordination of activities, vendors, service orders and billing/record-keeping functions;
b. Planning of new systems of services;
c. Design of replacement systems;
d. Project management during specification writing, bid letting, proposal evaluation and contract negotiations;
e. Implementation supervision of new systems and ongoing support;
f. Implementation of long-term state plans;
g. Management of telecommunications networks.
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