Technology standards adopted by the governmental information technology agency, electronic signature use policies adopted by the secretary of state or any other similar standards adopted by any other governmental agency pursuant to section 44-7042 shall encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other governmental agencies, other states, the federal government and nongovernmental persons that interact with governmental agencies. If deemed appropriate by the entity adopting the standards, the standards may allow for differing levels of standards from which governmental agencies may choose in implementing the most appropriate standard for a particular application.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 44-7043

  • Electronic: means relating to technology that has electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical or electromagnetic capabilities or similar capabilities. See Arizona Laws 44-7002
  • Governmental agency: means an executive, legislative or judicial agency, department, board, commission, authority, institution or instrumentality of the federal government or a state or of a county or municipality or other political subdivision of a state. See Arizona Laws 44-7002
  • Information: means data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer programs, software or databases or similar items. See Arizona Laws 44-7002
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Arizona Laws 44-7002
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