(a) There shall be a Division of Information Technology within the Department of Administrative Services. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall appoint a Chief Information Officer to administer the division, who shall be exempt from the classified service. The Chief Information Officer shall be an individual knowledgeable with respect to information and telecommunication systems.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 4d-2

  • Architecture: means the defined structure or orderly arrangement of information systems and telecommunication systems, based on accepted industry standards and guidelines, for the purpose of maximizing the interconnection and efficiency of such systems and the ability of users to share information resources. See Connecticut General Statutes 4d-1
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Administrative Services. See Connecticut General Statutes 4d-1
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State agency: means each department, board, council, commission, institution or other agency of the Executive Department of the state government, provided each board, council, commission, institution or other agency included by law within any given department shall be deemed a division of that department. See Connecticut General Statutes 4d-1
  • Telecommunication systems: means telephone equipment and transmission facilities, either alone or in combination with information systems, for the electronic distribution of all forms of information, including voice, data and images. See Connecticut General Statutes 4d-1

(b) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall: (1) Identify and implement (A) optimal information and telecommunication systems to efficiently service the needs of state agencies, and (B) opportunities for reducing costs for such systems; (2) approve or disapprove, in accordance with guidelines established by the commissioner, each proposed state agency acquisition of hardware or software for an information or telecommunication system, except for (A) hardware or software having a cost of less than twenty thousand dollars, or (B) hardware or software having a cost of twenty thousand dollars or more, but less than one hundred thousand dollars, which is for a project that complies with the agency’s business systems plan; (3) approve or disapprove, in accordance with guidelines established by the commissioner, all state agency requests or proposed contracts for consultants for information and telecommunication systems; (4) be responsible for purchasing, leasing and contracting for all information system and telecommunication system facilities, equipment and services for state agencies, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of § 4d-8, except for the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Secretary of the State and Comptroller; (5) review existing and new information and telecommunication system technologies to ensure consistency with the strategic plan established under § 4d-7 and approved state agency architecture and make recommendations to the Standardization Committee established under § 4a-58 for review and appropriate action; (6) cooperate with the General Assembly, the Judicial Department and the constituent units of the state system of higher education in assessing opportunities for cost savings and greater sharing of information resources which could result if such entities acquire information and telecommunication systems similar to those of state agencies; and (7) ensure state-wide implementation of the 9-1-1 and E 9-1-1 systems.

(c) The Department of Administrative Services shall approve or disapprove a state agency request or proposed contract under subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection (b) of this section no later than seven business days after receipt of the request or proposed contract and any necessary supporting information. If the Department of Administrative Services does not approve or disapprove the request or proposed contract by the end of such seven-day period, the request or proposed contract shall be deemed to have been approved. The provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to telecommunication consultants retained by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority or the Office of Consumer Counsel in connection with telecommunication proceedings of said authority.

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