§ 106. Responsibility to respond to the freedom of information law for certain data. Where the office receives a request for another agency's data which is in the possession of the office because it administers, operates or manages a statewide technology program, the office will transmit, within five days, in writing the request to the agency that owns the data with a copy of this law and send a copy of the transmittal to the requester. Upon receiving the forwarded request, the agency must comply with Article 6 of the public officers law as if it had initially received the request. The time periods for responding to a request as required by Article 6 of the public officers law commence when the agency receives the request from the office.

Terms Used In N.Y. State Technology Law 106

  • Office: means the office of information technology services. See N.Y. State Technology Law 101
  • Technology: means either a good or a service or a combination thereof, used in the application of any computer or electronic information or interconnected system that is used in the acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or voice including, but not limited to, hardware, software, information appliances, firmware, programs, systems, networks, infrastructure, media, and related material used to automatically and electronically collect, receive, access, transmit, display, store, record, retrieve, analyze, evaluate, process, classify, manipulate, manage, assimilate, control, communicate, exchange, convert, coverage, interface, switch, or disseminate data of any kind or form, and shall include all associated consulting, management, facilities, maintenance, support and training. See N.Y. State Technology Law 101
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