§ 3A-303. Duties of Secretary

   The Secretary is responsible for carrying out the following duties:

   (1) developing, maintaining, revising, and enforcing information technology policies, procedures, and standards;

   (2) providing technical assistance, advice, and recommendations to the Governor and any unit of State government concerning information technology matters;

   (3) reviewing the annual project plan for each unit of State government to make information and services available to the public over the Internet;

   (4) developing and maintaining a statewide information technology master plan that will:

      (i) be the basis for the management and direction of information technology within the Executive Branch of State government;

      (ii) include all aspects of State information technology including telecommunications, data processing, and information management;

      (iii) consider interstate transfers as a result of federal legislation and regulation;

      (iv) work jointly with the Secretary of Budget and Management to ensure that information technology plans and budgets are consistent;

      (v) ensure that State information technology plans, policies, and standards are consistent with State goals, objectives, and resources, and represent a long-range vision for using information technology to improve the overall effectiveness of State government; and

      (vi) include standards to assure nonvisual access to the information and services made available to the public over the Internet; and

   (5) adopting by regulation and enforcing nonvisual access standards to be used in the procurement of information technology services by or on behalf of units of State government.

HISTORY: 2008, ch. 9, § 2.