As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) COMMITTEE. The Permanent Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology.
(2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Automated data processing, communications systems and services, wide area and local area networks, the Internet, electronic information systems and related information, databases, equipment, goods, and services.
(3) OFFICE. The Office of Information Technology.
(4) SECRETARY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. The chief administrative and executive officer of the Office of Information Technology.
(5) STATE AGENCIES. All departments, agencies, offices, boards, commissions, bureaus, and authorities of state government. The term shall not include counties, municipalities, the Alabama State Port Authority, the State Department of Education, the Retirement Systems of Alabama, or institutions of higher education governed by a separate board of trustees, although these entities and institutions may enter into cooperative agreements and contracts related to information technology efforts with the state information technology system.
Last modified: May 3, 2021