General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 7D Massachusetts Office of Information Technology - Section 6 Director of information technology; appointment; duties; IT strategy plan; meetings; compliance reviews

[ Text of section added by 2014, 165, Sec. 22 effective July 1, 2014. See 2014, 165, Sec. 291.]

  Section 6. (a) The secretary of each executive office established pursuant to section 2 of chapter 6A shall, in consultation with and approval by the CIO, appoint a director of information technology of the executive office who shall report directly to the secretary and the CIO. Each director of information technology shall manage all information technology operations within the executive office and supervise all information technology personnel. Each director shall be responsible for evaluating the present and future information technology needs of agencies within their respective executive offices. A director, in consultation with and with the approval of the CIO, may designate a deputy director of information technology for an agency within the director's executive office.

  (b) The CIO and the director shall jointly identify the positions and functions affiliated with the management and administration of an executive office's information technology resources and enterprises that shall be centralized within the executive office. Each director shall develop an IT strategic plan for the executive office that shall be approved by the CIO that sets forth: (i) operational and project priorities; (ii) budgets; (iii) planned procurements; (iv) efficiency goals; (v) security initiatives; and (vi) staffing plans.

[ Subsection (c) effective until August 6, 2014. For text effective August 6, 2014, see below.]

  (c) The CIO shall hold quarterly meetings with all directors and shall conduct annual compliance reviews across the executive offices to ensure full compliance with statutes, regulations, policies, standards and contractual obligations related to information technology and security.

[ Subsection (c) as amended by 2014, 257, Sec. 4 effective August 6, 2014. For text effective until August 6, 2014, see above.]

  (c) The CIO shall hold quarterly meetings with all directors and shall conduct annual compliance reviews across the executive offices to ensure full compliance with statutes, regulations, policies, standards and contractual obligations related to information technology and security. The CIO shall annually report the results of its reviews to the governor, the cabinet secretaries and the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives on or before January 1 of each year. All reports shall be made available on the office's website.

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