State Information Technology Advisory Committee
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The State Information Technology Advisory Committee (SITAC) is responsible for providing input to ITD on the deployment of new and existing products and services. ITD will consult with the committee to obtain advice and feedback during ITD's annual business planning process and other planning efforts. Members will assist in developing and prioritizing strategic initiatives for state government for the statewide information technology plan.
During the 2003 legislative session, house bill 1043 established this committee in statue and identified the membership as follows:
State information technology advisory committee. The state information technology advisory committee consists of the chief information officer; the commissioner of higher education or the commissioner's designee; the attorney general or the attorney general's designee; the secretary of state or the secretary of state's designee; the tax commissioner or the commissioner's designee; the chief justice of the supreme court or the chief justice's designee; two members of the legislative assembly appointed by the legislative council; a minimum of eight members representing state agencies, appointed by the governor; and two members with technology management expertise representing private industry, appointed by the governor. The appointees of the governor serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor shall designate the chairman of the committee. Additional members may be asked to participate at the request of the chairman. The department shall provide staff services to the committee. The members of the committee representing private industry are entitled to be compensated for time spent in attendance at meetings of the committee and for other travel as approved by the chairman of the committee at the rate of sixty-two dollars and fifty cents per day and are entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the same manner as other state officials. The compensation and expenses are to be paid from appropriations for the department. The committee shall advise the department regarding statewide information technology planning, and developing other budgeting, services of the information technology department, and statewide information technology initiatives and policy.
This committee will also fulfill the requirements established by the 2003 legislative session in house bill 1505 as follows:
Department shall establish certain standards for agencies - Advisory committee - Exceptions. The department shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of representatives of state agencies for the purposes of prioritizing major computer software projects and establishing policies, standards, and guidelines for executive branch state agencies, departments, and institutions, excluding institutions under control of the state board of higher education and agencies of the judicial and legislative branches with respect to the purchase of computer software and computer systems. The chief information officer shall submit recommendations of the advisory committee regarding major software projects to the information technology committee for consideration by the committee and the drafting of appropriate legislation to implement the recommendations. The judicial and legislative branches shall annually notify the advisory committee on their major computer software projects and priorities. The chief information officer may exempt an agency from the policies, standards, and guidelines established by the committee to address situations unique to that agency.
