(1) The chief information officer shall:

(a) Monitor trends and advances in information technology resources, direct and approve a comprehensive, statewide, four-year planning process, and plan for the acquisition, management, and use of information technology. The statewide information technology plan shall be updated annually and submitted to the governor, the joint technology committee, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate.

(b) Require state agencies to participate with and advise the office on the creation of an information technology plan for such agency as part of the state's planning and budgeting process. Such plans shall:

(I) Be in compliance with the state's annual information technology plan;

(II) Specify the state agency's information technology procurement and system acquisition plans for the planning period; and

(III) Identify risks, issues, and concerns with the agency's information technology infrastructure.

(c) Coordinate and direct the formulation and promulgation of policies, standards, specifications, and guidelines for information technology in state agencies including but not limited to those required to support state and local government exchange, acquisition, storage, use, sharing, and distribution of geographic or base map data and related technologies;

(d) Direct the development of policies and procedures, in consultation with the office of state planning and budgeting, that are integrated into the state's strategic planning and budgeting processes and that state agencies shall follow in developing information technology plans and technology-related budget requests;

(e) Coordinate and direct the development of policies and procedures for the effective management of technology investments throughout their entire life cycle including but not limited to project definition, procurement, development, implementation, operation, performance evaluation, and enhancement or retirement;

(e.5) Develop a staged review process for information technology projects that ensures a project meets specific requirements and complies with the project plan approved by the office;

(f) In consultation with the office of state planning and budgeting, prepare and submit budget requests for all information technology resources to be utilized by state agencies;

(f.5) Approve a set of minimum standards to control purchases of information technology resources by the office for state agencies and approve criteria to be used in approving or rejecting state agency requests for procurements of information technology resources;

(g) Direct the development of policies and procedures for state agency requests for information technology procurements, agreements, or contracts;

(h) Aggregate information technology procurements for one or more state agencies;

(i) Coordinate and direct the establishment of statewide standards for the efficient exchange of electronic information and technology, including infrastructure, between the public and private sectors in the state;

(j) In consultation with the executive director of the department of personnel, evaluate the feasibility of outsourcing information technology resources and services and outsource those resources and services that would be beneficial to the state;

(k) Monitor the status and timeliness of information technology projects and procurements for state agencies and advise on any risk management issues in connection with those projects and procurements;

(l) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 1117, § 5, effective May 22, 2008.)

(m) Advise the joint technology committee and the joint budget committee on requested or ongoing information technology projects, including the adherence of the office to the budget, amounts appropriated, and relevant contract deadline dates or schedules for those projects;

(n) Adopt standards and criteria for the procurement of adaptive technology by state agencies for the use of individuals who are blind or visually impaired as specified in article 85 of this title;

(o) Supervise the chief information security officer appointed pursuant to section 24-37.5-403 (1);

(p) Hire or retain such contractors, subcontractors, advisors, consultants, and agents as the chief information officer may deem advisable or necessary, in accordance with the relevant procedures, statutes, and rules and may make and enter into contracts necessary or incidental to the exercise of the powers and performance of the duties of the office and the chief information officer. The chief information officer may specifically hire or retain such contractors, subcontractors, advisors, consultants, and agents as the chief information officer may deem advisable and necessary.

(q) In consultation with the government data advisory board created in section 24-37.5-703, adopt rules and procedures that a state agency, as defined in section 24-37.5-702 (7), shall follow in requesting, or responding to a request for, data from another state agency;

(r) In consultation with the government data advisory board created in section 24-37.5-703, adopt rules and procedures for responding to data requests submitted by an entity outside of state government;

(s) In consultation with the government data advisory board created in section 24-37.5-703, adopt a schedule of fees that the office may charge to state agencies to supervise and administer interdepartmental and external data requests, that a state agency maycharge another state agency in responding to an interdepartmental data request, and that a state agency may charge to respond to a data request submitted by an entity outside of state government. The chief information officer shall ensure that the amount of the fees does not exceed the direct and indirect costs incurred by the office or by the state agency that is responding to a data request.

(t) Repealed.

(u) Assist the joint technology committee as necessary to facilitate the committee's oversight of the office.

(1.5) All of the policies, procedures, standards, specifications, guidelines, or criteria that are developed or approved pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may be promulgated as rules pursuant to article 4 of this title by and enforced by the chief information officer.

(1.7) The chief information officer may enter into contracts with any local government, state agency, or political subdivision of the state, including the legislative and judicial departments, the department of law, the department of state, the department of treasury, or state-supported institutions of higher education, for the purpose of providing disaster recovery services.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2006, p. 1728, § 6, effective June 6, 2006.)

(3) Repealed.

(4) The position of chief information officer shall be commensurate with the position of head of a principal department and shall be a member of the governor's cabinet.