Sec. 2054.092. CONTENT OF STATE STRATEGIC PLAN. (a) The state strategic plan must be prepared in coordination with the quality assurance team and state agency information resources managers.

(b) The plan must:

(1) provide a strategic direction for information resources management in state government for the five fiscal years following adoption of the plan;

(2) outline a state information architecture that contains a logically consistent set of principles, policies, and standards to guide the engineering of state government's information technology systems and infrastructure in a way that ensures compatibility and alignment with state government's needs;

(3) designate and report on critical electronic government projects to be directed by the department, including a project for electronic purchasing;

(4) provide information about best practices to assist state agencies in adopting effective information management methods, including the design, deployment, and management of information resources projects, cost-benefit analyses, and staff reengineering methods to take full advantage of technological advancements;

(5) provide long-range policy guidelines for information resources in state government, including the implementation of national, international, and department standards for information resources technologies;

(6) identify major issues faced by state agencies related to the acquisition of computer hardware, computer software, and information resources technology services and develop a statewide approach to address the issues, including:

(A) developing performance measures for purchasing and contracting; and

(B) identifying opportunities to reuse computer software code purchased with public funds;

(7) identify priorities for:

(A) the implementation of information resources technologies according to the relative economic and social impact on the state; and

(B) return on investment and cost-benefit analysis strategies; and

(8) provide information about best practices to assist state agencies in adopting methods for design, deployment, and management of telecommunications services.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 545, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1246, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 394 (S.B. 757), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 691 (H.B. 1788), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2007.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 11.019, eff. September 1, 2009.