Connecticut General Statutes 4d-12 – Advisory committees. Information and telecommunication systems executive steering committee
(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may establish such committees as he deems necessary to advise the commissioner in carrying out the purposes of sections 4d-1 to 4d-5, inclusive, section 4d-7, this section and section 4d-11.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 4d-12
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Administrative Services. See Connecticut General Statutes 4d-1
- State agency: means each department, board, council, commission, institution or other agency of the Executive Department of the state government, provided each board, council, commission, institution or other agency included by law within any given department shall be deemed a division of that department. See Connecticut General Statutes 4d-1
- Telecommunication systems: means telephone equipment and transmission facilities, either alone or in combination with information systems, for the electronic distribution of all forms of information, including voice, data and images. See Connecticut General Statutes 4d-1
(b) There is established an information and telecommunication systems executive steering committee consisting of the following members or their designees: The Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Secretary of the State and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and not more than four other members who are commissioners of an executive branch state agency, appointed jointly by the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The Commissioner of Administrative Services, or a designee, shall serve as chairperson of the committee. The Department of Administrative Services shall serve as staff to the committee. The committee shall (1) review and approve or disapprove the annual information and telecommunication systems strategic plan developed under section 4d-7, state agency estimates of expenditure requirements for information and telecommunication systems established under section 4d-11, and major telecommunication initiatives, (2) review, in consultation with the Department of Administrative Services, and approve or disapprove variances to (A) the list of approved architectural components for information and telecommunication systems for state agencies, (B) the strategic plan, and (C) appropriations for information and telecommunication systems, and (3) advise the Department of Administrative Services on the organization and functions of the department in regards to information and telecommunication systems. The committee shall submit a report on each approved variance to the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. Such report shall include the reasons for the variance and the results of a cost-benefit analysis on the variance.