(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.