ORS 276A.203
State Chief Information Officer

  • qualifications
  • duties
  • Enterprise Information Resources Management Strategy
  • rules

(1)

The office of Enterprise Information Services is established in the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. The office shall be managed by the State Chief Information Officer. The office shall direct, coordinate and oversee state information technology and telecommunications in accordance with ORS 276A.206 (Oversight of state information and telecommunications technology by State Chief Information Officer) and other statutes, rules and policies that govern the state’s or state agencies’ budgeting, planning, acquiring, managing, overseeing and using telecommunications and information technology.

(2)

The Governor shall appoint the State Chief Information Officer, who serves at the pleasure of the Governor. The State Chief Information Officer may adopt rules in accordance with ORS chapter 183 to exercise and carry out the duties, functions and powers committed to the State Chief Information Officer under ORS 276A.206 (Oversight of state information and telecommunications technology by State Chief Information Officer) and other statutes, rules or policies that commit functions to the State Chief Information Officer.

(3)

The State Chief Information Officer must be a person who, by training and experience, is well qualified to:

(a)

Perform the duties that the Governor specifies; and

(b)

Carry out the functions specified in ORS 276A.206 (Oversight of state information and telecommunications technology by State Chief Information Officer) and in other statutes, rules or policies that commit functions to the State Chief Information Officer.

(4)

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(a)

The State Chief Information Officer shall:

(A)

Serve as the Governor’s chief advisor concerning information resources, information technology, information systems, geographic information systems, information systems security and telecommunications.

(B)

Implement and maintain an information technology governance program for the executive department.

(C)

Adopt rules, policies and standards for budgeting, planning, acquiring, installing, operating and overseeing telecommunications and information technology for the executive department.

(D)

Review and make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly concerning state agency information technology budget requests.

(E)

Adopt plans, rules, policies and standards for the executive department concerning geographic information systems and geographic data.

(F)

Adopt state information systems security plans, rules, policies and standards for the executive department.

(G)

Assess state agencies each biennium to evaluate compliance with the State Chief Information Officer’s rules, policies and standards and provide results of the assessments to the Governor and to the Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology.

(H)

Develop and promote training programs in information technology, information systems security, geographic information systems, enterprise architecture and project and portfolio management.

(I)

Enhance sharing and coordination among federal, tribal, regional, state government and local government entities in this state with respect to geographic information systems and geographic data.

(J)

Oversee information technology and telecommunications procurements as provided in ORS 279A.050 (Procurement authority) (7).

(K)

Conduct a market analysis each biennium to determine whether the state data center is the most effective and efficient method for providing information technology and information resources to state agencies and other users. In conducting the market analysis, the State Chief Information Officer shall consider best practices and trends among federal, state and local government entities and the extent to which new or emerging technologies affect how the state provides information technology and information resources. The State Chief Information Officer shall provide the results of the analysis to the Governor and to the Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology and may recommend changes in the information technology and information resources that the state data center provides or in methods that the state data center uses to provide information technology and information resources.

(L)

Identify information technology services that the State Chief Information Officer recommends for design, delivery and management as enterprise or shared information technology services and, each biennium, report to the Governor and the Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology concerning the status of new enterprise or shared information technology services.

(M)

Adopt or update each biennium an Enterprise Information Resources Management Strategy for the state. In addition to the functions described in ORS 276A.236 (Enterprise information resources management), the Enterprise Information Resources Management Strategy must provide for integrating statewide technology initiatives, ensuring compliance with information technology rules, policies and standards, promoting coordination, consolidation and alignment of information resources and technologies and effectively managing the state’s and state agencies’ information technology portfolios. In developing the Enterprise Information Resources Management Strategy, the State Chief Information Officer shall consult with and consider advice and suggestions from the department, state agencies and local governments, from private sector information technology experts, from the Legislative Fiscal Officer, from the Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology or from individual members of the Legislative Assembly that the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives appoint for the purpose of consulting with the State Chief Information Officer under this subsection.

(N)

Identify and recommend to the Governor, within the State Chief Information Officer’s biennial budget request, resources that are necessary to implement the Enterprise Information Resources Management Strategy.

(O)

Develop standards, protocols and procedures for executive department agencies to use in searching for and identifying requested public records that are retained in electronic form and to use in fulfilling public records requests that seek records in electronic form.

(b)

As used in this subsection:

(A)

“Executive department” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.112 (“Executive department” defined), except that “executive department” does not include the Secretary of State in performing the duties of the constitutional office of Secretary of State or the State Treasurer in performing the duties of the constitutional office of State Treasurer.

(B)

“Geographic data” means digital data that consist of geographic or projected map coordinate values, identification codes and associated descriptive data to locate and describe boundaries or features on, above or below the surface of the earth, demographic data or related data.

(C)

“Geographic information system” means hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analyzing and displaying geographic data.

(D)

“Information system” means computers, hardware, software, storage media, networks, operational procedures and processes used in collecting, processing, storing, sharing or distributing information within, or with any access beyond ordinary public access to, the state’s shared computing and network infrastructure.

(E)

“State government” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.111 (“State government” defined).

(5)

The State Chief Information Officer may:

(a)

Organize and reorganize the office of Enterprise Information Services in the manner the State Chief Information Officer considers necessary to conduct the work of the office of Enterprise Information Services properly.

(b)

Divide the office of Enterprise Information Services into administrative programs, units or sections and appoint an individual to administer each program, unit or section that the State Chief Information Officer establishes under this subsection. The individual the State Chief Information Officer appoints serves at the pleasure of the State Chief Information Officer and must be well qualified by technical training and experience in the functions the individual will perform. The State Chief Information Officer’s actions under this paragraph are subject to ORS chapter 240.

(c)

Appoint subordinate officers and employees of the office of Enterprise Information Services, prescribe the officers’ and employees’ duties and fix compensation for the officers and employees. The State Chief Information Officer’s actions under this paragraph are subject to ORS chapter 240.

(d)

Delegate to an employee of the office of Enterprise Information Services or to another individual any duty, function or power that the State Chief Information Officer may exercise or perform under ORS 276A.206 (Oversight of state information and telecommunications technology by State Chief Information Officer) or under other statutes, rules or policies that commit functions to the State Chief Information Officer. For the purpose of performing an official act in the State Chief Information Officer’s name, the State Chief Information Officer may delegate a duty, function or power by means of an interagency agreement, an intergovernmental agreement in accordance with ORS chapter 190 or a contract. An official act that an individual performs in the name of the State Chief Information Officer under a delegation from the State Chief Information Officer under this paragraph is an official act of the State Chief Information Officer. [Formerly 291.039; 2021 c.17 §1]

Source: Section 276A.203 — State Chief Information Officer; qualifications; duties; Enterprise Information Resources Management Strategy; rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors276A.­html.

276A.200
Legislative findings on information resources
276A.203
State Chief Information Officer
276A.206
Oversight of state information and telecommunications technology by State Chief Information Officer
276A.209
State Information Technology Operating Fund
276A.223
Requirement that state agency or public corporation obtain quality management services when implementing information technology initiative
276A.230
Definitions
276A.233
Information technology portfolio-based management
276A.236
Enterprise information resources management
276A.239
Portfolio-based management of information technology resources for Secretary of State
276A.242
Portfolio-based management of information technology resources for State Treasurer
276A.250
Definitions
276A.253
Oregon transparency website
276A.256
Reports of tax expenditures connected to economic development
276A.259
Transparency Oregon Advisory Commission
276A.262
Transparency Oregon Advisory Commission Fund
276A.270
Definitions
276A.273
Electronic Government Portal Advisory Board
276A.276
Ability to offer government services through portal
276A.300
Information systems security in executive department
276A.303
Information systems security for Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney General
276A.306
Information security incidents and assessments
276A.323
State agency coordination
276A.326
Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council
276A.329
Oregon Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
276A.332
Authority of State Chief Information Officer to enter into agreements
276A.335
Moneys from federal government and other sources
276A.350
Definitions
276A.353
Chief Data Officer
276A.356
Open data standard
276A.359
Technical standards manual
276A.362
Release of publishable data on web portal
276A.365
Information management by state agencies
276A.368
Purpose of data
276A.371
Obligations of state agency under public records law
276A.374
Application to Secretary of State and State Treasurer
276A.400
Policy
276A.403
Coordination of telecommunications systems
276A.406
Acquisition of broadband and communications services
276A.409
Use of agency travel and transportation funds for telecommunications services
276A.412
Contracts for telecommunications equipment and services not to exceed 10 years
276A.415
Agreements to fund or acquire telecommunications equipment and services
276A.418
Public contracts for broadband Internet access service
276A.421
Provision of broadband services that compete with services of private telecommunications provider
276A.424
Connecting Oregon Schools Fund
276A.500
Definitions
276A.503
Oregon Geographic Information Council
276A.506
Powers of council
276A.509
Public body duty to share geospatial framework data with council
276A.512
Oregon Geographic Information Council Fund
276A.515
State geographic information officer
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