0502 Chief Info Officer, Office of the State
Program Descriptions

10 - Office of the State Chief Information Officer

The Office of the State Chief Information Officer (Office) maintains current policies for information technology activities to ensure the state adopts and uses best practices in information technology management. The Office maintains a state information technology strategic plan and establishes statewide information technology policies and standards, facilitates the development and implementation of enterprise initiatives, and maintains a governance structure to address issues and concerns that arise as part of technology deployment.

The Office ensures that project-specific decisions are consistent with the state's policies and direction for information technology development, including project management, oversight, and risk mitigation. The Office also ensures the coordination and collaboration of enterprise and other multidepartment information technology efforts, as well as standardization in project management processes and performance metrics, to maximize the management of major projects and allow project performance to be assessed uniformly.

Within the Office, the Office of Information Security (OIS) is the primary state government authority responsible for ensuring the protection of state information, as well as the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of state systems and applications. OIS represents the State to the federal, state, and local government entities, higher education, private industry, and others on security-related matters.

The Office of Technology Services (OTech) provides information technology services to state, federal, and local government entities throughout California. Through the use of a scalable, reliable and secure statewide network, combined with voice and data technologies, OTech delivers computing, networking, electronic messaging and training solutions.