7502 Department of Technology
Program Descriptions

10 - DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY

The Department maintains up-to-date policies for IT activities to ensure the state adopts and uses best practices in information technology management. The Department maintains a state IT strategic plan and establishes statewide IT 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 Department ensures that project-specific decisions are consistent with the state's policies and direction for IT development, including project management, oversight, and risk mitigation. The Department also ensures the coordination and collaboration of enterprise and other multi-department IT efforts, as well as standardization of project management processes and performance metrics, to maximize the management of major projects and allow project performance to be assessed uniformly.

The Office of Technology Services (OTech) provides IT services in 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.

Within the Department, 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 government entities, higher education, private industry, and others on security-related matters.