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  • (1) "Chief information officer" means the chief information officer appointed under Section 63A-16-201.
  • (2) "Data center" means a centralized repository for the storage, management, and dissemination of data.
  • (3) "Division" means the Division of Technology Services.
  • (4) "Enterprise architecture" means:
    • (a) information technology that can be applied across state government; and
    • (b) support for information technology that can be applied across state government, including:
      • (i) technical support;
      • (ii) master software licenses; and
      • (iii) hardware and software standards.
  • (5)
    • (a) "Executive branch agency" means an agency or administrative subunit of state government.
    • (b) "Executive branch agency" does not include:
      • (i) the legislative branch;
      • (ii) the judicial branch;
      • (iii) the State Board of Education;
      • (iv) the Utah Board of Higher Education;
      • (v) institutions of higher education;
      • (vi) independent entities as defined in Section 63E-1-102; or
      • (vii) the following elective constitutional offices of the executive department:
        • (A) the state auditor;
        • (B) the state treasurer; and
        • (C) the attorney general.
  • (6) "Executive branch strategic plan" means the executive branch strategic plan created under Section 63A-16-202.
  • (7) "Individual with a disability" means an individual with a condition that meets the definition of "disability" in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 12102.
  • (8) "Information technology" means all computerized and auxiliary automated information handling, including:
    • (a) systems design and analysis;
    • (b) acquisition, storage, and conversion of data;
    • (c) computer programming;
    • (d) information storage and retrieval;
    • (e) voice, video, and data communications;
    • (f) requisite systems controls;
    • (g) simulation; and
    • (h) all related interactions between people and machines.
  • (9) "State information architecture" means a logically consistent set of principles, policies, and standards that guide the engineering of state government's information technology and infrastructure in a way that ensures alignment with state government's business and service needs.




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