(a) The Bureau of Information Technology shall develop a Disaster Recovery Plan with respect to information technology. The Bureau, in coordination with the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA), shall establish a Disaster Recovery Planning Team to develop the Disaster Recovery Plan and to administer the plan’s implementation. This Team shall be comprised of a representative from each territorial agency, department, and independent instrumentality.
(b) In developing the Plan, the Disaster Recovery Team shall do all of the following:
(1) Consider the organizational, managerial, and technical environments in which the Disaster Recovery Plan must be implemented;
(2) Assess the types and likely parameters of disasters most likely to occur and the resultant impacts on the agency, department or independent instrumentality’s ability to perform its mission.
(3) List protective measures to be implemented in anticipation of a disaster, natural or manmade. Protective measures listed shall be:
(A) Those protective measures determined to be most cost effective, and
(B) Identified through the risk management process for information technology as provided by the Virgin Islands Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA).
(c) Each territorial agency, department and independent instrumentality shall file a copy of its Disaster Recovery Plan with the Bureau of Information Technology and the Virgin Islands Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA) by January 31 of each year. The Bureau of Information Technology, in conjunction with the Virgin Islands Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA) shall assist, review, and coordinate disaster planning with respect to information technology for all territorial agencies, departments and independent instrumentalities. If a territorial agency, department or independent instrumentality employs the services of a territorial data center, that entity shall also provide the data center with a copy of its Disaster Recovery Plan.