282.315  Chief Information Officers Council; creation.--The Legislature finds that enhancing communication, consensus building, coordination, and facilitation of statewide information resources management issues is essential to improving state management of such resources.

(1)  There is created a Chief Information Officers Council to:

(a)  Enhance communication among the Chief Information Officers of state agencies by sharing information resources management experiences and exchanging ideas.

(b)  Facilitate the sharing of best practices that are characteristic of highly successful technology organizations, as well as exemplary information technology applications of state agencies.

(c)  Identify efficiency opportunities among state agencies.

(d)  Serve as an educational forum for information resources management issues.

(e)  Assist the State Technology Council in identifying critical statewide issues and, when appropriate, make recommendations for solving information resources management deficiencies.

(2)  Members of the council shall include the Chief Information Officers of all state agencies, including the Chief Information Officers of the agencies and governmental entities enumerated in s. 282.3031, except that there shall be one Chief Information Officer selected by the state attorneys and one Chief Information Officer selected by the public defenders. The chairs, or their designees, of the Geographic Information Board, the Florida Financial Management Information System Coordinating Council, the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Systems Council, and the Health Information Systems Council shall represent their respective organizations on the Chief Information Officers Council as voting members.

(3)  The State Technology Office shall provide administrative support to the council.