282.3093  State Technology Office; legislative intent; powers and duties.--

(1)  It is the intent of the Legislature that an office be created to provide support to specified organizations and workgroups and to facilitate state educational and training opportunities to enhance the state's use and management of information technology resources.

(2)  There is created a State Technology Office in the Department of Management Services, which shall be headed by a senior-level manager, who may be in the Senior Management Service upon determination by the Department of Management Services that the duties and responsibilities of the office are comparable to other Senior Management Service positions.

(3)  The duties of the State Technology Office include, but are not limited to, the following:

(a)  Advising and providing administrative support to the State Technology Council.

(b)  Providing administrative support to the Chief Information Officers Council.

(c)  Providing administrative support for ad hoc issue-oriented workgroups created by the State Technology Council.

(d)  Providing assistance, as needed, to the Technology Review Workgroup.

(e)  Facilitating state educational and training opportunities for senior management, chief information officers, and agency technical staff.

(f)  Preparing, on behalf of the Executive Office of the Governor, memoranda on recommended guidelines and best practices for information resources management, when requested.

(g)  Preparing, publishing, and disseminating the State Annual Report on Information Resources Management pursuant to s. 282.310.