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16E.01 OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY.
    Subdivision 1. Creation; chief information officer. The Office of Enterprise Technology,
referred to in this chapter as the "office," is an agency in the executive branch headed by the state
chief information officer. The appointment of the chief information officer is subject to the advice
and consent of the senate under section 15.066.
    Subd. 1a. Responsibilities. The office shall provide oversight, leadership, and direction
for information and telecommunications technology policy and the management, delivery, and
security of information and telecommunications technology systems and services in Minnesota.
The office shall manage strategic investments in information and telecommunications technology
systems and services to encourage the development of a technically literate society, to ensure
sufficient access to and efficient delivery of government services, and to maximize benefits for the
state government as an enterprise.
    Subd. 2. Discretionary powers. The office may:
(1) enter into contracts for goods or services with public or private organizations and charge
fees for services it provides;
(2) apply for, receive, and expend money from public agencies;
(3) apply for, accept, and disburse grants and other aids from the federal government and
other public or private sources;
(4) enter into contracts with agencies of the federal government, local governmental units,
the University of Minnesota and other educational institutions, and private persons and other
nongovernmental organizations as necessary to perform its statutory duties;
(5) appoint committees and task forces of not more than two years' duration to assist the
office in carrying out its duties;
(6) sponsor and conduct conferences and studies, collect and disseminate information, and
issue reports relating to information and communications technology issues;
(7) participate in the activities of standards bodies and other appropriate conferences related
to information and communications technology issues;
(8) review the technology infrastructure of regions of the state and cooperate with and make
recommendations to the governor, legislature, state agencies, local governments, local technology
development agencies, the federal government, private businesses, and individuals for the
realization of information and communications technology infrastructure development potential;
(9) sponsor, support, and facilitate innovative and collaborative economic and community
development and government services projects, including technology initiatives related to culture
and the arts, with public and private organizations; and
(10) review and recommend alternative sourcing strategies for state information and
communications systems.
    Subd. 3. Duties. (a) The office shall:
(1) manage the efficient and effective use of available federal, state, local, and public-private
resources to develop statewide information and telecommunications technology systems and
services and its infrastructure;
(2) approve state agency and intergovernmental information and telecommunications
technology systems and services development efforts involving state or intergovernmental
funding, including federal funding, provide information to the legislature regarding projects
reviewed, and recommend projects for inclusion in the governor's budget under section 16A.11;
(3) ensure cooperation and collaboration among state and local governments in developing
intergovernmental information and telecommunications technology systems and services, and
define the structure and responsibilities of a representative governance structure;
(4) cooperate and collaborate with the legislative and judicial branches in the development of
information and communications systems in those branches;
(5) continue the development of North Star, the state's official comprehensive online service
and information initiative;
(6) promote and collaborate with the state's agencies in the state's transition to an effectively
competitive telecommunications market;
(7) collaborate with entities carrying out education and lifelong learning initiatives to assist
Minnesotans in developing technical literacy and obtaining access to ongoing learning resources;
(8) promote and coordinate public information access and network initiatives, consistent with
chapter 13, to connect Minnesota's citizens and communities to each other, to their governments,
and to the world;
(9) promote and coordinate electronic commerce initiatives to ensure that Minnesota
businesses and citizens can successfully compete in the global economy;
(10) manage and promote the regular and periodic reinvestment in the information and
telecommunications technology systems and services infrastructure so that state and local
government agencies can effectively and efficiently serve their customers;
(11) facilitate the cooperative development of and ensure compliance with standards and
policies for information and telecommunications technology systems and services, electronic data
practices and privacy, and electronic commerce among international, national, state, and local
public and private organizations;
(12) eliminate unnecessary duplication of existing information and telecommunications
technology systems and services provided by other public and private organizations while
building on the existing governmental, educational, business, health care, and economic
development infrastructures;
(13) identify, sponsor, develop, and execute shared information and telecommunications
technology projects and ongoing operations; and
(14) ensure overall security of the state's information and technology systems and services.
(b) The chief information officer in consultation with the commissioner of finance must
determine when it is cost-effective for agencies to develop and use shared information and
telecommunications technology systems and services for the delivery of electronic government
services. The chief information officer may require agencies to use shared information and
telecommunications technology systems and services. The chief information officer shall establish
reimbursement rates in cooperation with the commissioner of finance to be billed to agencies and
other governmental entities sufficient to cover the actual development, operating, maintenance,
and administrative costs of the shared systems. The methodology for billing may include the use
of interagency agreements, or other means as allowed by law.
History: 1997 c 202 art 3 s 7; 1998 c 366 s 41; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 68; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s
58; 2005 c 156 art 5 s 6,7

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