Connecticut General Statutes Title 4D. State Information and Telecommunication Systems § 4d-12. Advisory committees. Information and telecommunication systems executive steering committee

(a) The Commissioner of Administrative Services may establish such committees as he deems necessary to advise the commissioner in carrying out the purposes of sections 4d-1 to 4d-5, inclusive, section 4d-7, this section and section 4d-11.

(b) There is established an information and telecommunication systems executive steering committee consisting of the following members or their designees: The Commissioner of Administrative Services, the Secretary of the State and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and not more than four other members who are commissioners of an executive branch state agency, appointed jointly by the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The Commissioner of Administrative Services, or a designee, shall serve as chairperson of the committee. The Department of Administrative Services shall serve as staff to the committee. The committee shall (1) review and approve or disapprove the annual information and telecommunication systems strategic plan developed under section 4d-7, state agency estimates of expenditure requirements for information and telecommunication systems established under section 4d-11, and major telecommunication initiatives, (2) review, in consultation with the Department of Administrative Services, and approve or disapprove variances to (A) the list of approved architectural components for information and telecommunication systems for state agencies, (B) the strategic plan, and (C) appropriations for information and telecommunication systems, and (3) advise the Department of Administrative Services on the organization and functions of the department in regards to information and telecommunication systems. The committee shall submit a report on each approved variance to the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. Such report shall include the reasons for the variance and the results of a cost-benefit analysis on the variance.