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Utah Code Title 63A. Utah Government Operations Code § 63A-16-102. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Chief information officer” means the chief information officer appointed under Section 63A-16-201.

(2) “Data center” means a centralized repository for the storage, management, and dissemination of data.

(3) “Division” means the Division of Technology Services.

(4) “Enterprise architecture” means:

(a) information technology assets and functions that can be applied across state government, including:

(i) mainframes, servers, desktop devices, peripherals, and other computing devices;

(ii) networks;

(iii) enterprise-wide applications;

(iv) maintenance and help desk functions for common hardware and applications;

(v) standards for other computing devices, operating systems, common applications, and software; and

(vi) master contracts that are available for use by agencies for various systems, including operating systems, databases, enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management software, application development services, and enterprise integration; and

(b) support for information technology that can be applied across state government, including:

(i) technical support;

(ii) master software licenses; and

(iii) hardware and software standards.

(5)(a) “Executive branch agency” means an agency or administrative subunit of state government.

(b) “Executive branch agency” does not include:

(i) the legislative branch;

(ii) the judicial branch;

(iii) the State Board of Education;

(iv) the Utah Board of Higher Education;

(v) institutions of higher education;

(vi) independent entities as defined in Section 63E-1-102; or

(vii) the following elective constitutional offices of the executive department:

(A) the state auditor;

(B) the state treasurer; and

(C) the attorney general.

(6) “Executive branch strategic plan” means the executive branch strategic plan created under Section 63A-16-202.

(7) “Individual with a disability” means an individual with a condition that meets the definition of “disability” in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 12102.

(8) “Information technology” means all computerized and auxiliary automated information handling, including:

(a) systems design and analysis;

(b) acquisition, storage, and conversion of data;

(c) computer programming;

(d) information storage and retrieval;

(e) voice, video, and data communications;

(f) requisite systems controls;

(g) simulation; and

(h) all related interactions between people and machines.

(9) “State information architecture” means a logically consistent set of principles, policies, and standards that guide the engineering of state government's information technology and infrastructure in a way that ensures alignment with state government's business and service needs.

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