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25-4-111. Information technology — Prerequisites.
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25-4-111. Information technology — Prerequisites.
(a) Unless the agency first receives approval for a plan or an updated plan as provided for under § 25-4-110, a state agency shall not:
(1) Acquire by purchase or lease any new or additional information technology; or
(2) Enter into any contract for information technology.
(b) If an agency desires to acquire information technology not part of an information technology plan approved under § 25-4-110, the requesting agency shall submit a waiver request to the Director of the Division of Information Systems that includes:
(1) Identification of necessary additional services or improvements in information technology;
(2) Relationship of the information technology improvements or additions to the overall goals of the agency;
(3) Resources needed to provide the additional services or improvements; and
(4) Measurement and evaluation criteria.
(c)(1) Upon evaluation of the waiver request, the director shall notify the agency in writing of his or her approval or rejection of the request and his or her reasons.
(2) The director shall make his or her evaluation in a timely manner. If the director requires more than thirty (30) days to complete the evaluation, he or she shall report in writing to the Governor and the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services his or her reasons for the delay in completion.
(3) If the director rejects a request for a waiver, a state agency shall not make any expenditure of public funds for the acquisition or expansion of information technology equipment or services.
(4) If the director determines that the agency needs additional information technology resources, he or she may:
(A) Authorize the agency to acquire the requested information technology in a
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-4-111
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25-4-111. Information technology — Prerequisites.
(a) Unless the agency first receives approval for a plan or an updated plan as provided for under § 25-4-110, a state agency shall not:
(1) Acquire by purchase or lease any new or additional information technology; or
(2) Enter into any contract for information technology.
(b) If an agency desires to acquire information technology not part of an information technology plan approved under § 25-4-110, the requesting agency shall submit a waiver request to the Director of the Division of Information Systems that includes:
(1) Identification of necessary additional services or improvements in information technology;
(2) Relationship of the information technology improvements or additions to the overall goals of the agency;
(3) Resources needed to provide the additional services or improvements; and
(4) Measurement and evaluation criteria.
(c)(1) Upon evaluation of the waiver request, the director shall notify the agency in writing of his or her approval or rejection of the request and his or her reasons.
(2) The director shall make his or her evaluation in a timely manner. If the director requires more than thirty (30) days to complete the evaluation, he or she shall report in writing to the Governor and the Secretary of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services his or her reasons for the delay in completion.
(3) If the director rejects a request for a waiver, a state agency shall not make any expenditure of public funds for the acquisition or expansion of information technology equipment or services.
(4) If the director determines that the agency needs additional information technology resources, he or she may:
(A) Authorize the agency to acquire the requested information technology in accordance with the state enterprise architecture;
(B) Authorize acquisition of a modified information technology configuration;
(C) Notify the agency of the availability of Division of Information Systems facilities to provide the requested information technology; or
(D) Recommend that the information technology be provided through the facilities of some other designated state agency.
(d) All state agencies shall comply with the provisions of the Arkansas Procurement Law, § 19-11-201 et seq., and applicable provisions of the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, § 19-4-101 et seq., in the acquisition, purchase, contracting for the purchase of, and leasing of information technology.
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19-11-201. Title.
This subchapter shall be referred to as the “Arkansas Procurement Law”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 19-11-201
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19-4-101. Title.
This chapter shall be referred to and may be cited as the “General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 19-4-101
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25-4-110. Information technology — Planning.
(a) The Division of Information Systems shall submit status reports annually or when requested to the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology.
(b)(1) Each state agency shall develop a biennial information technology plan that establishes state agency goals, objectives, and policies regarding the development and use of information technology.
(2)(A) Each state agency shall specifically include a policy regarding the use of the internet.
(B) A statement of the agency's policy regarding the use of the internet shall include:
(i) The penalties for violations of the agency's internet policy;
(ii) The number of employees and computers that have access to the internet and the percentage of those employees and computers to the total number of employees and computers;
(iii) The needs of the agency and how those needs relate to the use of the internet; and
(iv) The responsibilities of the agency's employees as those responsibilities relate to the efficient and responsible use of the internet.
(3) Plans may be updated by agencies in a timely manner to remain current and must accommodate changes in the evolving state information technology plan and standards.
(c) The division shall distribute criteria, elements, form, and format for agency plans. Plans may include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) A statement of the agency's mission, goals, and objectives for information technology;
(2) Goals and objectives for achieving electronic access to agency records, information, and services;
(3) Consideration of a variety of information technologies, including those that help transcend geographic locations, standard business hours, economic conditions of users, and disabilities;
(
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-4-110
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 25-4-110. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.