Chapter 1 – General Administration

16000.5 IT Planning Section

• The ITInformation Technology Planning Section plans for the efficient and effective use of ITInformation Technology resources as required by the SAMState Administrative Manual. Specifically, SAMState Administrative Manual 4819.31 requires each State agency to:

  • Establish and maintain an operational recovery plan so that it will be able to protect its information assets in the event of a disaster or serious disruption to its operations, and annually certify to the DOFDepartment Of Finance that it’s plan complies with SAMState Administrative Manual 4843-4845.

  • Establish an ongoing information management strategic planning process to support the accomplishment of it’s overall business strategy (i.e., it‘s strategy to carry out it‘s programmatic mission) and submit it‘s strategic plan to Department of Information Technology for approval. See SAMState Administrative Manual 4900.2.

  • Adopt standards for an agency information technology infrastructure and ensure that new acquisitions or developments involving information technology are consistent with those standards. See SAMState Administrative Manual 4900.1.

• These externally required planning functions are consolidated in the EISEnterprise Information Services (formerly Information Services Division) ITInformation Technology Planning Section. Consolidating these ITInformation Technology planning functions removes barriers that would limit consistency and coherence in CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ITInformation Technology planning and enables the CDCRCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to present a clear, consistent ITInformation Technology strategy to external oversight agencies.