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Chapter 4 – Information Technology

Article 7 – Information Management Planning

Revised October 17, 1994

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43010.2 Purpose

  • Planning includes identifying needs and opportunities, defining objectives, and determining appropriate means of achieving those objectives. The purposes of information management planning are to:

    • Find ways that information technology can improve the effectiveness of CDC programs.

    • Analyze the costs and benefits of information technology and allocate resources systematically.

    • Clarify CDC’s priorities and be able to react to changes with a minimal amount of disruption.

    • Improve communication among executive managers, staff responsible for information technology, and the users of the programs.

    • Provide managers with a long-term perspective on current problems that simplifies making decisions and solving problems.

  • In addition, planning requirements are intended to provide the Office of Information Technology (OITOffice of Information Technology) and other control and oversight organizations with the basic facts those organizations require to carry out their responsibilities concerning the use of information technology in State government.