The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
(1) Board--The governing board of the Department of
Information Resources.
(2) Department--The Department of Information Resources.
(3) Executive head--The top-most senior executive with
operational accountability for a state agency as defined by §211.3
of this subchapter or an institution of higher education as defined
by §211.2 of this subchapter.
(4) Information resources--The procedures, equipment,
and software that are employed, designed, built, operated, and maintained
to collect, record, process, store, retrieve, display, and transmit
information, and associated personnel including consultants and contractors.
(5) Information Resources Manager--A senior official
who is part of executive management within the organization, reports
to the executive head or deputy executive head, is accountable for,
coordinates, and oversees information resources policies and activities
within a state agency or institution of higher education, including
the acquisition and use of information technology within a state agency
or institution of higher education, and ensures that all information
resources are acquired appropriately, implemented effectively, and
in compliance with relevant regulations and policies. References herein
to Information Resources Managers shall refer to both Information
Resources Managers and to Joint Information Resources Managers, unless
otherwise explicitly stated.
(6) Information resources technologies--Data processing
and telecommunications hardware, software, services, supplies, personnel,
facility resources, maintenance, and training.
(7) Joint Information Resources Manager--A person who
is a senior official and part of executive management and designated
as an Information Resources Manager with the employing organization
that is designated by more than one state agency or institution of
higher education and approved by the department to simultaneously
serve as the information resources manager for each of the designating
agencies or institutions of higher education.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §211.1 adopted to be effective November 29, 2004, 29 TexReg 10911; amended to be effective January 5, 2006, 30 TexReg 8852; amended to be effective November 23, 2015, 40 TexReg 8193; amended to be effective March 8, 2023, 48 TexReg 1279 |