Section R2-18-301. Information Technology Planning

A.      Under A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 32, each budget unit shall annually develop and submit to GITA an IT Plan containing goals, objectives, and performance measures, on or before September 1 each year.

B.       If an IT Plan is incomplete, GITA shall identify deficiencies and return the IT Plan to the budget unit for completion and resubmission to GITA.

C.      GITA shall review the proposed, complete, budget unit IT Plan to determine the degree of change from previous plans and whether:

1.        Performance measures are measurable,

2.        Quality assurance measures are included,

3.        Exposed gaps are addressed, and

4.        IT goals and business goals align.

D.      GITA shall either approve or disapprove the IT Plan and shall notify the budget unit CEO of its decision. An approved bud- get unit IT Plan remains in effect until the end of the fiscal year for which it is submitted, or until it is modified or replaced according to subsection (F).

E.       A budget unit may appeal a GITA decision to disapprove a budget unit IT Plan to ITAC, in accordance with Article 4 of this Chapter.

F.       Modification of an approved budget unit IT Plan.

1.        A budget unit may submit a modified, amended, or revised IT Plan to GITA for approval. An approved bud- get unit IT Plan shall remain in effect until a replacement IT Plan is approved by GITA or until the end of the fiscal year for which it is written.

2.        GITA shall review a proposed modification of a budget unit IT Plan, in accordance with subsections (B) and (C).

Historical Note

Adopted effective July 9, 1998 (Supp. 98-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 4449, effective Decem- ber 4, 2004 (04-4).