July 15, 2010: Progress on IT Consolidation to be Measured, Posted on OCIO Website
The Office of the State Chief Information Officer (OCIO) today issued policy guidelines for state agencies to report on their progress to comply with Governor Schwarzenegger’s executive order (EO) to consolidate information technology throughout California’s executive branch. Called for in the EO, the policy will increase transparency as agencies meet specific goals to reduce costs and energy usage while improving the efficiency, security, and reliability of the state’s IT program. Information Technology Policy Letter (ITPL) 10-08 outlines the process for detailed Progress Report Scorecards to be posted on the OCIO website.
The first report, on E-Hub, the state’s e-mail security and encryption service, was posted today. Additional reports will be posted on a regular basis.
Building upon his commitment to increase government efficiency through improvements to California’s information technology systems, Governor Schwarzenegger signed Executive Order S-03-10 in February 2010. A road map to overhaul California’s technology infrastructure, the executive order standardizes IT governance, increases transparency in spending to achieve greater cost savings and defines targets to reduce energy usage by 30% from IT operations by 2012, among other improvements.
ITPL 10-08 establishes that scorecards will be developed for the IT consolidation initiatives as the method for measuring progress. Each consolidation area contains scorecards, representing the various phases of the consolidation initiative and the progress made in implementation of the objective. Summaries and status for each agency within each consolidation area will be updated quarterly (at minimum) or when significant progress is made toward one of the EO objectives.
Governor Schwarzenegger’s Executive Order S-03-10 requires agencies under his authority to:
Reduce the total amount of energy utilized by information technology and telecommunications equipment by 10 percent by July 1, 2010, by 20 percent by July 1, 2011, and by 30 percent by July 1, 2012,
Reduce data center square footage by 25 percent by July 2010 and by 50 percent by July 2011,
Begin hosting all mission critical public facing applications to a Tier III data center no later than September 2010, and begin closing all existing server rooms that house non-network equipment by June 2013.
Begin migrating from their existing network services to the California Government Network (CGN) no later than July 2010,
Transition to the state's shared e-mail security and encryption solution by no later June 2010,
Migrate to the state’s shared e-mail solution by no later than June 2011,
Develop and maintain enterprise architecture plans in compliance with the statewide enterprise architecture policies and standards as established by the OCIO; and
Participate in activities coordinated by the Office of Information Security for response to security incidents and cyber security threats.
Contact: Bill Maile (916) 549-2845