IT Governance in State Government

A video that features CIO Teri Takai on IT Governance in the state of California. The state CIO is given authority to set and execute technology priorities as laid out in the states IT strategic plan. So to keep the IT aligned with the strategic plan responsibilities of groups must be defined. So they have chosen to go with a Federated Governance Model, which is in between centralized and decentralized. A three tier structure was created, first a department tier which is headed by department director and manages desktop, LAN, and support functions. Next is the Agency tier, which is responsible for the business direction, investment authorities, and IT resources. Lastly the Enterprise Architecture Tier which is responsible for state infrastructure, shared services, and common applications. Takai's offices are in charge of IT policy direction for both the department tier and the agency tier. Some Policy topics that she has recently reported was Enterprise architecture and project management.