WHEREAS, the Legislature has passed and I have approved an appropriation
designed to commence the consolidation of information processing
in the Executive Branch, necessitating implementation as soon as
practicable; and
WHEREAS, the coordination of information processing activities
of all State Government agencies will effectuate the most practicable
consolidation of data installation in a manner that will effectively
service the needs of State Government; and
WHEREAS, the coordination of information processing activities
of all State Government agencies will provide information processing
guidance and systems development assistance to all agencies of State
Government; and
WHEREAS, the coordination of information processing activities
of all State Government agencies will result in the most effective
and efficient use of the State's resources;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, THOMAS H. KEAN, Governor of the State of New
Jersey, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution
and the statutes of this State, do hereby order and direct:
1. There shall be established within the Department of the Treasury
an Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems (OTIS).
In addition to the functions, powers and duties set forth herein,
the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems shall
exercise the functions and perform the duties given to the State
Treasurer pursuant to P.L. 1984, c.34, Sections 9-13.
2. The Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems
shall be responsible for establishing information processing policy;
effecting the most practical consolidation of information processing
facilities in a manner to most effectively serve the needs of
State Government on a comprehensive basis; and coordinating the
information processing activities of the Executive Branch of State
Government.
3. The Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems
shall consolidate the operational responsibilities of the existing
data centers within the Departments of Human Services, Labor,
Law and Public Safety, and Transportation along with their funding,
personnel, equipment, powers, duties and functions. The Financial
Management and Data Center located within the General Services
Administration, Department of the Treasury, will not be transferred
to the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems at
this time.
4. The State Treasurer shall prepare, for submission to the
Legislature, an Executive Reorganization Plan, drafted in accordance
with the Executive Reorganization Act of 1969, N.J.S. 52:14C-1
et seq., that will provide for the transfer of the Financial Management
and Data Center from the General Services Administration, Department
of the Treasury, to the Office of Telecommunications and Information
Systems. The State Treasurer shall seek the assistance of the
Office of the Governor and the Office of the Attorney General
in drafting this plan.
5. The Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems
shall establish a schedule for the orderly transfer of the remaining
information processing personnel and equipment from throughout
the Executive Branch of State Government to the Office of Telecommunications
and Information Systems.
6. The Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems
with each State department or agency receiving federal funding
for data processing programs shall comply with all Federal regulations
pertaining to State Goverment Centralized Data Processing Facilities.
7. The Office of Telecommunications and Information systems
shall be coordinated by an administrator who shall be appointed
by, and serve at the pleasure of, the State Treasurer.
8. The administrator, subject to the approval of the State Treasurer,
shall organize the work in such units as is determined to be necessary
for the effective and efficient operation of the Office of Telecommunications
and Information Systems and shall assign such employees to those
units as may be determined to be necessary for the performance
of the functions assigned.
9. All agencies of State Government are directed to cooperate
fully with the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems
and with each other to insure the effectiveness of information
processing in State Government.
GIVEN, under my hand and seal
this 17th day of October in the
Year of Our Lord, one thousand
nine hundred and eighty-four, and
of the Independence of the United
States, the two hundred and ninth.
/s/ Thomas H. Kean
GOVERNOR
/s/ W. Gary Edwards
Chief Counsel