New Jersey Office of Information Technology
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| Formed | 1998 |
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| Jurisdiction | New Jersey |
| Headquarters | Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Website | http://www.state.nj.us/it/ |
The New Jersey Office of Information Technology (NJOIT) is the sole government provider of information technology services for the Executive Branch of the New Jersey Government. The Office of Geographic Information Services falls under its purview.
History
[edit]The office was originally created as the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems "in–but–not–of" the Department of Treasury on September 4, 1998, by executive order[1] Governor of New Jersey of Christine Todd Whitman. The new Office of Information Technology assumed all the responsibilities of the former Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems in 1984 by executive order by Governor Thomas Kean. Following an executive order by Governor Jon S. Corzine, the 2007 Office of Information Technology Reorganization Act established the Office of Information Technology in its present form.[2][3] State IT services were further consolidated under the agency following an executive order by Governor Chris Christie in 2017.[4][5]
The agency's first chief technology officer (CTO) a cabinet position, was Dave Weinstein.[6][7] was appointed by Chris Christie in 2016 and left the position just before the inauguration of Phil Murphy in January 2018.[8] Murphy appointed Chris Rein.[9][10][11]
Mission
[edit]The Office of Information Technology specializes in application development and hosting, network engineering, database administration, security operations, and other technology disciplines to service the business operations of dozens of agencies in the state capital, Trenton, and the rest of the state. It oversees compliance with policies and standards, including security to procurement.
NJOIT processes information for a wide variety of department and agency programs including, but not limited to, centralized payroll, budget, revenue, general accounting, pensions, nursing home claims, food stamps, public assistance, institutional patient billings, caseload activities, unemployment compensation, disability insurance, employment and personnel services, engineering services, air monitoring, and criminal justice.[1]
Office of Geographic Information Services
[edit]The Office of Geographic Information Services was created by executive order in 2001 within the New Jersey Office of Information Technology. The Geographic Information Services is responsible for developing policies, standards and guidelines for the use of geographic information resources and maintains the New Jersey Geographic Information Network.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Revolving Funds" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Treasury. June 2007. p. G-4. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "State of New Jersey Executive Order #42 Governor Jon S. Corzine". State of New Jersey. November 20, 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "Executive Order No. 225" (PDF). State of New Jersey. June 1, 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
Whereas, the Office of Information Technology ("OIT") was established by, and granted powers through, Executive Order No. 84 (1984), Executive Order No. 87 (1998), and Executive Order No. 42 (2006); and Whereas, all functions, powers, and duties from those prior executive orders were codified in OIT through the Office of Information Technology Reorganization Act of 2007, N.J.S.A. 52:18A-224 et seq.;
- ^ "Executive order directs IT consolidation in New Jersey". StateScoop. June 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "New Jersey Moves to Centralize Executive IT Branch". 26 June 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "David J. Weinstein, Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information Technology". State of New Jersey. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ "Cabinet". State of New Jersey.
- ^ "As a New Governor Arrives, New Jersey's CTO Will Leave". 15 January 2018.
- ^ "New Jersey CTO's cybersecurity background a big plus". 12 September 2019.
- ^ "Christopher Rein, State of NJ". CNBC. 8 April 2019.
- ^ "IT Centralization, Relationship Building Among Focuses for New Jersey CTO".
- ^ "New Jersey Geographic Information Network". njgin.state.nj.us. Retrieved 6 January 2018.