8B.8  Technology advisory council.
  1.  Definitions.  For purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires: 
  a.  “Large agency” means a participating agency with more than seven hundred full-time, year-round employees. 
  b.  “Medium-sized agency” means a participating agency with at least seventy or more full-time, year-round employees, but not more than seven hundred permanent employees. 
  c.  “Small agency” means a participating agency with less than seventy full-time, year-round employees. 
  2.  Membership.
  a.  The technology advisory council is composed of ten members as follows: 
  (1)  The chief information officer.
  (2)  The director of the department of management, or the director’s designee. 
  (3)  Eight members appointed by the governor as follows: 
  (a)  Three representatives from large agencies.
  (b)  Two representatives from medium-sized agencies. 
  (c)  One representative from a small agency.
  (d)  Two public members who are knowledgeable and have experience in information technology matters. 
  b.  (1)  Members appointed pursuant to paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3), shall serve two-year staggered terms. The office shall provide, by rule, for the commencement of the term of membership for the nonpublic members. The terms of the public members shall be staggered at the discretion of the governor.
  (2)  Sections 69.16, 69.16A, and 69.19 shall apply to the public members of the council. 
  (3)  Public members appointed by the governor are subject to senate confirmation. 
  (4)  Public members appointed by the governor may be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6. 
  (5)  Members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performance of the members’ duties. 
  (6)  A director, deputy director, or employee of an agency who has information technology expertise is preferred as an appointed representative for each of the agency categories of membership pursuant to paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3). 
  c.  The technology advisory council annually shall elect a chair and a vice chair from among the members of the council, by majority vote, to serve one-year terms. 
  d.  A majority of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum. 
  e.  Meetings of the council shall be held at the call of the chairperson or at the request of three members. 
  3.  Powers and duties of the council.  The powers and duties of the technology advisory council as they relate to information technology services shall include but are not limited to all of the following: 
  a.  Make recommendations to the chief information officer regarding all of the following: 
  (1)  Information technology standards to be applicable to all participating agencies.
  (2)  Technology utility services to be implemented by the office. 
  (3)  Improvements to information technology service levels and modifications to the business continuity plan for information technology operations developed by the office for agencies, and to maximize the value of information technology investments by the state.
  (4)  Technology initiatives for the executive branch.
  b.  Advise the office regarding rates to be charged for access to and for value-added services performed through IowAccess.
2013 Acts, ch 129, §12
Referred to in §8B.1, §8B.33
Confirmation, see §2.32