As used in the Information Technology Consolidation and Coordination Act:

1. "Appropriated state agency" means any state agency that receives funding through the annual legislative appropriations process;

2. "Information technology assets" means any equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment that is used in the acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or information. The term shall include computers, ancillary equipment, software, firmware and similar procedures, services, including support services and consulting services, software development, and related resources, and shall further include telecommunications fiber networks used for conveying electronic communication or information systems to multiple physical locations;

3. "Information technology position" means a classified or unclassified position in the following functional areas:

a.applications programming,

b.EDP audit,

c.data examination,

d.computer applications,

e.computer data entry,

f.computer networking,

g.computer operations,

h.computer programming,

i.computer security,

j.computer software design,

k.web applications,

l.database analysis,

m.data management analysis,

n.database development,

o.database programming,

p.software design/development,

q.help desk,

r.imaging,

s.systems analysis,

t.systems application planning,

u.systems application,

v.systems administration,

w.systems coordination,

x.systems integration,

y.systems operation,

z.systems planning/development,

aa.systems programming,

bb.systems engineering,

cc.systems service specialist,

dd.systems support,

ee.network administration,

ff.network management,

gg.network technical,

hh.operating systems specialist,

ii.systems program manager,

jj.telecommunications, whether data or voice,

kk.software training, and

ll.technology development or support;

4. "Nonappropriated state agency" means any state agency that does not receive funding through the annual legislative appropriations process;

5. "Shared services" means those state agency functions which are or could be provided through:

a.the services and systems specified in subsection A of Section 35.6 of this title, and

b.the programs, services, software or processes specified in subsection B of Section 35.6 of this title; and

6. "State agency" means any office, elected or appointed officer, bureau, board, commission, counsel, unit, division, body, authority or institution of the executive branch of state government, excluding institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the telecommunications network known as OneNet.

Added by Laws 2011, c. 296, § 3. Amended by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 413; Laws 2013, c. 358, § 20, eff. July 1, 2013.