(1) "Chief information officer" means the chief information officer appointed under Section 63F-1-201.

(2) "Data center" means a centralized repository for the storage, management, and dissemination of data.

(3) "Department" means the Department of Technology Services.

(4) "Enterprise architecture" means: (a) information technology that can be applied across state government; and (b) support for information technology that can be applied across state government, including: (i) technical support; (ii) master software licenses; and (iii) hardware and software standards.

(a) information technology that can be applied across state government; and

(b) support for information technology that can be applied across state government, including: (i) technical support; (ii) master software licenses; and (iii) hardware and software standards.

(i) technical support;

(ii) master software licenses; and

(iii) hardware and software standards.

(5) (a) "Executive branch agency" means an agency or administrative subunit of state government. (b) "Executive branch agency" does not include: (i) the legislative branch; (ii) the judicial branch; (iii) the State Board of Education; (iv) the Board of Regents; (v) institutions of higher education; (vi) independent entities as defined in Section 63E-1-102; and (vii) elective constitutional offices of the executive department which includes: (A) the state auditor; (B) the state treasurer; and (C) the attorney general.

(a) "Executive branch agency" means an agency or administrative subunit of state government.

(b) "Executive branch agency" does not include: (i) the legislative branch; (ii) the judicial branch; (iii) the State Board of Education; (iv) the Board of Regents; (v) institutions of higher education; (vi) independent entities as defined in Section 63E-1-102; and (vii) elective constitutional offices of the executive department which includes: (A) the state auditor; (B) the state treasurer; and (C) the attorney general.

(i) the legislative branch;

(ii) the judicial branch;

(iii) the State Board of Education;

(iv) the Board of Regents;

(v) institutions of higher education;

(vi) independent entities as defined in Section 63E-1-102; and

(vii) elective constitutional offices of the executive department which includes: (A) the state auditor; (B) the state treasurer; and (C) the attorney general.

(A) the state auditor;

(B) the state treasurer; and

(C) the attorney general.

(6) "Executive branch strategic plan" means the executive branch strategic plan created under Section 63F-1-203.

(7) "Individual with a disability" means an individual with a condition that meets the definition of "disability" in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 12102.

(8) "Information technology" means all computerized and auxiliary automated information handling, including: (a) systems design and analysis; (b) acquisition, storage, and conversion of data; (c) computer programming; (d) information storage and retrieval; (e) voice, video, and data communications; (f) requisite systems controls; (g) simulation; and (h) all related interactions between people and machines.

(a) systems design and analysis;

(b) acquisition, storage, and conversion of data;

(c) computer programming;

(d) information storage and retrieval;

(e) voice, video, and data communications;

(f) requisite systems controls;

(g) simulation; and

(h) all related interactions between people and machines.

(9) "State information architecture" means a logically consistent set of principles, policies, and standards that guide the engineering of state government's information technology and infrastructure in a way that ensures alignment with state government's business and service needs.