7.__Enterprise.__"Enterprise" means collectively all departments and agencies of the executive branch.

8.__Office.__"Office" means the Office of Information Technology.

9.__Semiautonomous state agency.__"Semiautonomous state agency" means an agency created by an act of the Legislature that is not a part of the Executive Department.__This term does not include the Legislature, Judicial Department, Department of the Attorney General, Department of the Secretary of State, Office of the Treasurer of State and Department of Audit.

10.__Telecommunications.__"Telecommunications" means, but is not limited to, the process of transmitting and receiving any information, including voice, data and video, by any medium, including wire, microwave, fiberoptics, radio, laser and satellite.

Sec. SS-11. 5 MRSA §1973, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 388, §14, is amended to read:

1. Information technology leadership. The Chief Information Officer shall:

A. Provide central leadership and vision in the use of information and telecommunications technology on a statewide basis;

B. Set policies and standards for the implementation and use of information and telecommunications technologies, including privacy and security standards and standards of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, for information technology. The policies and standards are subject to final approval by the board under section 1891;

C. Assist the Governor's Office and the commissioner with development and support of information technology-related legislation;

D. Identify and implement information technology best business practices and project management; and

E. Facilitate research and development activities to identify and establish effective information technology service delivery in State Government.; and