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MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  3A-313 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 3A - Department of Information Technology|Subtitle 3 - Information Processing and Security|Section 3A-313 - Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    (i)    “Payee” means any party who receives from the State an aggregate payment of $25,000 in a fiscal year.            (ii)    “Payee” does not include:                1.    a State employee with respect to the employee’s compensation; or                2.    a State retiree with respect to the retiree’s retirement allowance.        (3)    “Searchable Web site” means a Web site created in accordance with this section that displays and searches State payment data.    (b)    On or before January 1, 2009, the Department shall develop and operate a single searchable Web site, accessible to the public at no cost through the Internet.    (c)    The searchable Web site shall contain State payment data, including:        (1)    the name of a payee receiving a payment;        (2)    the location of a payee by postal zip code;        (3)    the amount of a payment; and        (4)    the name of an agency making a payment.    (d)    The searchable Web site shall allow the user to:        (1)    search data for fiscal year 2008 and each year thereafter; and        (2)    search by the following data fields:            (i)    a payee receiving a payment;            (ii)    an agency making a payment; and            (iii)    the zip code of a payee receiving a payment.    (e)    State agencies shall provide appropriate assistance to the Secretary to ensure the existence and ongoing operation of the single Web site.    (f)    This section may not be construed to require the disclosure of information that is confidential under State or federal law.    (g)    This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Maryland Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008”.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  3A-314 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 3A - Department of Information Technology|Subtitle 3 - Information Processing and Security|Section 3A-314 - Training for Employees Handling Security-Sensitive Data

    (a)    In this section, “security–sensitive data” means information that is protected against unwarranted disclosure.    (b)    In accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary, each unit of State government shall develop a plan to:        (1)    identify unit personnel who handle security–sensitive data; and        (2)    establish annual security overview training or refresher security training for each employee who handles security–sensitive data as part of the employee’s duties.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  3A-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 3A - Department of Information Technology|Subtitle 4 - Telecommunications|Section 3A-401 - Coordination of Telecommunications Equipment, Systems, and Services

    (a)    The Department shall:        (1)    coordinate the development, procurement, management, and operation of telecommunication equipment, systems, and services by State government;        (2)    acquire and manage common user telecommunication equipment, systems, or services and charge units of State government for their proportionate share of the costs of installation, maintenance, and operation of the common user telecommunication equipment, systems, or services;        (3)    promote compatibility of telecommunication systems by developing policies, procedures, and standards for the acquisition and use of telecommunication equipment, systems, and services by units of State government;        (4)    coordinate State government telecommunication systems and services by reviewing requests by units of State government for telecommunication equipment, systems, or services;        (5)    advise units of State government about planning, acquisition, and operation of telecommunication equipment, systems, or services; and        (6)    provide radio frequency coordination for State and local governments in accordance with regulations of the Federal Communications Commission.    (b)    The Department may make arrangement for a user other than a unit of State government to have access to and use of State telecommunication equipment, systems, and services and shall charge the user any appropriate amount to cover the cost of installation, maintenance, and operation of the telecommunication equipment, system, or service provided.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  3A-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 3A - Department of Information Technology|Subtitle 4 - Telecommunications|Section 3A-402 - Scope

    (a)    The provisions of this subtitle do not apply to a telecommunication system or service that is owned or operated by the University System of Maryland, Morgan State University, or a unit of the Legislative or Judicial Branch.    (b)    The provisions of this subtitle do not preempt the authority of the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission to own, operate, or manage telecommunication equipment, systems, or services.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  3A-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 3A - Department of Information Technology|Subtitle 4 - Telecommunications|Section 3A-403 - Consistency With Statewide Information Technology Policies, Standards, and Master Plan

    Telecommunications, including those of the Maryland Public Broadcasting System, shall be consistent with statewide information technology policies and standards and the statewide information technology master plan.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  3A-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 3A - Department of Information Technology|Subtitle 4 - Telecommunications|Section 3A-404 - State Policy

    (a)    The General Assembly declares that:        (1)    it is the policy of the State to foster telecommunication and computer networking among State and local governments, their agencies, and educational institutions in the State;        (2)    there is a need to improve access, especially in rural areas, to efficient telecommunication and computer network connections;        (3)    improvement of telecommunication and computer networking for State and local governments and educational institutions promotes economic development, educational resource use and development, and efficiency in State and local administration;        (4)    rates for the intrastate inter–LATA telephone communications needed for effective integration of telecommunication and computer resources are prohibitive for many smaller governments, agencies, and institutions; and        (5)    the use of improved State telecommunication and computer networking under this section is intended not to compete with commercial access to advanced network technology, but rather to foster fundamental efficiencies in government and education for the public good.    (b)    (1)    The Department shall establish a telecommunication and computer network in the State.        (2)    The network shall consist of:            (i)    one or more connection facilities for telecommunication and computer connection in each local access transport area (LATA) in the State; and            (ii)    facilities, auxiliary equipment, and services required to support the network in a reliable and secure manner.    (c)    The network shall be accessible through direct connection and through local intra–LATA telecommunications to State and local governments and public and private educational institutions in the State.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  3A-701 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 3A - Department of Information Technology|Subtitle 7 - Senior Call-Check Service and Notification Program|Section 3A-701 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Eligible participant” means a resident of the State who is at least 65 years old.    (c)    “Person of record” includes a local law enforcement unit or other local government agency that chooses to participate in the Program.    (d)    “Program” means the Senior Call–Check Service and Notification Program.    (e)    (1)    “Senior call–check service and notification” means a telephone call made or received each day at a regularly scheduled time by the Department of Aging or the Department of Aging’s designee to the residence of an eligible participant to verify that the participant is able to receive notifications and answer the telephone or place a call from the telephone.        (2)    “Senior call–check service and notification” includes:            (i)    an automated or live telephone call placed by an eligible participant or received by an eligible participant at a regularly scheduled time each day;            (ii)    if the eligible participant does not answer or place the regularly scheduled call and the Secretary of Aging designs the Program to require this action, one or more automated or live telephone calls to the eligible participant;            (iii)    if the eligible participant does not answer a telephone call made under item (ii) of this paragraph, an additional automated or live telephone call to notify a person of record whose name has been provided to the Department of Aging; and            (iv)    a notification to the eligible participant regarding information that the Secretary of Aging has determined to be relevant.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  3A-702 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 3A - Department of Information Technology|Subtitle 7 - Senior Call-Check Service and Notification Program|Section 3A-702 - Duties, Powers, Liabilities

    (a)    The Department of Aging shall:        (1)    establish and administer the Program to provide senior call–check service and notification to eligible participants; and        (2)    adopt regulations necessary to implement the Program.    (b)    The Department of Aging may contract with a private vendor or nonprofit organization to provide the senior call–check service and notification required under subsection (a) of this section.    (c)    (1)    The State Tort Claims Act and the Local Government Tort Claims Act, as appropriate, apply to a State or local unit and to an employee or agent of a State or local unit that participates in the Program for services the unit or person provides under the Program in accordance with regulations of the Department of Aging.        (2)    A person of record and a volunteer may not be liable for reasonable acts or omissions directly arising from services the person provides under the Program in accordance with regulations of the Department of Aging.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 1 - Definitions|Section 4-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Department” means the Department of General Services.    (c)    “Secretary” means the Secretary of General Services.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 2 - Organization and General Authority of Department|Section 4-201 - Department Established

    There is a Department of General Services, established as a principal department of the State government.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 2 - Organization and General Authority of Department|Section 4-202 - Secretary of General Services

    (a)    The head of the Department is the Secretary of General Services, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.    (b)    Before taking office, the appointee shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.    (c)    (1)    The Secretary serves at the pleasure of the Governor and is responsible directly to the Governor. The Secretary shall advise the Governor on all matters assigned to the Department and is responsible for carrying out the Governor’s policies on those matters.        (2)    The Secretary is responsible for the operation of the Department and shall establish guidelines and procedures to promote the orderly and efficient administration of the Department. The Secretary may establish, reorganize, or abolish areas of responsibility in the Department as necessary to fulfill the duties assigned to the Secretary.        (3)    The Secretary is responsible for establishing policy to be followed by the units in the Department.    (d)    The Secretary is entitled to the salary provided in the State budget.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 2 - Organization and General Authority of Department|Section 4-203 - Deputy Secretary, Consultants, and Other Staff

    (a)    (1)    With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary shall appoint a Deputy Secretary.        (2)    The Deputy Secretary:            (i)    is in the executive service of the State Personnel Management System and serves at the pleasure of the Secretary;            (ii)    is entitled to the salary provided in the State budget; and            (iii)    has the duties provided by law or delegated by the Secretary.    (b)    (1)    The Secretary may employ a staff attached to the Office of the Secretary in accordance with the Code or the State budget.        (2)    Each staff assistant in the Office of the Secretary in charge of a particular area of responsibility and each professional consultant is in the executive service, management service, or is a special appointment in the State Personnel Management System and is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Secretary.        (3)    Except as provided in this section or otherwise by law, the Secretary shall appoint and remove all other staff in the Office of the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.        (4)    The Secretary may review any personnel action taken by any unit in the Department. The Secretary may delegate the power to approve any appointment or removal to the head or governing body of any unit in the Department.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 2 - Organization and General Authority of Department|Section 4-204 - General Authority and Duties of Secretary

    (a)    The Secretary is responsible for the budget of the Office of the Secretary and for the budget of each unit in the Department.    (b)    (1)    The Secretary may adopt regulations for the Department and its units.        (2)    The Secretary shall review and may approve, disapprove, or revise regulations of any unit of the Department.    (c)    The Secretary may create any advisory body of any size that the Secretary considers appropriate for the operation of the Department.    (d)    The Secretary shall have a seal.    (e)    (1)    The Secretary is responsible for the planning of activities, programs, and services of the Department.        (2)    The Secretary may review, approve, disapprove, or modify the plans, proposals, and projects of the units in the Department.    (f)    On or before December 1 of each year, the Secretary shall send a report to the Governor on the activities of the Department during the previous fiscal year.    (g)    (1)    Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary may exercise any authority that is granted to any unit in the Department.        (2)    This subsection does not authorize the Secretary to exercise any authority granted to the General Professional Services Selection Board.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 2 - Organization and General Authority of Department|Section 4-205 - Counsel to Department

    (a)    This section does not apply to a unit in the Department to the extent that the unit is permitted by law to employ its own legal adviser or counsel.    (b)    The Attorney General is legal adviser to the Department.    (c)    The Attorney General shall assign to the Department the number of Assistant Attorneys General authorized by law to be assigned to the Department and to its units.    (d)    (1)    The Attorney General shall designate 1 of the Assistant Attorneys General assigned to the Department as counsel to the Department. After the Attorney General designates the counsel to the Department, the Attorney General may not reassign the counsel without consulting the Secretary.        (2)    The counsel may have no duty other than to give the legal aid, advice, and counsel required by the Secretary or any other official of the Department, to supervise the other Assistant Attorneys General assigned to the Department, and to perform for the Department the duties that the Attorney General assigns. The counsel shall perform these duties subject to the control and supervision of the Attorney General.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 2 - Organization and General Authority of Department|Section 4-206 - Units in Department

    (a)    The following units are in the Department:        (1)    the Board of Architectural Review;        (2)    the General Professional Services Selection Board;        (3)    the Purchasing Bureau; and        (4)    any other unit that is in the Department under any other law.    (b)    Each unit in the Department shall report to the Secretary.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-207 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 2 - Organization and General Authority of Department|Section 4-207 - Functions Assigned to Department

    In addition to its other functions, the Department shall perform any function requested of it or delegated to it by the Board of Public Works.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-208 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 2 - Organization and General Authority of Department|Section 4-208 - Necessary and Proper Powers

    The Department has any power necessary and proper to accomplish a function conferred on it by law or delegated to it or requested of it by the Board of Public Works.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-209 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 2 - Organization and General Authority of Department|Section 4-209 - Display of Pictures of Abducted Children in State Buildings

    The Department of General Services, the Department of Transportation, and the University System of Maryland shall reserve a reasonable amount of space in State buildings under their control, subject to regulations adopted by the Board of Public Works, so that any law enforcement agency or State recognized nonprofit advocacy group for abducted children can display the picture of a child abducted in a noncustody-related abduction in the reserved space.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-210 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 2 - Organization and General Authority of Department|Section 4-210 - Pow/mia Flag on State Building Grounds

    (a)    In this section, “POW/MIA flag” means the POW/MIA flag of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia.    (b)    This section does not apply to:        (1)    the State House; or        (2)    a State building that:            (i)    is a historic building; or            (ii)    1.    has a flagpole attached to the building; and                2.    is determined to be structurally unable to withstand additional flags being flown from the flagpole.    (c)    The Secretary of General Services and the Secretary of Transportation shall cause the POW/MIA flag to be flown on the grounds of all State buildings under their control whenever the flag of the United States is flown.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 5 - Excess and Surplus Property|Section 4-501 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Excess personal property” means an item of personal property that is declared to be in excess of the needs of the custodial unit of the State government because the item:        (1)    is not necessary to the efficient operation of the unit; or        (2)    has been replaced by a similar item.    (c)    “Nonexpendable item” means an item of equipment or furnishing that has:        (1)    an anticipated useful life of more than 1 year; and        (2)    an original cost exceeding a minimum dollar amount established by the Department by regulation.    (d)    “Surplus personal property” means an item of excess personal property that the Department declares is not needed by any unit of the State government.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 5 - Excess and Surplus Property|Section 4-502 - Declaration of Excess Personal Property and Surplus Personal Property

    (a)    (1)    The head of a unit of the State government may declare an item of personal property in the possession of the unit to be excess personal property by submitting a declaration of excess personal property to the Department.        (2)    The declaration is effective on approval by the Department.    (b)    The Department may declare excess personal property to be surplus personal property if the Department determines that the excess personal property cannot be used by any unit of the State government.
MD. State Finance and Procurement Code Ann. §  4-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Finance and Procurement|Division I - State Finance|Title 4 - Department of General Services|Subtitle 5 - Excess and Surplus Property|Section 4-503 - Moving of Property

    (a)    The Department shall administer all arrangements for moving excess personal property or surplus personal property.    (b)    The Department shall decide whether excess personal property or surplus personal property shall be:        (1)    moved to a central location; or        (2)    disposed of at its present location.