Arizona Administrative Code › Title 2 - ADMINISTRATION › Chapter 18 - Government Information Technology › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R2-18-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless the context requires otherwise, the following
				  definitions apply:
"Accessibility Compliance Representative" is the budget
				  unit's designated representative for Section 508 compliance matters to receive,
				  investigate and process complaints that allege the budget unit's failure to
				  comply with accessibility standards.
"Accessibility Standards" means the statewide accessibility
				  standards adopted by the Department to address compliance with Section 508 in
				  developing, procuring, maintaining or using electronic or information
				  technology.
"Appeal" means a
				  written request filed with the Information Technology Authorization Committee
				  (ITAC) by a budget unit challenging a decision by the Arizona Department of
				  Administration to reject the budget unit's proposed IT Plan or project.
"Comparable Access" means alternative means of access that
				  allows the individual to use the information and data in accordance with
				  applicable state and federal laws such as Title I and Title II of the Americans
				  with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
"Critical information
				  technology project," as used in A.R.S. Title 18, Chapter 1, means an IT project
				  having total costs greater than $25,000 and requires monitoring, with
				  monitoring frequency and duration left to the sole discretion of the
				  Department.
"Department" means the Arizona Department of
				  Administration.
"Disapprove" means
				  reject.
"Expenditure and Activity Report" means a standard project
				  status summary that is used by a budget unit to report progress and costs on IT
				  projects.
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"Information
				  technology plan" or "IT Plan", as used in A.R.S. Title 18, Chapter 1, means a
				  documented strategy for information technology resources and practices to
				  support business direction over a specific period of time.
"Information
				  technology project or "IT Project," as used in A.R.S. Title 18, Chapter 1,
				  means a series of activities, events, and investments to develop and implement
				  new or enhanced IT over a prescribed period of time.
"ITAC" means
				  Information Technology Authorization Committee, which is established under
				  A.R.S. §
									18-121.
"Major information
				  technology project," as used in A.R.S. Title 18, Chapter 1, means an IT project
				  that has total costs greater than $1 million.
"PIJ" means project
				  investment justification.
"PIJ template" means
				  a standard set of forms and reporting formats to be prepared by a budget unit
				  and submitted to the Department to describe an IT project and to identify
				  resources, technologies, benefits, costs, goals, risks, financials, and other
				  key factors, to establish specific milestones for development and
				  implementation of the project.
"Quality assurance,"
				  as used in A.R.S. Title 18, Chapter 1, means a budget unit's process of
				  evaluating IT goals, objectives, and activities to promote successful
				  implementation.
"Section 508" means Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of
				  1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 794d ), as amended
"Standards" as used
				  in A.R.S. Title 18, Chapter 1 means requirements associated with development,
				  maintenance, use, and access to IT based on generalized industry benchmarks and
				  best practices.
"Telecommunications," as used in A.R.S. § 18-101(6), does not
				  include land mobile radio services.
"Temporarily suspend
				  the expenditure of monies," as used in A.R.S. Title 18, Chapter 1, means an
				  order from the Department to a budget unit to immediately cease expenditures of
				  monies and related project activities.
"Total project costs"
				  or "total costs," as used in A.R.S. Title 18, Chapter 1, means the IT
				  development and implementation costs associated with an information technology
				  project.