Oklahoma § 62-35.3 - Definitions

§ 62-35.3. Definitions

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,

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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 Municipal Power Authority, the

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the Oklahoma State

Bureau of Investigation, the District Attorneys Council, the Office

of the Attorney General, the Office of the State Auditor and

Inspector, 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; Laws 2021, c. 347,

§ 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 2021; Laws 2025, c. 393, § 1, emerg. eff.

May 26, 2025.