This bill makes necessary technical changes to update the statutes governing the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of Information Technology to align with recent statutory updates and best practices. The bill does the following.
1. It allows the Chief Information Officer to have an authorized designee in certain instances.
2. It includes certain definitions to align with the recently enacted definition of "cyberattack" and updates terminology to reflect national best practices for cybersecurity and information security.
3. It updates language regarding the mission of the office to reflect the bill's terminology changes.
4. It updates a provision of statute regarding competitive bidding to allow the office to procure information technology products or services necessary to detect, prevent and respond to cyberattacks.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 2092, HP 1407: 5.1825, 5.1971, 5.1972, 5.1973, 5.1974, 5.1975, 5.1981