Sacramento, California - California state government is leveraging technology to serve Californians in a way that is convenient, efficient, and economical. The California Information Technology Strategic Plan provides a vision to guide the strategic objectives of California's technology community leaders to enhance the reliability and efficiency of state programs and improve business operations and services to the greatest number of Californians.
This plan encourages the state to focus on serving the needs of our 21st century constituents by delivering results, while responding to critical issues facing the state's information technology community.
The 2015 update builds on the direction established in the 2014 plan and further specifies the six strategic goals of the state, as well as five guiding principles for state government Agencies and entities to consider when making decisions about technology. This update also introduces a look back at the previous year’s challenges and accomplishments within California's information technology community. The purpose of this plan is to make certain government is focused on the ways in which we may serve 21st century constituents which have the greatest impact on Californians, and how we may achieve these in the most efficient way possible.
Strategic Goals:
- Goal 1: Responsive, Accessible, and Mobile Government
- Goal 2: Leadership and Collaboration
- Goal 3: Efficient and Reliable Infrastructure and Services
- Goal 4: Secured Information
- Goal 5: Capable IT Workforce
- Goal 6: Responsive and Effective IT Project Procurement
Guiding Principles for California's Technology Community:
- Be Accountable
- Be Service Driven
- Collaborate & Cooperate
- Understand Enterprise Value
- Demonstrate Strong Leadership
Read the entire 2015 California IT Strategic Plan
2015 Update to the Statewide IT Capital Plan
The Statewide Information Technology Capital Plan (ITCP) is the planning mechanism used to ensure that the state's information technology (IT) investments are aligned with business priorities in a manner consistent with the state's technology direction. The Statewide ITCP represents the Executive Branch's plan for IT investments over the next five years in support of the California IT Strategic Plan. The information in the ITCP is used to:
- Ensure IT investments drive program efficiency and effectiveness and improve the quality of government services for Californians.
- Facilitate improvements in internal business processes and financial management through IT investments.
- Identify areas of collaboration and/or reuse of existing IT investments.
- Link IT investments to state and state entity priorities and business direction.
- Promote the alignment of IT investments with state entity's enterprise architecture (technology, standards, and infrastructure), and the state's Information Technology Strategic Plan.
- Facilitate consideration and conceptual approval to pursue selected IT investments.
State IT Project Proposals included in the 2015 Statewide ITCP are conceptually approved at this point. This includes previously submitted proposals and also more recently submitted Stage 1 Business Analyses. Accordingly, these IT Project Proposals will be subject to formal evaluation of their business value, programmatic priority, resource requirements and the availability of funding as they proceed through the normal project and budget approval process. This evaluation may occur within a state entity if the resulting proposal does not meet external reporting requirements or both inside and outside the state entity if externally reportable. A summary of IT project proposals included in the 2015 Statewide IT Capital Plan is available at: 2015 Conceptually Approved IT Project Proposals (pdf).
