IT Requests in support of IT initiatives included in the 2010-2011 budget process are due to OIT no later than Thursday, November 5, 2009.

CIO Ed Driesse gave a presentation supporting state government integration of IT services to the Advisory Council on IT Integration of the Commission on Streamlining Government. Watch the video of the meeting.

The procurement process called Consulting and Support Services Agreement (CSSA) will not be renewed after all Tier One contracts expire on October 3, 2009. All future competitive I.T. procurements will be processed through existing Office of State Purchasing or Office of Contractual Review processes. See CSSA Expiring Announcement

The Office of State Purchasing and the Office of Information Technology have released the revised procedures for the Brand Name Microcomputer and Peripheral Contracts. To access revised procedures see, Memorandum OSP 10-02

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has declared a Public Health Emergency for the swine flu. Even though there have been no reported cases in Louisiana, it would be prudent for each IT Director to ensure that agency personnel with VPN access privileges test network connectivity in their respective homes.

 Enhancement Release 2 was implemented July 31, 2009. Enhancements include online access to print IT Request Log, produce a sample IT-0, Clone an IT Request and many others. For a more detailed list of enhancements, see the IT Request Workflow System User Manual

 This LaGov Newsletter is designed to inform you of the progress of LaGov, the State's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Project. It provides pertinent project news, project status and other important information.

 Due to insufficient usage of the CSSA contract process, no new CSSA contracts will be issued. All CSSA contracts that were previously awarded will expire October 3, 2009. After that date, agencies will follow standard solicitation procedures as required by the Office of Contractual Review and the Office of State Purchasing. Future plans for CSSA are under review and will be posted on the OIT web site as information becomes available.

 Effective January 7, 2009 a data replication and backup center will be available for agencies at Louisiana Tech. For more information, please reference OIT Bulletin 08-09.

 Commissioner of Administration, Angele Davis, announced today that Mr. Edward Driesse has been chosen to serve as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Louisiana state government effective August 4, 2008.

 OIT has created a new ListServ to provide e-mail notification when new Information Technology Bulletins from the Office of Information Technology are posted on the OIT website. This OIT ListServ is intended for use by anyone and is in addition to the OIT-Notification Listserv, which provides technical notices for state agencies.

 All Information Technology (IT) and telecommunications related initiatives meeting the Criteria for Submittal of an IT Request require that an IT Request be submitted to OIT for Review. [ Access The IT Request Workflow System ] System conversion was completed on August 14, 2008. Please update any old bookmarks that you may have.

 The intent to award the ERP contract has been issued. IBM has been selected to receive the award of File No. RFP#: OIT-ERP-080307, to provide a Solution-Based Statewide ERP Financial Administration Projectx.