Division of Administration - Angele Davis, Commissioner - State of LouisianaState of Louisiana - Office of Information Technology
Ed Driesse
Tel: (225) 342-7105
Fax: (225) 219-4994
Email: CIO@la.gov

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 94095
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9095

Physical Address:
Claiborne Building
1201 N. Third St., Suite 2-130
Baton Rouge, LA 70802

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The State CIO heads the Office of Information Technology in the Division of Administration (DOA) within the Office of the Governor. The CIO is the state's point person for matters related to IT and IT resources, including setting policies, standards, hardware and software deployment, strategic and tactical planning, acquisition, management, and operations in keeping with industry trends, both private and public. The CIO oversees several IT organizations within the DOA, acting as architect and primary executor of technical and business strategy for IT in Louisiana state government.



OIT Announcements OIT Bulletins
    Statewide E-mail Storage Limits Increased
  • The Office of Information Technology announced that effective February 1, 2010, the standard mailbox size provided to statewide email customers will increase from 50 megabytes to 100 megabytes. Centralized archival storage is also provided for a nominal fee. These cost reductions (down from $16 per mailbox in 2003) are being realized due to the large number of agencies participating in the consolidation and standardization of statewide e-mail to a single, central service. Read the Announcement 
    Posted 02/05/2010
    $12.4 Million in Federal Funds Awarded to Improve Broadband Access in Morehouse Parish
  • Louisiana state government's Office of Information Technology, a part of the Division of Administration, announced today that the Northeast Louisiana Telephone Co. has been awarded more than $12.4 million in federal funds to improve broadband access in rural Morehouse Parish. The funds were awarded under the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service, and consist of a grant of $4.36 million and a loan of $8.12 million. Read the Press Release. 
    Posted 01/27/2010
    Release of OSP 10-05: BlackBerry Devices and Service Available Directly to State Agencies via WSCA Contracts
  • Effective January 19, 2010, the Office of Telecommunications Management (OTM) will delegate to state agencies the telecommunications authority to acquire BlackBerry devices and service directly from contract vendors. State agencies will no longer be required to obtain BlackBerry devices and service through OTM. Agencies will be able to directly use wireless telecommunications contracts established by the Office of State Purchasing through the state's participation in the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA). See Memorandum OSP 10-05 
    Posted 01/08/2010
    Release of OSP 10-04: Guidelines for Procurement of Software, Software Maintenance, Hardware Maintenance and Software Support Services
  • The Office of State Purchasing has released updated guidelines for Procurement of Software, Software Maintenance, Hardware Maintenance and Software Support Services. See Memorandum OSP 10-04
    Posted: 11/04/2009
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Bulletins 2009

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