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Tel: (225) 342-7105
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Email: CIO@la.gov

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Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9095

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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.


Commissioner Nichols Announces Ruth Johnson as State's Chief Information Officer Commissioner of Administration Kristy Nichols announced that Ruth Johnson will serve as the state’s Chief Information Officer. Johnson will replace Ed Driesse, who is retiring. The state’s CIO heads the Division’s Office of Information Technology, and plays a major role on matters related to IT and IT resources, including policies, standards, hardware and software deployment, strategic and tactical planning, acquisition, management, and operations in keeping with industry trends. Read the Announcement. 02/08/2013 Louisiana Earns a B in Digital States Survey Despite challenging economic times, Louisiana's Information Technology organizations continue to "trend up" and to demonstrate positive results in many categories as indicated by its B grade on the 2012 Digital States Survey. The survey conducted biannually by the Center for Digital Government ranked all 50 states based on a set of criteria. A grade of B indicated the state's "progress over the last two years" by implementing innovative solutions or approaches, adopting measures in key areas, and fostering effective collaboration in order "to prepare for more sustainable operations" in the future. Louisiana's B ranking in 2012 is exceeded by only 16 states. In the 2010 survey, Louisiana also earned a B, after being ranked 21st in 2008 and 40th in 2006. Read the Digital States Survey. 10/02/2012 Louisiana Earns an A- for Government Transparency For the second year, Louisiana received an A- from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, a consumer-watchdog organization that promotes and evaluates transparency in government spending. Louisiana earned the distinction of a leading state, one of only seven in the nation, for LaTrac, the state's Transparency and Accountability Portal, a searchable database that allows citizens to view the state government's checkbook from a single source - who receives state money, how much, and for what purposes. It was also cited as having taken the lead among states in providing detailed performance evaluations of government agencies by listing specific agencies' yearly objectives along with their actual performance. Read the report, Following the Money 2012: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data. 04/04/2012 More	2012 ITB 12-01 PC and Printer IT Request and Budgeting Guidelines Revised 08/01/2012 2011 ITB 11-02: Personal Computing Standards Revised 12/15/2011 ITB 11-01 IT Standard 6-01: Desktop Configuration with Budgeting Guidelines 8/01/2011 2010 ITB 10-02 IT Standard 6-01: Desktop Configuration with Budgeting Guidelines 08/27/2010 ITB 10-01 OIT Strohl/LDRPS 02/17/2010 2009 ITB 09-03 OIT Enterprise Policies 11/30/2009 ITB 09-02 OIT Security Policies and Standards Revised 09/09/2009 ITB 09-01 IT Standard 016: Desktop and Configuration Revised with Budgeting Guidelines 09/03/2009 More