Late Thursday afternoon, the plan, which is a statewide technology strategy, was released. As promised, the "three pillars" were:
- Create one digital government
- Ensure secure delivery
- Build a dynamic workforce
In an effort to create one digital government, the document recommends "improving the agility and responsiveness of our technology operations and accelerating the move toward common platforms and shared services."
The document does outline responsibilities for five councils that will assist in implementing the strategy: the Operations Council, the Information Security Advisory Council, the Project Management Advisory Council, the Technology Services Advisory Council and the Workforce Development Advisory Council.
The document also recommends metrics to measure success by 2020, since measurement is key to management, according to Cruz.
Some metrics include reducing the time it takes for new technology initiatives to move from concept to minimum viable product and the time it takes to remediate a security incident once it is detected. Another set establishes policies to enable departments to acquire and share services, enhance security skills and awareness and increase the use of evidence-based practices for employee engagement.
The document represents feedback from 32 agencies and departments, gathered from 112 participants through seven work groups and six discover sessions.
In an interview this week with Techwire, Tong emphasized that the priorities outlined in the document are "nothing new."
"It's pretty consistent" with the direction the state IT apparatus has been going, she said.
"It's a more concrete focus on how people would bring those visions to reality," she said.
