242.171 - Responsibilities of Department; review of proposed applications of information systems.

242.171  Responsibilities of Department; review of proposed applications of information systems.

      1.  The Department is responsible for:

      (a) The applications of information systems;

      (b) Designing and placing those systems in operation;

      (c) Any application of an information system which it furnishes to state agencies and officers after negotiation; and

      (d) The writing, testing and performance of programs,

Ê for the state agencies and elected state officers which are required to use its services.

      2.  The Director shall review and approve or disapprove, pursuant to standards for justifying cost, any application of an information system having an estimated developmental cost of $50,000 or more. No using agency may commence development work on any such applications until approval and authorization have been obtained from the Director.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 931; A 1973, 680; 1981,1147; 1993, 1543)