Establishes, maintains, and oversees the state’s IT strategic plan, policies, standards, procedures and enterprise architecture. Additionally, the Department approves and oversees state IT projects throughout their lifecycle (e.g., planning, budgeting, procurement and execution) and ensures the security of state information assets. Further, as the home of the State Data Center, CDT provides IT infrastructure services to its customers, for their public facing and mission critical systems, and offers a myriad of cloud and on-premise services. The Department also employs a strategic focus on innovation, enterprise, and workforce development solutions to expand the state’s operational capacity and provide the agility and scalability necessary to keep pace with the ever-changing demands of doing business. The California Department of Technology is committed to partnering with state, local government and educational entities to deliver digital services, develop innovative and responsive solutions for business needs, and provide quality assurance for state government Information Technology (IT) projects and services.