Michigan Department of Information Technology explained

Agency Name:Michigan Department of Information Technology
Formed:October 14, 2001
Dissolved:March 21, 2010
Superseding:Department of Technology, Management, and Budget
Jurisdiction:Government of Michigan
Chief1 Name:Kenneth Theis
Chief1 Position:department Director & Chief Information Officer, State of Michigan[1]
Chief2 Name:Phyllis Mellon
Chief2 Position:chief deputy director
Agency Type:principal department (defunct)
Keydocument1:Executive Order No. 2001 - 3
Website:http://www.michigan.gov/dit

The Michigan Department of Information Technology (DIT) was a principal department of the Michigan state government created in 2001 to manage the use of technology in the government and was merged in 2010 into the Department of Management and Budget, then renamed the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget.

History

Governor Engler created the department[2] in 2001 via Executive Order to centralize information from all the principal departments.

In 2009, Governor Jennifer Granholm merged the Department into Department of Management and Budget naming the then DIT Director as director of the department, and the current DIT deputy director as temporary director of the Department of Management and Budget.[3] The Executive Order was effective on March 21, 2010.

References

  1. Web site: Kenneth Theis Appointed Director of Michigan Department of Information Technology . 2007-12-06 . Government Technology Magazine . e.Republic, Inc. . 9 September 2009.
  2. News: Former Mich. guv to head local EDS ops . January 20, 2003 . Washington Business Journal . American City Business Journals, Inc. . 9 September 2009 . Jeff . Clabaugh.
  3. News: Granholm to merge DMB with IT in wake of Lisa Webb Sharpe's departure for Lansing Community College . Gabe Nelson . Crains Detroit Business . Nov 17, 2009 .