Ordinance on Information Technology (ITV) - Scope (ITV)

1. This regulation applies to all departments, the state chancellery, and the courts.

2. This regulation does not apply to teaching at cantonal schools.

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1. The Government Council issues

1. IT Strategy of the Canton of Thurgau

2. Digital Administration Strategy Thurgau

2. The IT Strategy defines the principles and strategic objectives for the use of information and communication technologies.

3. The Digital Administration Strategy Thurgau defines the principles for a modern, digital administration and identifies the essential areas of action.

1. The IT Steering Committee issues guidelines for the use of group applications.

2. The Office of Informatics issues guidelines for the use, procurement, and maintenance of IT systems, as well as for project methodology.

1. Competent Department for Information Technology is the Department of Internal Affairs and Economy.

1. The Office of Information Technology is the IT service department of the cantonal administration.

2. It is responsible for the centralized procurement of hardware and software for the IT infrastructure and for the corporate applications used in the cantonal administration.

3. It supports the individual offices in matters related to information technology and determines the necessary requirements in technical aspects.

1. Information Technology Bodies are

1. * IT Steering Committee

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3. IT Coordinators

2. Bodies for the Implementation of the Digital Administration Strategy are

1. Steering Committee for Digital Administration

2. Competence Center for Digital Administration

3. Digitalization Officers

1. Members of the IT Steering Committee are

1. State Secretary

2. Secretaries-General of the Departments

3. Head of the Office of Information Technology

2. The chairperson is the Secretary-General of the responsible Department.

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1. The IT Steering Committee advises on issues of IT planning and implementation.

2. It submits proposals for IT projects where there is a lack of agreement between the Office of Information Technology and the department responsible for the project, the State Chancellery, or the relevant office.

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1. Each department, the state chancellery, as well as each office and the courts shall appoint an IT Coordinator for information technology in their respective areas.

2. The IT Coordinators serve as a point of contact for the Office of Information Technology and assist their superior office in all matters related to information technology, particularly in questions of organization, planning, procurement, and budgeting.

3. The Office of Information Technology organizes periodic informational events and training sessions for the IT Coordinators, particularly regarding the introduction of new hardware or software.

1. The Digital Administration Steering Committee corresponds to the IT Steering Committee, supplemented by the Head of the

1. relevant department (Chair)

2. Department of Finance and Social Affairs

3. Personnel Office

2. The Head of the Competence Center for Digital Administration participates in the meetings with an advisory vote.

3. The Steering Committee is responsible for the implementation of the Digital Administration Strategy, establishes the priority planning, and submits the budget request for the impulse program and the competence center to the Government Council.

1. The Competence Center for Digital Administration (KDV) is professionally subordinate to the Steering Committee for Digital Administration and is administratively affiliated with the Office for Information Technology.

2. It is responsible for implementing the priority planning, submits applications to the Steering Committee for Digital Administration, and provides services for the cantonal administration, the dependent institutions, cantonal schools and enterprises, and the courts.

3. For coordinating the implementation, it collaborates in particular with the Office for Information Technology, the Personnel Office, the digitalization officers of the departments, and the State Chancellery, as well as with the courts.

1. All departments, the state chancellery, and the courts appoint a person responsible for digitalization.

2. The persons responsible for digitalization drive the digital transformation within their organizational units.

3. They manage the project portfolio and support the projects within their own area.

4. In collaboration with the Digitalization Coordination Unit (KDV), they incorporate the interests and needs of their organizational units.

1. The Office of Information Technology, in collaboration with all offices and departments of the cantonal administration as well as the courts, determines the information technology needs for the budget year and the financial planning years. The information technology needs are to be prioritized by the offices and departments.

2. It assesses the prioritization of the information technology needs from a technical perspective and prepares a consolidated budget draft.

2a. The consolidated budget draft is preliminarily discussed by the IT Steering Committee for the attention of the Government Council.

3. The Government Council reviews the budget draft and makes the necessary prioritizations and any concrete or general corrections.

1. The procurement of IT infrastructure hardware and software, as well as corporate applications, is carried out centrally and exclusively by the Office for Information Technology in accordance with the strategic and operational guidelines set forth in the IT strategy and policies.

2. Specific specialized applications are procured by the project-responsible office in conjunction with the Office for Information Technology.

3. The provisions relating to public procurement law apply to the responsibilities and procedural workflows of procurements.

1. The use of software for which the canton does not possess ownership or usage rights is prohibited.

2. The use of cloud solutions requires obtaining approval from the Office of Information Technology and the Supervisory Authority for Data Protection and Public Access.

1. Projects exceeding CHF 250,000 are approved by the Executive Council.

2. Projects between CHF 150,000 and CHF 250,000 are approved by the relevant department or the State Chancellery in agreement with the Office of Information Technology.

3. Projects up to CHF 150,000 are approved by the relevant office or operation in agreement with the Office of Information Technology.

4. The decisive factor for project approval is the net price excluding consequential costs.

1. All projects involving the processing of personal data must be submitted by the commissioning party to the Data Protection and Public Access Supervision Authority for an opinion.

2. In all projects, the measures required for data protection must be observed.

1. In the event of conflicts between the parties involved in IT projects, the IT Steering Committee shall make the decision.

2. The head of the affected departments and the state secretary may present the matter to the government council for a final decision.

3. In the event of conflicts within the scope of projects for implementing the Digital Administration Strategy, the Digital Administration Steering Committee shall make the final decision.