The State Information Technology Advisory Committee (SITAC) has three primary responsibilities, as described in ND Century Code (Chapter 54-59):
- To advise the Information Technology Dept. regarding statewide information technology planning and budgeting, services of the department, and statewide information technology initiatives and policy
- To review reports on major information technology projects and policies, standards, and guidelines developed by the Information Technology Dept.
- To review major project proposals and rank those projects that receive the committee's affirmative recommendation
- SITAC Large Project Ranking
| Name | Agency |
|---|---|
| Shawn Riley (Co-Chairperson) |
ND Information Technology Dept. |
| Representative Glen Bosch (Co-Chairperson) |
Legislative Assembly |
| Senator Kyle Davison | Legislative Assembly |
| Charlie Tweet | Bank of North Dakota |
| Sally Holewa | ND Supreme Court |
| Alvin A. Jaeger | Secretary of State |
| Chris Jones | Dept. of Human Services |
| Darin King | ND University System |
| Bryan Klipfel | Workforce Safety and Insurance |
| Joe Morrissette | Office of Management and Budget |
| Ron Henke | Dept. of Transportation |
| Brian Kroshus | Office of State Tax Commissioner |
| Clare Ness | The Attorney General's Office |
| Pat Bertagnolli | Other State Agency Seat (Job Service ND) |
| Jan Murtha | Other State Agency Seat (Retirement and Investment Office) |
| TBA | State Agency TBA |
| Peggy Link | Private industry representative (MDU Resources Group) |
| TBA | Private industry representative (TBA) |
Each biennium, executive branch agencies (excluding Higher Education) submit information regarding major IT projects expected to meet or exceed a $500,000 budget (the “major” project threshold). This information includes details from agency IT operations plans, business cases, and self-scoring worksheets that outline the benefits and ability to implement each project. A workbook of all major IT projects is compiled by NDIT and sent to SITAC in the fall of each even-numbered year.
Per NDCC 54-59-02.1: The department shall submit information regarding proposed major information technology projects for executive branch state agencies, departments and institutions, excluding institutions under control of the state board of higher education and agencies of the judicial and legislative branches to the state information technology advisory committee . The committee shall review the projects and rank those projects that receive the committee’s affirmative recommendation. The chief information officer shall submit recommendations of the committee regarding the prioritization of major information technology projects to the information technology committee, the office of management and budget, and the appropriations committees of the legislative assembly. The judicial and legislative branches shall notify biennially the committee on their major information technology projects and priorities.
After reviewing the information, SITAC holds a meeting where agencies present a summary of their business case and respond to questions. Initial ranking is based on the scores derived from the benefit/ability to implement worksheets, and the sorted list is then presented to SITAC for final ranking. The results are then communicated to the Office of Management and Budget and the Legislature as input to the appropriation process.
SITAC Large Project Ranking (2021-2023)
| Rank | Department | Project |
| 1 | Information Technology | Technical Debt Reduction |
| 2 | Information Technology | Cybersecurity Process Automation |
| 3 | Transportation | Traffic Counting Program Modernization |
| 4 | Human Services | Field Services Data Warehouse |
| 5 | Information Technology | Cybersecurity Forensic Laboratory |
| 6 | Transportation | Website Drupal Uplift and Enhancements |
| 7 | Information Technology | Business Process Improvement, Organizational Change Management, and Automation |
| 8 | Transportation | Roadway Information Management System Replacement |
| 9 | Human Services | FRAME and CCWIPS transformation |
| 10 |
Workforce Safety and Insurance
|
myWSI Projects |
| 11 | Workforce Safety and Insurance | Claims and Policy System Projects |
| 12 | Transportation | Construction and Materials Management System |
| 13 | Human Services | Contract and Payment System |
| 14 | Transportation | Traffic Data Estimating and Analysis Replacement |
| 15 | Human Services | Medicaid Management Information System Transformation |
| 16 | Transportation | Automated Vehicle Location Hardware and Software Expansion |
A detailed report is available that contains budget expectations by funding type.
SITAC Large Project Ranking (2019-2021)
General Funds
| Rank | Department | Project |
| 1 | Information Technology Dept. | Statewide Interoperable Radio Network (SIRN) |
| 2 | Information Technology Dept. | Cyber Security Toolset Modernization |
| 3 | Information Technology Dept. | Unified Data Platform |
| 4 | Information Technology Dept. | North Dakota Gateway |
| 5 | Information Technology Dept. | Mainframe Transition |
| 6 | Information Technology Dept. | Citizen Relationship Management System |
| 7 | Dept. of Human Services | Replace Basic Care Mainframe Application |
| 8 | Information Technology Dept. | Statewide Land Parcel Dataset |
Special Funds
| Rank | Department | Project |
| 1 | Dept. of Transportation | Drivers License System Rewrite |
| 2 | Industrial Commission | Risk Based Data Management System Upgrade |
| 3 | Information Technology Dept. | IT Service Management System |
| 4 | Workforce Safety & Insurance | Claims and Policy System, Release 7 |
| 5 | Dept. of Transportation | Automatic Vehicle Location/GPS on Snowplows |
| 6 | Workforce Safety & Insurance | Claims and Policy System, Release 8 |
| 7 | Workforce Safety & Insurance | Claims and Policy System, Release 10 |
| 8 | Information Technology Dept. | Implement Application Platform Solution (aPaaS) |
| 9 | Workforce Safety & Insurance | myWSI Enhancement, Releases 3-4 |
| 10 | Workforce Safety & Insurance | Claims and Policy System, Release 9 |
| 11 | Information Technology Dept. | Automation-Orchestration |
| 12 | Dept. of Transportation | Maintenance Management System |
| 13 | Retirement and Investment Office | TFFR Pension Administration System Modernization |
| 14 | Dept. of Transportation | Traffic Data Editing and Analysis System Replacement |
| 15 | Dept. of Transportation | Mobile/Digital Drivers License |
Federal Funds
| Rank | Department | Project |
| 1 | Office of the Secretary of State | Voting System Replacement |
| 2 | Dept. of Human Services | Child Welfare Information System Replacement |
| 3 | Dept. of Human Services | MMIS Technical Stack Upgrade |
| 4 | Office of the Secretary of State | Statewide ePollBooks |
| 5 | Dept. of Human Services | Replace Disaster SNAP Mainframe Application |
| 6 | Dept. of Human Services | Mainframe Migration Assessment |
| 7 | Dept. of Transportation | Roadway Information Management System Replacement |
| 8 | Dept. of Human Services | Child Welfare Mainframe System Migration |
| 9 | Dept. of Public Instruction | Early Childhood Integrated Data System Expansion |
| 10 | Dept. of Human Services | Master Client Index Assessment |
A final report/dashboard is available containing additional details.
Per records retention policy, IT plan information three years prior to the current one are deleted.