[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order
No. 2020-012]
Under the authority of MGL c. 43, § 5, there is established a Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications Systems (hereinafter in this article called the "Department"), which shall be within the branch of central service designated in Chapter
5, Article
I, of this Code.
The Department shall consist of a Chief Information Officer
approved and funded.
[Amended 6-1-2020 by Order
No. 2020-012]
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) shall be the head of the
Department. The Mayor shall annually on or before the first Monday
in February appoint the Chief Information Officer, who shall hold
office for one year from the first Monday in February of the year
of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
The Mayor may make the initial appointment of a Chief Information
Officer (CIO) upon enactment of this article.
The CIO shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
A. To organize and implement a centralized information technology and
telecommunications systems center for the City.
B. To direct, organize and implement the planning, development and production
of information systems, including the development of an integrated
municipal information system.
C. To direct and control the information technology and telecommunications
systems operations and personnel of the Department.
D. To coordinate as may be required, through advice and counsel, the
Information Technology and Telecommunications Systems Department of
the City.
E. To advise the Mayor and City Council on information technology and
telecommunications systems matters, including the review of proposed
information technology and telecommunications systems applications
or equipment acquisitions.
F. To provide information technology and telecommunications systems
to City departments, in accordance with the priorities of the City.
G. To maintain and safeguard data, information, programs and equipment
of the Department.
H. To perform such other duties as prescribed by law.
I. To maintain City telephone and wireless service to all City departments.
J. To provide, maintain and secure City-wide network to all City buildings.
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) shall establish rules and
regulations controlling the access and release of data, not inconsistent
with Massachusetts General Laws and the revised ordinances of the
City of Quincy. Neither the CIO nor any other employee of the Department
may release any information or data collected or processed by the
Department except as authorized or required.
The Chief Information Officer shall establish rules and regulations
as to the use of the Department's services by other departments of
the City.