Document Library

DIR's Document Library presents plans and reports, policy, standard, guideline, and procedure documents, technology briefs, and other publications, including draft documents posted for peer review and use. The purpose of the library is to make information and communications technology policy development and implementation publications easily accessible. About file formats.

Plans and Reports

Item	Date
Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ending August 31, 2011 – PDF (8.1 MB) Persons using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in this document. For assistance, please contact the DIR Public Information Officer at (512) 463-5193.	Apr 2012
Fiscal 2012 Operating Budget DIR’s Submission to the Governor’s Office and the LBB	Dec 2011
2012–2016 State Strategic Plan for Information Resources Management Direction for technology management in Texas government over the next five years	Nov 2011
DIR Self-Evaluation Report to the Sunset Commission Preliminary report in the agency's Sunset Review	Nov 2011
Technology-Related Legislation Summary From the 82nd Legislative Session (2011)	Aug 2011
Advancing Texas Technology: A Report on Progress 2010 Biennial Performance Report on the Use of Information Technologies in State Government	Nov 2010
Annual Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ending August 31, 2010 – PDF (3.1 MB) Persons using assistive technology may not be able to fully access information in this document. For assistance, please contact the DIR Public Information Officer at (512) 463-5193.	Nov 2010
Legislative Appropriations Request for Fiscal Years 2012–2013 DIR’s submission to the LBB and Governor’s Office.	Aug 2010
Agency Strategic Plan for Fiscal 2011–2015 DIR’s submission to the LBB and Governor’s Office; includes the Customer Service Report and Workforce Plan	Jul 2010
Five Percent General Revenue Reduction Plan for FY 2010–2011 – PDF (98 KB) DIR’s submission to the LBB at the request of the Governor’s Office	Feb 2010
Fiscal 2010 Operating Budget DIR’s Submission to the Governor’s Office and the LBB	Dec 2009
Advancing Texas Technology: Solutions for State Government 2010-2014 State Strategic Plan for Information Resources Management	Nov 2009
DCS Evaluation and Remediation Strategy Plan recommended by EquaTerra for remediation of Data Center Services Contract	Nov 2009
Data Center Services – Business Case Reports Grant Thornton Data Center Cost Assessment Report – May 19, 2009 Grant Thornton Data Center Cost Assessment Report – February 21, 2009 Grant Thornton Data Center Cost Assessment Report – September 12, 2008	May 2009
Fiscal 2007 Data Center Services Status Report	Aug 2008
State Enterprise Security Plan – Securing Texas Information Resources Strategic plan of action to safeguard state information resources	May 2007
User Access Study Study of the Feasibility of Enhancing Statewide Computer Network and Information Security	Dec 2006
Fiscal 2006 Data Center Services Status Report	Aug 2006
Data Center Business Case Assessment – 2005 Executive Summary, Final Report, and WAN Assessment Frequently Asked Questions	Mar 2005

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Policy, Standards, Guidelines, and Procedures

Item	Date
Social Media Guidelines Guidance for agencies and institutions of higher education regarding the use of Social Media Tools for official state business	May 2012
State Website Linking and Privacy Policy Provisions for use, duplicating from, and linking to state websites, and for protecting personal identifying information from or through a state website	Feb 2012
Financial Accounting and Interoperability Standards for Software Used by School Districts – Tagged PDF (55KB) Standard developed by Texas Education Agency in Response to HB 1705, 81st Legislature, Regular Session	Feb 2012
Internet and Email Domain Name Management Policy	Nov 2010
Office Productivity Application Migration Guidelines for Establishing Migration Strategies for Office Productivity Applications	Nov 2010
IT Commodity Purchasing Guidelines for State Agencies Guidelines for IT Commodity Purchasing Process and Exemption Requests	2010
IRM Continuing Education Requirements Information on IRM classification levels, core competencies, CPE units, required topics, and waiver requests	Dec 2009
State Health Information Architecture Interagency data sharing standards for agencies providing health and social services (Texas Health Care Policy Council)	Nov 2008
Acceptable Use of the Internet, E-Mail/Messages and Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Guidelines for state agencies and institutions of higher education for developing policies to protect government information and technology	Jul 2006
Data and Electronic Records Management Best Practices Roles and Responsibilities and Technology Standards	Apr 2006
Standards Review and Recommendation Publications	2006
Sale or Transfer of Computers and Software – Version 1.0 Guidelines for agencies and institutions of higher education	Nov 2005
Business Continuity Planning Guidelines Planning guidelines for the smooth restoration of operations after a disruptive event	Dec 2004
Practices for Protecting Information Resources Assets – UNDER REVIEW Guidelines for managing risks and protecting information resources assets	Sep 2003
PC Life Cycles – UNDER REVIEW Guidelines for establishing life cycles for personal computers	Jan 2003
Outsourcing Strategies Guidelines – UNDER REVIEW Guidelines for evaluating internal and external resources for major technology projects	Jun 1998
Lease vs. Purchase – UNDER REVIEW Guidelines for lease vs. purchase of information technologies	May 1998

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Technology Briefs

Item	Date
Cloud Computing Efficient Service Delivery via the Internet	Mar 2012
Cybersecurity Texas Cyber Risks and Statewide Cybersecurity Collaboration	April 2012
Voice over Internet Protocol Advanced Phone Communications through VoIP	Mar 2012

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