THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON 02133

By His Excellency

MICHAEL S. DUKAKIS
GOVERNOR

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 231

Governor's Advisory Committee
on Information Processing (rescinding and
replacing Executive Order No. 132, 175, and 188)

    WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 132 was established during
1976 to facilitate the statewide planning, coordination, and
utilization of data processing systems; and

    WHEREAS, some progress has been made in utilizing com-
puters in state government; and

    WHEREAS, there still exists many opportunities to use
computers more efficiently and effectively in the management of
delivery of services by state agencies; and

    WHEREAS, there are a number of broad policy issues that
need to be addressed to maximize the benefit from information
processing.

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, Michael S. Dukakis, by virtue of the
authority vested in me as supreme executive magistrate, do
hereby order that Executive Orders 132, 175 and 188 be
rescinded and replaced by this order as follows:

I.  Establishment: Composition

    There is hereby established the Governor's Advisory Com-
mittee on Information Processing (hereafter the "Committee").

    A)  The Committee shall also be composed of the follow-
ing state officials or their designees:

		Secretary of Administration and Finance

		Assistant Secretary for Systems

		Assistant Secretary for Management

    B)  The Committee shall be composed of not more than
eight members from the private sector, none of whom may
be owners or employees of companies doing computer busi-
ness with the Commonwealth.

    C)  The private sector members of the Committee shall be
appointed by the Governor and shall serve during his term
of office and at his pleasure.

    D)  The Committee shall be chaired by a member from the
private sector who shall be appointed by the Governor.
The Committee shall periodically report directly to the
Governor.

II. Mission and Responsibilities of the Committee

    A) The Committee shall be responsible for advising the
Governor on the direction the Commonwealth should proceed
in utilizing computer based technologies to improve the
management of state government by decreasing the cost of
delivering services and increasing the quality and ef-
fectiveness of the services delivered.

    B) The Committee shall be responsible for reviewing the
Commonwealth's information processing plan and advising
the Governor on issues raised in the plan.

    C) The Committee shall be responsible for helping the
Commonwealth develop a long-range telecommunications
strategy and plan.

    D) The Committee shall be responsible for advising the
Governor on the priorities for large scale computer based
systems.

    E) The Committee shall be responsible for special pro-
jects in the information processing field as requested by
the Governor.

    F) The Committee shall be responsible for advising the
Commonwealth on developing and implementing a strategy
for utilizing office automation technology.

III. Interagency Cooperation

     Agencies within the Commonwealth employing the use of
computers shall cooperate with and render assistance to the
Committee in the performance of its mission.

Given at the Executive Chamber
in Boston this first day
of September in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred
and eighty-three, and of the
Independence of the United
States of America two hundred
and eight.

MICHAEL S. DUKAKIS
GOVERNOR
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS