(13) administer information technology related procurements and contracting activities for governmental bodies in accordance with the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code; (14) enter into agreements and contracts with governmental bodies, political subdivisions, and other entities for goods and services. The department may establish fee schedules to be collected from governmental bodies, political subdivisions, and other entities for services rendered and goods provided; (15) hire necessary personnel and assign them duties and powers as the department prescribes; and (16) exercise and perform other powers and duties as granted to it, imposed upon it by law or necessary to carry out the purposes in this article. Section 13380. The department has the following additional powers and duties relating to planning and the management of information technology projects: (1) oversee the development of any statewide and multiagency information technology enterprise projects; (2) develop for the council an approval process for the information technology plans of governmental bodies. Each governmental body is required to develop an information technology plan and submit the plan to the department for approval. The department may reject or require modification to those plans that do not conform to statewide information technology plans, strategies, and standards; (3) establish a methodology and process for conceiving, planning, scheduling, procuring, and providing appropriate oversight for information technology projects; (4) develop for the council an approval process for information technology projects proposed by governmental bodies to ensure that all of these projects conform to statewide information technology plans, strategies, and standards, the information technology plan of the governmental body, and the project management methodology. All information technology projects proposed by governmental bodies that exceed an amount established by the council, initially set at four hundred thousand dollars but subject to adjustment by the council, are subject to department approval. Governmental bodies may not artificially divide these projects so as to avoid departmental approval; (5) monitor information technology projects approved by the department. The department may modify and suspend any information technology project that is not in compliance with
(13) administer information technology related procurements and contracting activities for governmental bodies in accordance with the South Carolina Consolidated Procurement Code; (14) enter into agreements and contracts with governmental bodies, political subdivisions, and other entities for goods and services. The department may establish fee schedules to be collected from governmental bodies, political subdivisions, and other entities for services rendered and goods provided; (15) hire necessary personnel and assign them duties and powers as the department prescribes; and (16) exercise and perform other powers and duties as granted to it, imposed upon it by law or necessary to carry out the purposes in this article. Section 13380. The department has the following additional powers and duties relating to planning and the management of information technology projects: (1) oversee the development of any statewide and multiagency information technology enterprise projects; (2) develop for the council an approval process for the information technology plans of governmental bodies. Each governmental body is required to develop an information technology plan and submit the plan to the department for approval. The department may reject or require modification to those plans that do not conform to statewide information technology plans, strategies, and standards; (3) establish a methodology and process for conceiving, planning, scheduling, procuring, and providing appropriate oversight for information technology projects; (4) develop for the council an approval process for information technology projects proposed by governmental bodies to ensure that all of these projects conform to statewide information technology plans, strategies, and standards, the information technology plan of the governmental body, and the project management methodology. All information technology projects proposed by governmental bodies that exceed an amount established by the council, initially set at four hundred thousand dollars but subject to adjustment by the council, are subject to department approval. Governmental bodies may not artificially divide these projects so as to avoid departmental approval; (5) monitor information technology projects approved by the department. The department may modify and suspend any information technology project that is not in compliance with
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