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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0933\">933<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?051+ful+CHAP0945\">945<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2010, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0136\">136<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?101+ful+CHAP0145\">145<\/a>; in 2016, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0588\">588<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73383,"section_number":"2.2-2005","catch_line":"Creation of Agency; appointment of Chief Information Officer","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2005\/"},{"id":72200,"section_number":"2.2-2699.5","catch_line":"Information Technology Advisory Council; membership; terms; quorum; compensation; staff","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-2699.5\/"},{"id":74516,"section_number":"23.1-1017","catch_line":"Covered institutions; operational authority; procurement","order_by":null,"url":"\/23.1-1017\/"}],"permalink":{"id":185597,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79632,"identifier":"23.1-1018","token":"23.1\/III\/10\/4\/23.1-1018","url":"\/23.1-1018\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/23.1-1018\/","token":"23.1\/III\/10\/4\/23.1-1018","dublin_core":{"Title":"Covered institutions; operational authority; information technology","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 23.1-1018","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Subject to the terms of the <span class=\"dictionary\">management agreement<\/span>, each <span class=\"dictionary\">covered institution<\/span> may be exempt from the provisions governing the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, Chapter 20.1 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Creation of Agency; appointment of Chief Information Officer\" href=\"\/2.2-2005\/\">2.2-2005<\/a> et seq.) of Title 2.2, and the provisions governing the Information Technology Advisory <span class=\"dictionary\">Council<\/span>, Article 35 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Information Technology Advisory Council; membership; terms; quorum; compensation; staff\" href=\"\/2.2-2699.5\/\">2.2-2699.5<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 26 of Title 2.2, if the <span class=\"dictionary\">governing board<\/span> of such <span class=\"dictionary\">covered institution<\/span> adopts and the <span class=\"dictionary\">covered institution<\/span> complies with (i) policies for the procurement of information technology goods and services, including professional services, that are consistent with the requirements of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Covered institutions; operational authority; procurement\" href=\"\/23.1-1017\/\">23.1-1017<\/a> and include provisions addressing cooperative arrangements for such procurement as described in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Covered institutions; operational authority; procurement\" href=\"\/23.1-1017\/\">23.1-1017<\/a> and (ii) institutional policies and professional best practices regarding strategic planning for information technology, <span class=\"dictionary\">project<\/span> management, security, budgeting, infrastructure, and ongoing operations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOVERED INSTITUTIONS; OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (\u00a7\n23.1-1018)\n\nSubject to the terms of the management agreement, each covered institution may\nbe exempt from the provisions governing the Virginia Information Technologies\nAgency, Chapter 20.1 (\u00a7 2.2-2005 et seq.) of Title 2.2, and the provisions\ngoverning the Information Technology Advisory Council, Article 35 (\u00a7 2.2-2699.5\net seq.) of Chapter 26 of Title 2.2, if the governing board of such covered\ninstitution adopts and the covered institution complies with (i) policies for\nthe procurement of information technology goods and services, including\nprofessional services, that are consistent with the requirements of \u00a7 23.1-1017\nand include provisions addressing cooperative arrangements for such procurement\nas described in \u00a7 23.1-1017 and (ii) institutional policies and professional\nbest practices regarding strategic planning for information technology, project\nmanagement, security, budgeting, infrastructure, and ongoing operations.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 933, 945, \u00a7 23-38.111; 2010, cc. 136, 145; 2016, c. 588.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}