Information Technology

State Government Enterprise IT Standards

Coordinator: Alison Radl
Phone:  (515) 725-2019

These Enterprise IT Standards have been approved after considering input received from state agencies and the public. Procurements and proposed procurements of items in these categories will be reviewed for compliance with operational standards in order to ensure compatibility, interoperability, and connectivity.
Also see: Standard IT Devices and Services

Policy:   In order to ensure compliance with operational standards, participating agencies shall obtain approval from the Technology Governance Board for procurements of all IT devices, services, and projects costing $50,000 or more. A post-audit review will be conducted on IT procurements costing less than $50,000.

Chapter/ Number	Standards	Comments
1	Platform Architecture - Hardware
S-001-001	Personal Computer Hardware Platforms: Desktop	This standard is revised effective April 8, 2005.
S-001-002	Enterprise Desktop and Laptop Purchasing
2	Platform Architecture - Software
S-002-001	PC/Client Operating System: Desktop	This standard is revised effective April 8, 2005.
S-002-002	Enterprise Windows 2000 Active Directory Infrastructure - Forest Directory	Rescinded effective April 10, 2008.
3	Electronic Directory Services
S-003-001	Common Directory Service	Formerly "Centralized Directory Service" This standard is revised effective June 30, 2009.
S-003-002	Cross Calendaring Service	See Email Systems Standard
4	Database
S-004-001	Database Management Systems	Database Management Systems and RDBMS Development Environment are under review. Contact Jason Salts for more information (515) 242-6717
S-004-002	RDBMS Development Environment
5	Storage
S-005-001	Storage Area Network SAN Technical Drawing
6	Electronic Mail
S-006-001	E-mail Systems	Email Systems Standard revised and in effect April 3, 2009
S-006-002	E-mail Address Naming
7	Programming Languages & Development Tools
8	Electronic Publishing
S-008-001	Mandated Agencies Reports
9	Internet & Web
S-009-001	Web page	The Web page standard is under review. Contact Jason Salts for more information (515) 242-6717.
10	Electronic Information Management
S-010-001	Electronic Forms Software	Rescinded effective April 10, 2008.
11	Data Backup
S-011-001	Data Backup	Data Backup is revised and in effect as of March 19, 2009.
12	IT Security
S-012-001	Information Security (PDF)
S-012-002	Wireless LAN (PDF)
S-012-003	Data Classification (PDF)
S-012-004	Laptop Data Protection (PDF)
S-012-005	Removable Storage Encryption (PDF)
S-012-006	Shared Authentication (PDF)
S-012-007	Interconnectivity (PDF)
S-012-008	Data Stewardship (PDF)
S-012-009	Mobile Device Security (PDF)
13	Distributed Learning Via Networks
S-013-001	21st Century Learning Infrastructure	Rescinded effective April 10, 2008.
14	Data Warehouse
S-014-001	Data Warehouse System	Rescinded effective April 10, 2008.
15	Digital Government Infrastructure
S-015-001	Enterprise Payment Engine
S-015-002	Shared Infrastructure Usage	This standard is currently under review. Contact Jason Salts for more information: 515-242-6717.
16	Data Center Standard
S-016-001	Data Center	This is a new standard currently in development, for more information contact Jason Salts at (515) 242-6717.