§ 9-27-2 NMSA 1978

The purpose of the Department of Information Technology Act is to create a single, unified executive branch department to administer all laws and exercise all functions formerly administered by the office of the chief information officer, the information technology commission, pursuant to the Information Technology Management Act, and the communications division, information systems division, radio communications bureau and telecommunications bureau of the general services department to consolidate enterprise information technology services duplicated within executive agencies and provide additional information technology services and functionality to improve and streamline the executive branch's information technology systems.