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Texas Administrative Code
201 Planning and Management of Information Resources Technologies

State Strategic Plan
for Information Resources Management "Texas Connected: Service at the Speed of Light"November 1, 1999

Biennial Report
on Information Resources Management "Connecting Texas in the Digital Age" published November 2000

Standards Review and Recommendations Publications (SRRPUB)
Standards Review and Recommendations Publications are issued by the Department of Information Resources (DIR).

• SRRPUB01 Statewide Network Standards - Superseded by Administrative Rule 1TAC-201-13(d)
• SRRPUB02 Building and Campus Wiring Recommendations April 1993 and Rule - as published February 13, 1998
• SRRPUB03 IP Address Assignment, April 1995
• SRRPUB04 Personal Use of E-Mail & Internet Services November 1997
• SRRPUB05 Video Conferencing Standards Revised October 1997 Rule published February 13, 1998
• SRRPUB06 Sale or Transfer of Computers and Software, January 1995
• SRRPUB07 Internet Domain Names for Government Entities in Texas, March 2000
• SRRPUB08 Directory and Locator Services, October 1995
• SRRPUB09 The Year 2000 , April 1996
• SRRPUB10 Personal Naming Convention for E-Mail November 1997
• SRRPUB11 World Wide Web Design and Coding Guidelines, March 2000, rule available at http://www.state.tx.us/Standards/S201-12.htm
• SRRPUB12 E-Mail and Document Interchange Guidelines, January 1998
• SRRPUB13 Digital Signatures and Certificate Authority Guidelines, March 1998. Digital Signature Rule http://www.state.tx.us/Standards/S201-14v2.htm
• SRRPUB14 Addressing the Problems of Unsolicited Bulk E-Mail (UBE)/"SPAM", May 2000

Guidelines and Recommendations for Agencies

• Architecture Framework for Information Resources Management (Version 0.1, May 1994)
  • Volume 1 - Overview (WordPerfect)
  • Volume 2 - Technical Reference Model and Standards Profile (WordPerfect)
  • Volume 3 - Architecture Concepts and Design Guidance (WordPerfect)
• Guidelines for Quality Assurance Review
• Contingency Planning Guidelines
• Information Resources Asset Protection Information Exchange & Security Standards
• The Texas Geographic Information Council is the geographic data planning and coordination group serving state and regional government entities in the State of Texas.

Other Resources

The Public Electronic Services On-the-Internet (PESO) Working Group was established to provide a forum for addressing policy and technology issues related to improving access to government information and services via the Internet. Membership is open to all government entities and TASSCC members. A list server is also available to post questions and discuss issues. The PESO Working Group meets the second Wednesday of the month from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Additional information is available at at: http://www.state.tx.us/Standards/peso.htm