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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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of a widespread government organization. Nor am I
necessarily opposed to the concentration of power in any
one person or organization, if sufficient safeguards are
included in the law, and if the benefits of such
concentration outweigh the disadvantages.
Having disposed, I hope, of some of the
generalizations which have been thrust upon me with
regard to this bill, let me discuss my reasons for
vetoing the measure.
According to section 479(c) on page 5 of the bill,
affective January 1, 1978, the Central Data Processing
Division becomes responsible for the
"operation, either through the use of State
employees, or by means of contractual
employees or both, of all small, medium, and
large scale computers, and related data entry
and peripheral equipment utilized by the
Stare, excluding terminal and minicomputer
equipment."
Further, that section provides:
"Accordingly, administrative control over all
computer operations, related support
personnel, and computer equipment is
transferred to the Comptroller of the Treasury
under the jurisdiction of the Division. The
Division shall assign State agency
applications and computing requirements to the
State Computer Centers under its jurisdiction.
Computer Centers and operations personnel, at
the discretion of the Comptroller, may remain
in the existing physical location. The
Automatic Data Processing Policy Review Board
shall approve or disapprove any transfer of
equipment, or changes in the number or
location of computer centers."
Thus, within six months of the effective date of the
bill, this Division will assume legal and administrative
control over all equipment, operations, and personnel
involved in the entire data processing system. I am
advised that approximately 1,200 people are involved.
The six major data centers are not alike, either in
function, equipment, or operation. The University of
Maryland uses its computers, in part, for various
research projects. Public Safety is responsible for
maintaining "round the clock" availability of critical
information on crimes and offenders for use throughout
the entire law enforcement system. Considerations of
security, confidentiality, privacy, and time priorities
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