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EXECUTIVE ORDERS

safeguards to ensure the security of the system.

(b)   Each state agency which maintains a computerized
record system shall assign a qualified employee
the responsibility to monitor the security of
the system.

(c)   A State Data Security Committee is created to
regularly evaluate the security of state agency
systems containing computerized records. The
Committee shall consist of nine data
professionals within State service. Each of the
following agencies has a permanent
representative on the Committee: Comptroller of
the Treasury, Department of Transportation,
Department of Public Safety and Correctional
Services, the University of Maryland, the Board
of Trustees of the State Universities and
Colleges and the Department of Budget and Fiscal
Planning, whose representative shall be the
Chairman. The other members of the Committee
shall be appointed by the Governor upon the
recommendation of the Chairman. If any agency
security officer is assigned to this Committee,
he shall not participate as a member of the
Committee in any computer system security
analysis of his agency by the Committee. The
Committee shall evaluate system risks including
the review, formulation, and periodic testing of
the appropriate levels of security.

(d)   Each state agency shall cooperate with the State
Data Security Committee and shall comply with
any directive concerning the submission of plans
or system security measures to be undertaken.

(e)   The State Data Security Committee shall provide
semi-annually a report on its activities to the
Governor and to the appropriate chairmen of the
legislative committees having jurisdiction over
issues related to state data system security.

5. Exceptions - The collection of the following information
is exempt from the provisions of Section 3 of this
Executive Order:

(1) Any information pertaining to the enforcement of
criminal laws or the administration of the penal
system, including efforts of the Department of
Public Safety and Correctional Services to
prevent, investigate, control or reduce crime;