In a letter distributed earlier this week, the agency announced new updates to the State Administrative Manual (SAM) 4854 and Statewide Information Management Manual (SIMM) 71A and 71B policies, instructing agencies to assess their IT training needs and use the available training catalog from CDT before considering other options.
“These policy revisions enable the effective training and development of IT employees within the state and ensure employees possess the necessary skills and knowledge to perform their IT-related responsibilities efficiently and securely,” the letter reads.
The new guidance offered in the letter was written as follows:
- State entities should assess their training needs and utilize IT training offered by CDT before considering similar training from other sources. This includes contacting CDT and leveraging their equivalent IT training, including leadership academies and specialized boot camps, before procuring training from outside vendors.
- This policy does not apply to on-the-job training, state entity in-house training when a vendor is not used, specialized computer-based training modules obtained as part of a hardware or software contract, cooperative training programs developed with other state entities when a vendor is not used and/or eLearning online subscription-based training.
- If an organization is planning to utilize IT training services and determines that the use of a CDT-provided training solution is not feasible, they shall submit a service request for a training exemption for CDT approval before proceeding with the acquisition.
- SIMM 71A and 71B Certification of Compliance with IT Policies Instructions have both been revised to include compliance with SAM 4854.
