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Department of Agriculture

The Department of Agriculture will evaluate, implement, and maintain innovative technologies that support its mission "to protect producers and consumers, and to enhance and develop agriculture and allied industries", while maximizing return on resources and delivering cost effective means for citizens, businesses and others to easily access information and conduct business with the Department.

Goals

Agency Goals and Objectives

State Strategic Plan Goal Reference: Goal Two - Optimization of shared services and support

Objectives

  • Improve information technology guidelines and standards.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Objective Three: Standardization - Simplify architecture and infrastructure, work with other states to develop standardization processes.
  • Implement ServiceNow Service Management.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Objective One: Automate - Deliver automation in all areas of IT, develop a culture of automation.
  • Implement ServiceNow Asset Management.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Objective One: Automate - Deliver automation in all areas of IT, develop a culture of automation.

State Strategic Plan Goal Reference: Goal Four - Unified Digital Government

Objectives

  • Upgrade legacy applications and systems.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Objective One: Modernization - Utilize new processes and technologies to create an IT environment that enables business, improves services and facilitates innovation.
  • Enhance worker mobility and accommodation by implementing modern remote access technologies and remotely accessible applications.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Objective One: Modernization - Utilize new processes and technologies to create an IT environment that enables business, improves services and facilitates innovation.

State Strategic Plan Goal Reference: Goal Three - Cybersecurity Enhancements and Strategy

Objectives

  • Review system security plans for critical information systems.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Objective Two: Protect - Protect citizen's data and the State's IT assets, limiting the scope and impact of potential cybersecurity events.
  • Continue to develop IT Security Program.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Objective Two: Protect - Protect citizen's data and the State's IT assets, limiting the scope and impact of potential cybersecurity events.

State Strategic Plan Goal Reference: Goal Two - Optimization of shared services and support

Objectives

  • Expand workflow and document management system.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Objective One: Automate - Deliver automation in all areas of IT, develop a culture of automation.
  • Expand use of electronically fillable forms.
    State Strategic Plan Objective Reference: Objective One: Automate - Deliver automation in all areas of IT, develop a culture of automation.

Information Technology Resources and Capabilities

Number of FTE: 4

OIT provides operational and strategic support for all IT services in the department.

Projects

Division Agricultural Sciences
Project / Program Purpose and Objectives The SAFHER project was initiated by a governing council who's members consist of the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO), state CIOs, state USA Plants and USA Food Safety subject matter experts, AAFCO and FDA. This was in response to the currently used legacy systems, USA Plants and USA Food Safety, being unable to sufficiently meet the needs of the 20 participating states. SAFHER's objective is to develop a system to empower state's internal users and external customers to address their state government agricultural, public health and human and animal food administrative functions including, but not limited to: licensing, payments, inspections, complaints, compliance, administration, document management and enforcement mission.
State Strategic Plan Goal/Objective Reference Goal 2 - Optimization of shared services and support (Collaborate Smart): Objective Three: Standardization and Objective Four: Capability (Simplify architecture and infrastructure, work with other states to develop standardized processes).
Estimated Start 6/19/2019 Estimated Delivery 12/31/2023
Estimated Cost Comment TBD - FDA has committed funding resources and other federal funding sources are being pursued.
HB 10 Request No Funding Sources State Special Funding for ongoing costs: - Comment:
Annual Costs Upon Completion Comment TBD
Status of the project as of March 31, even numbered years. Indicate % completed and status of funds expended. Phase 1 - Discovery (January 2020 - September 2020). Plan due to FDA July 2020. The governing council awarded an initial contract for gathering state business process requirement information from multiple states and this is nearly completed. FDA\AFDO has funded this initial phase. Estimate 4% total project completion. Status of funds TBD.

Summary of Hardware

I have reviewed all of my agency's systems in Assurance CM and certify that it is accurate: Yes

Total Number of Appliances 0
Total Number of Physical Servers 1
Total Number of Virtualized Servers 1
Total Usable Storage Space 0 GB
Device Type Quantity Estimated Replacement Value Comments
Desktops 67 61,625
Laptops 48 71,122
Field Tablets 21 75,352
Mobile Devices (iPhones and iPads) 30 15,600
Printers 18 45,000
Cameras 1 1,000

Agency Contact Information

Agency Director / Administrator
Benjamin Thomas
(406) 444-5440
Benjamin.Thomas@mt.gov
PO BOX 200201, Helena, MT 59620-0201
IT Contact (CIO / IT Manager)
Todd Magill
(406) 444-7923
ToddMagill@mt.gov
PO BOX 200201, Helena, MT 59620-0201
Information Security Manager
Todd Magill
(406) 444-7923
ToddMagill@mt.gov
PO BOX 200201, Helena, MT 59620-0201