A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the agency directorof each agency in the executive branch of state government shall have thepower and duty to (i) supervise and manage the department or agency and (ii)prepare, approve, and submit to the Governor all requests for appropriationsand to be responsible for all expenditures pursuant to appropriations.
B. The director of each agency in the executive branch of state government,except those that by law are appointed by their respective boards, shall notproscribe any agency employee from discussing the functions and policies ofthe agency, without prior approval from his supervisor or superior, with anyperson unless the information to be discussed is protected from disclosure bythe Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) or any otherprovision of state or federal law.
C. Subsection A shall not be construed to restrict any other specific orgeneral powers and duties of executive branch boards granted by law.
D. This section shall not apply to those agency directors that are appointedby their respective boards or by the Board of Education. Directors appointedin this manner shall have the powers and duties assigned by law or by theboard.
E. In addition to the requirements of subsection C of § 2.2-619, the directorof each agency in any branch of state government shall, at the end of eachfiscal year, report to (i) the Secretary of Finance and the Chairmen of theHouse Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance alisting and general description of any federal contract, grant, or money inexcess of $1,000,000 for which the agency was eligible, whether or not theagency applied for, accepted, and received such contract, grant, or money,and, if not, the reasons therefore and the dollar amount and correspondingpercentage of the agency's total annual budget that was supplied by fundsfrom the federal government and (ii) the Chairmen of the House Committees onAppropriations and Finance, and the Senate Committee on Finance any amountsowed to the agency from any source that are more than six months delinquent,the length of such delinquencies, and the total of all such delinquentamounts in each six-month interval. Clause (i) shall not be required ofpublic institutions of higher education.
F. The director of every department in the executive branch of stategovernment shall report to the Chief Information Officer as described in §2.2-2005, all known incidents that threaten the security of theCommonwealth's databases and data communications resulting in exposure ofdata protected by federal or state laws, or other incidents compromising thesecurity of the Commonwealth's information technology systems with thepotential to cause major disruption to normal agency activities. Such reportsshall be made to the Chief Information Officer within 24 hours from when thedepartment discovered or should have discovered their occurrence.
(1985, c. 212, § 2.1-20.01:1; 1992, c. 672; 1995, c. 219; 1996, c. 98; 1997,c. 491; 1999, cc. 70, 892; 2001, c. 844; 2004, cc. 488, 638.)
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the agency directorof each agency in the executive branch of state government shall have thepower and duty to (i) supervise and manage the department or agency and (ii)prepare, approve, and submit to the Governor all requests for appropriationsand to be responsible for all expenditures pursuant to appropriations.
B. The director of each agency in the executive branch of state government,except those that by law are appointed by their respective boards, shall notproscribe any agency employee from discussing the functions and policies ofthe agency, without prior approval from his supervisor or superior, with anyperson unless the information to be discussed is protected from disclosure bythe Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) or any otherprovision of state or federal law.
C. Subsection A shall not be construed to restrict any other specific orgeneral powers and duties of executive branch boards granted by law.
D. This section shall not apply to those agency directors that are appointedby their respective boards or by the Board of Education. Directors appointedin this manner shall have the powers and duties assigned by law or by theboard.
E. In addition to the requirements of subsection C of § 2.2-619, the directorof each agency in any branch of state government shall, at the end of eachfiscal year, report to (i) the Secretary of Finance and the Chairmen of theHouse Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance alisting and general description of any federal contract, grant, or money inexcess of $1,000,000 for which the agency was eligible, whether or not theagency applied for, accepted, and received such contract, grant, or money,and, if not, the reasons therefore and the dollar amount and correspondingpercentage of the agency's total annual budget that was supplied by fundsfrom the federal government and (ii) the Chairmen of the House Committees onAppropriations and Finance, and the Senate Committee on Finance any amountsowed to the agency from any source that are more than six months delinquent,the length of such delinquencies, and the total of all such delinquentamounts in each six-month interval. Clause (i) shall not be required ofpublic institutions of higher education.
F. The director of every department in the executive branch of stategovernment shall report to the Chief Information Officer as described in §2.2-2005, all known incidents that threaten the security of theCommonwealth's databases and data communications resulting in exposure ofdata protected by federal or state laws, or other incidents compromising thesecurity of the Commonwealth's information technology systems with thepotential to cause major disruption to normal agency activities. Such reportsshall be made to the Chief Information Officer within 24 hours from when thedepartment discovered or should have discovered their occurrence.
(1985, c. 212, § 2.1-20.01:1; 1992, c. 672; 1995, c. 219; 1996, c. 98; 1997,c. 491; 1999, cc. 70, 892; 2001, c. 844; 2004, cc. 488, 638.)
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the agency directorof each agency in the executive branch of state government shall have thepower and duty to (i) supervise and manage the department or agency and (ii)prepare, approve, and submit to the Governor all requests for appropriationsand to be responsible for all expenditures pursuant to appropriations.
B. The director of each agency in the executive branch of state government,except those that by law are appointed by their respective boards, shall notproscribe any agency employee from discussing the functions and policies ofthe agency, without prior approval from his supervisor or superior, with anyperson unless the information to be discussed is protected from disclosure bythe Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) or any otherprovision of state or federal law.
C. Subsection A shall not be construed to restrict any other specific orgeneral powers and duties of executive branch boards granted by law.
D. This section shall not apply to those agency directors that are appointedby their respective boards or by the Board of Education. Directors appointedin this manner shall have the powers and duties assigned by law or by theboard.
E. In addition to the requirements of subsection C of § 2.2-619, the directorof each agency in any branch of state government shall, at the end of eachfiscal year, report to (i) the Secretary of Finance and the Chairmen of theHouse Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance alisting and general description of any federal contract, grant, or money inexcess of $1,000,000 for which the agency was eligible, whether or not theagency applied for, accepted, and received such contract, grant, or money,and, if not, the reasons therefore and the dollar amount and correspondingpercentage of the agency's total annual budget that was supplied by fundsfrom the federal government and (ii) the Chairmen of the House Committees onAppropriations and Finance, and the Senate Committee on Finance any amountsowed to the agency from any source that are more than six months delinquent,the length of such delinquencies, and the total of all such delinquentamounts in each six-month interval. Clause (i) shall not be required ofpublic institutions of higher education.
F. The director of every department in the executive branch of stategovernment shall report to the Chief Information Officer as described in §2.2-2005, all known incidents that threaten the security of theCommonwealth's databases and data communications resulting in exposure ofdata protected by federal or state laws, or other incidents compromising thesecurity of the Commonwealth's information technology systems with thepotential to cause major disruption to normal agency activities. Such reportsshall be made to the Chief Information Officer within 24 hours from when thedepartment discovered or should have discovered their occurrence.
(1985, c. 212, § 2.1-20.01:1; 1992, c. 672; 1995, c. 219; 1996, c. 98; 1997,c. 491; 1999, cc. 70, 892; 2001, c. 844; 2004, cc. 488, 638.)
