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Orange County Information Technologies Strategic Plan 7 <br /> of County information. Concomitant with this cost <br /> containment for OCIT resources is the need to <br /> ensure constituent departments are not also <br /> adversely affected by these threats. <br /> • OCIT must adopt Total Cost of Ownership as a <br /> critical part of the cost/benefit analysis for all <br /> expenditures <br /> Inter-departmental synergies <br /> By maintaining a broad view of Orange County technology <br /> interests, OCIT can identify: <br /> • Technology redundancies between departments <br /> • . Opportunities for data sharing to enrich public <br /> service <br /> • Areas of diverging technical architectures that would <br /> be costly to integrate <br /> OCIT should work with the County Manager and BOCC to <br /> formalize technology roles within departments and adopt a <br /> "dotted-line" or secondary reporting relationship for these <br /> roles in the OCIT department <br /> Data retention <br /> The OCIT organization plays an essential role in ensuring <br /> County information is preserved and accessible. The OCIT <br /> organization must standardize on the following practices: <br /> • Well managed data backup procedures <br /> • Off-site storage of data <br /> • Regular data restore audits to measure <br /> effectiveness of data retention <br /> • Align retention schedules with public needs and <br /> prevailing records retention laws <br /> Business continuity <br /> OCIT has a significant role in preventing disasters, and in <br /> helping Orange County recover from disasters as quickly <br /> and efficiently as possible. Components of this role <br /> include: <br /> Page 6 of 25 2/9/2009 <br />