CDT About the Department

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California Department of Technology. “About.” Web page, cdt.ca.gov, date not stated. https://www.cdt.ca.gov/about/. Copy: raw/shared/2026-10-26 CDT About the Department.md (original: .html beside it), fetched 2026-10-26. Read 2026-10-26.

CDT oversees “statewide IT strategic planning, project delivery, procurement, policy and standards, and enterprise architecture”. It is “Home to the State Data Center”.
“The Director of CDT is also the State Chief Information Officer (CIO)”. Its mission names “educational entities” as partners.
CDT is the state body that sets IT policy and oversees IT projects. A state role in CalCompute passes through it.

“CDT is tasked with securing statewide information assets by providing oversight and infrastructure for many state departments and serves as the custodian of information for mission-critical and essential business applications.”
“Home to the State Data Center, CDT provides infrastructure services for government customers that include on-premises and cloud-based services.”
Mission: “Partner with state, local government, and educational entities to advance California’s technology and ensure secure, equitable, and reliable solutions through effective policy and oversight, statewide strategies, and innovative services.”
Strategic plan “Bridge to the Future”, 2023 to 2026: “broad responsibility and authority over all aspects of technology in California state government”, including “Policy formation”, “Inter-agency coordination”, “IT project oversight, information security”, “Technology service delivery” and “Advocacy”.
Links: an organization chart (August 2026), offices, and a Disability Advisory Committee.

The department’s own page.