Kentucky: Status of technology deployment Available to Purchase

While Kentucky lags somewhat in the exploitation of new technologies and is last in the Southeast for percentage of state general fund investments in technology, it probably leads the country in broad‐based, state‐level participation by all types of government agencies in technology planning. The Kentucky Information Resource Management Commission (KIRM), established under KRS 61.945, and its two primary sub‐groups, the Communications Advisory Council (CAC) and the Geographic Information Advisory Council (GIAC), provide a forum for participation by state executive agencies, local governments, and public universities. The statutory “roles and duties” assigned KIRM are detailed in sidebar 1.