Iowa Admin. Code r. 129-8.1
The definitions in Iowa Code section 8B.1 shall apply to this chapter. In addition, the following definitions shall also apply:
"Agency" or "state agency" means a unit of state government, which is an authority, board, commission, committee, council, department, examining board, or independent agency as defined in Iowa Code section 7E.4, including but not limited to each principal central department enumerated in Iowa Code section 7E.5. However, "agency" or "state agency" does not mean any of the following:
1. The office of the governor or the office of an elective constitutional or statutory officer.
2. The general assembly, or any office or unit under its administrative authority.
3. The judicial branch, as provided in Iowa Code section 602.1102.
4. A political subdivision of the state or its offices or units, including but not limited to a county, city, or community college.
"Chief information officer" or "CIO" means the state chief information officer or the CIO's designee.
"Information technology governance document(s)" or "information technology governance requirement(s)" means compulsory information technology statutes, rules, policies, standards, processes, or procedures which are promulgated, administered, or enforced by the office and which govern participating agencies' acquisition, utilization, or provision of information technology.
"Information technology waiver" or "waiver" means, as applied to a participating agency on the basis of the particular circumstances of that agency, any action by the office that suspends, in whole or in part, the requirements of any information technology governance requirement.
"Participating agency" shall have the meaning ascribed to it under Iowa Code chapter 8B but does not include state agencies that are excluded from the definition of state agency as defined in this chapter or that are otherwise exempt pursuant to their specific enabling acts.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 129-8.1