WV Executive Order: Commitment to State's Efforts on Privacy and Information Security

On August 29, 2006, Governor Joe Manchin signed Executive Order No. 6-06 authorizes the state's Chief Technology Officer and Chair of the West Virginia Health Care Authority to oversee the implementation of additional privacy and security policy for state government. The goal of the executive order was to acknowledge and build on the state's continuing efforts to maintain a high level of information security and enhance the protection of private information.

The Executive Order requires the development of privacy and information security principles that will guide government agencies in their daily efforts to protect citizens' personally identifiable information. Sonia Chambers, Chair of the West Virginia Health Care Authority will be responsible for protecting the privacy of confidential and personally identifiable information collected and maintained by Executive Branch agencies, while the West Virginia's Chief Technology Officer, Kyle Schaffer, will be responsible for information security for all Executive Branch agencies. The Order also requires the development of privacy and information security programs and teams comprised of representatives from all Executive Branch department-level organizations that will develop and implement new policies and conduct audits of agency privacy programs.