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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3.5-902" title_number="3.5" title_name="Department of Information Technology" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Maryland Office of Digital Experience">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Maryland Office of Digital Experience.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the Office is to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provide oversight, leadership, intervention, and strategic modernization for major information technology development projects, including large–scale, high impact, multi–agency projects, in a transparent manner that ensures a positive return on investment; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>direct the development of modernized systems in a manner that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>when appropriate, prioritizes a product–based approach to the development of modernized systems over a project–based approach;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is cost–effective;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>lowers risks;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>delivers value faster; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>otherwise improves the delivery of services for residents of the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
