The Department of Information Technology (DIT) was a principal department of the Michigan

Michigan

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 State Government created in 2001 to manage the use of Technology in the government and was merged in 2010 into the Department of Management and Budget then renamed the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget.

History

Governor Engler created the Department in 2001 via Executive Order to centralized information from all the principal departments.

In 2009, Governor

Governor of Michigan

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 Jennifer Granholm

Jennifer Granholm

Jennifer Mulhern Granholm is a Canadian-born American politician, educator, and author who served as Attorney General and 47th Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, Granholm became Michigan's first female governor on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded Governor...

 plans to merge the Department into Department of Management and Budget

Michigan Department of Management and Budget

The Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget, formerly Michigan Department of Management and Budget, is a principal department of the Government of Michigan responsible for various support functions within the government.-History:...

naming current DIT Director as Director of the merged department and the current DIT Deputy Director as temporary director of the Department of Management and Budget. The Executive Order was effective on March 21, 2010.