Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Use Restrictions

Confidential Security Audit Reports are restricted 75 years per Code of Virginia 2.2-3705.2(2) Exclusion related to public safety - Information that describes the design, function, operation, or access control features of any security system, whether manual or automated, which is used to control access to or use of any automated data processing or telecommunications system.

Preferred Citation

Northrop Grumman Contract Records of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, 2004-2019, State government records collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.

Acquisition Information

Accession 53613 transferred by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, 5 May 2022.

Processing Information

This collection has been processed using minimal processing standards: the original arrangement has been maintained, the container list is brief and simple, and the records have not been refoldered and fasteners have not been removed.

Biographical/Historical Information

The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) was approved by the General Assembly on 2 April 2003 during Governor Mark R. Warner's administration to provide information technology that enables the government to better serve the public. VITA serves as the Commonwealth's consolidated, centralized information technology organization. The newly created agency superseded the Department of Information Technology and the Department of Technology Planning. Its responsibilities include the operation of information technology infrastructure for the executive branch agencies, the governance of information technology investments, and the procurement of technology on behalf of other state agencies and institutions of higher learning. The Information Technology Investment Board (ITIB) was created along with VITA to review and prioritize enterprise-wide technology investments across state government. The Board is also responsible for appointing the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to serve as VITA's chief administrative officer.

Responsibility for the 911 Services Board and the Virginia Geographic Information Network Advisory Board was transferred from VITA to the Virginia Dept. of Emergency Services in 2020 (HB 1003, Chap. 423, approved March 23, 2020).

Chief Information Officers include: Lemuel C. Stewart, Jr., 2003-2009; Samuel Nixon, Jr., 2010-2015; Nelson P. Moe, 2015-2020.

Scope and Content

Northrop Grumman Contract Records, 2004-2019, consists of 3 boxes and are arranged in original order. These records document the administration of the VITA contract with Northrop Grumman. Includes Corrective Action Plans, 2009; Correspondence, 2007-2019; Independent Accountants' Reports, 2007-2017; Reports of Controls Placed in Operation and Tests of Operating Effectiveness, 2006-2017; Confidential Security Audits (RESTRICTED), 2007-2010; Comprehensive Infrastructure Agreement, 2005-2006; and various other reports and plans related to the transition and deliverables.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the original order.