The following New York State policies, developed and promulgated by the NYS Governor’s Task Force on Information Resource Management, are relevant to information systems for state and local collaboration. The full text of these policies is available on the Task Force Web site at http:// www.irm.state.ny.us/policy/pol_tbl.htm

Number	Policy	Date Issued
96-7	Electronic Data Interchange	April 12, 1996
96-8	Use of the Internet	May 3, 1996
96-10	Legal Acceptance of Electronically Stored Documents	July 23, 1996
96-11	Network Services Agenda	August 7, 1996
96-11A	Agency Preparation for the "NYT"	November 15, 1996
96-14	New York State Use of Electronic Mail	June 11, 1996
96-16	Technology Standards	July 19, 1996
96-16A	Technology Standards - Electronic Document Managemant Systems	January 3, 1997
96-17	New York State Strategy for Information Resource Management	August 7, 1996
96-18	Geographic Information Systems	September 20, 1996
96-19	Data Sharing Among Agencies	December 5, 1996
97-1	Information Security Policy	January 9, 1997
97-2	Local Government/State Government Technology Initiatives	February 4, 1997
97-3	Statewide Data Dictionary	February 13, 1997