Michigan Department of Information Technology

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

Michigan Department of Information Technology

Agency overview
Formed	October 14, 2001
Dissolved	March 21, 2010
Superseding agency	Department of Technology, Management, and Budget
Type	principal department (defunct)
Jurisdiction	Government of Michigan
Agency executives	Kenneth Theis, department Director & Chief Information Officer, State of Michigan[1] Phyllis Mellon, chief deputy director
Key document	Executive Order No. 2001 - 3
Website

History

Governor Engler created the department^[2] in 2001 via Executive Order to centralize information from all the principal departments.

In 2009, Governor Jennifer Granholm merged the Department into Department of Management and Budget naming the then DIT Director as director of the department, and the current DIT deputy director as temporary director of the Department of Management and Budget.^[3] The Executive Order was effective on March 21, 2010.