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78R1391 MXM-D
By: Pitts H.B. No. 2067
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Department of Information Resources' management of
certain electronic and telecommunications projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2054.003, Government Code, as amended by
Chapters 1272 and 1422, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2001, is amended by adding Subdivision (16) to read as
follows:
(16) "Quality assurance team" means the quality
assurance team established under Section 2054.158.
SECTION 2. Section 2054.091(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) In preparing the state strategic plan, the executive
director shall assess and report on:
(1) practices of state agencies regarding information
resources management, including interagency and interbranch
communication and interagency resource sharing;
(2) current and future information resources
management technologies and practices and their potential
application to state government; [and]
(3) any return on investment guidelines established in
the strategic plan and used to develop and implement major
information resources projects; and
(4) any issue the department determines is relevant to
the development of the state strategic plan.
SECTION 3. Section 2054.092, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2054.092. CONTENT OF STATE STRATEGIC PLAN. (a) The
state strategic plan must be prepared in coordination with the
quality assurance team and state agency information resources
managers.
(b) The plan must:
(1) provide a strategic direction for information
resources management in state government for the five fiscal years
following adoption of the plan;
(2) outline a state information architecture that
contains a logically consistent set of principles, policies, and
standards to guide the engineering of state government's
information technology systems and infrastructure in a way that
ensures compatibility and alignment with state government's needs;
(3) designate critical electronic government projects
to be directed by the department, including a project for
enterprise resource planning and a project for electronic
purchasing;
(4) establish[, including providing] a best practices
model to assist state agencies in adopting effective information
management methods, including the design, deployment, and
management of information resources projects, cost-benefit
analyses, and staff reengineering methods to take full advantage of
technological advancements [and obtaining effective information
resources technologies];
(5) establish reporting guidelines for state agencies
to report in [(2) provide guidance to state agencies in the
development of the] agency strategic plans:
(A) the outcomes and progress related to the
strategic direction of the state;
(B) information necessary to evaluate
opportunities for information technology consolidation;
(C) progress toward implementing electronic
government projects designated under Subdivision (3);
(D) the return on investment for projects and
cost-benefit models for the projects; and
(E) other provisions in this section;
(6) [(3)] establish goals and objectives relating to
information resources management, including guidelines on
achieving a positive return on investment;
(7) [(4)] provide long-range policy guidelines for
information resources in state government, including the
implementation of national, [and] international, and department
standards for information resources technologies;
(8) [(5)] identify major issues faced by state
agencies related to the acquisition of computer hardware, computer
software, and information resources technology services, and
develop a statewide approach to address the issues, including:
(A) performance measures for purchasing and
contracting; and
(B) opportunities to reuse computer software
code purchased with public funds [relating to improved information
resources management, including the identification of needed
procurement policy initiatives to encourage competition between
providers of information resources technologies]; and
(9) [(6)] identify priorities for:
(A) the implementation of information resources
technologies according to the relative economic and social impact
on the state; and
(B) return on investment and cost-benefit
analysis strategies.
SECTION 4. Section 2054.096(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Each agency strategic plan must be consistent with the
state strategic plan and include:
(1) a statement of the state agency's goals,
objectives, and programs as found in the agency's legislative
appropriations request;
(2) a description of the agency's major data bases and
their applications;
(3) a description of the agency's information
resources management organizations, policies, and practices;
(4) a description of interagency computer networks in
which the agency participates;
(5) a statement of the strategic objectives of the
agency relating to information resources management for the next
five fiscal years, beginning with the fiscal year during which the
plan is submitted, with a description of how those objectives help
achieve the agency's programs and goals, and a description of how
those objectives support and promote the goals and policies of the
state strategic plan; [and]
(6) a description of any information resources
technology projects proposed by the agency, including:
(A) a statement of how the projects relate to
similar projects, as identified by the department, implemented or
proposed by other agencies; [and]
(B) a description of any proposed plans for
coordinating the projects with other agencies;
(C) how projects proposed or described under this
subsection will be developed to provide a quantifiable return on
investment; and
(D) a detailed description of the past
performance of projects implemented under this subsection;
(7) the status of the agency's quality assurance
initiatives for:
(A) security; and
(B) major information resources projects;
(8) a description of measures taken by the agency to
comply with department rules and standards; and
(9) [(7)] other planning components that the
Legislative Budget Board may prescribe.
SECTION 5. Section 2054.097, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2054.097. REVIEW OF AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN. (a) A
state agency shall send its strategic plan to the quality assurance
team [Legislative Budget Board] and the department for review.
(b) The [Legislative Budget Board or the] department, in
coordination with the quality assurance team, shall [may] report to
the agency, and may report to the governor[, the state auditor,] and
the presiding officer of each house of the legislature, that an
agency strategic plan or plan amendment is not in compliance with
the state strategic plan or best suited to the state agency's
execution of its own duty.
SECTION 6. Sections 2054.100(a) and (b), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) Each state agency shall submit an operating plan to the
Legislative Budget Board, the department, and the governor each
state fiscal biennium in accordance with the directions of the
Legislative Budget Board.
(b) The plan must describe the agency's current and proposed
projects for the biennium, including how the projects will:
(1) benefit individuals in this state and benefit the
state as a whole;
(2) use, to the fullest extent, technology owned or
adapted by other state agencies;
(3) employ, to the fullest extent, the department's
information technology standards, including Internet-based
technology standards;
(4) expand, to the fullest extent, to serve residents
of this state or to serve other state agencies;
(5) develop on time and on budget;
(6) produce quantifiable returns on investment; and
(7) meet any other criteria developed by the
department or the quality assurance team.
SECTION 7. Section 2054.102, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2054.102. EVALUATION AND APPROVAL OF OPERATING PLANS.
(a) The Legislative Budget Board may specify procedures for the
submission, review, approval, and disapproval of biennial
operating plans and amendments, including procedures for review or
reconsideration of the Legislative Budget Board's disapproval of a
biennial operating plan or biennial operating plan amendment.
(b) The Legislative Budget Board may not approve the state
strategic plan until the department certifies that the operating
plan complies with department standards and provisions contained in
the state strategic plan. The board shall adopt rules as necessary
to establish the department standards.
SECTION 8. Section 2054.1181, Government Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to
read as follows:
(a) The quality assurance team, in coordination with the
governor, [department] shall [create a division in the department
to] oversee the implementation of major information resources
projects. As part of this oversight, the team shall provide risk
management and quality assurance services for the projects.
(d) The quality assurance team shall evaluate major
information resources projects to determine if the projects are
operating on time and within budget.
(e) If the quality assurance team determines that a major
information resources project is poorly managed or has excessive
cost overruns, the quality assurance team may, subject to
Legislative Budget Board approval:
(1) establish a corrective action plan, including
modifications to the design, deployment, or costs related to the
project; or
(2) discontinue the project.
SECTION 9. The heading to Subchapter G, Chapter 2054,
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER G. [INTERNAL] QUALITY ASSURANCE
SECTION 10. Subchapter G, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2054.158 to read as follows:
Sec. 2054.158. QUALITY ASSURANCE TEAM. The department, in
cooperation with the Legislative Budget Board and the state
auditor, shall create a quality assurance team using employees from
each agency.
SECTION 11. Sections 2054.2051(b) and (c), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(b) The telecommunications planning and oversight council
shall develop performance measures to establish cost-effective
[for the] operations and staffing [staff] of the consolidated
telecommunications system and the centralized capitol complex
telephone system.
(c) The telecommunications planning and oversight council
shall review every three months the status of all projects related
to and the financial performance of the consolidated
telecommunications system and the centralized capitol complex
telephone system, including:
(1) a comparison between actual performance and
projected goals; and
(2) any benefit of contracting with private vendors to
provide some or all of the systems.
SECTION 12. Section 2055.001, Government Code, is amended
by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (5) to read as
follows:
(1) "Board," "department," "electronic government
project," "local government," "quality assurance team," and
"TexasOnline" have the meanings assigned by Section 2054.003.
(5) "Consortia project" means an electronic
government project involving multiple state agencies and designed
to establish common information resources infrastructure.
SECTION 13. Section 2055.052, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2055.052. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The office
shall:
(1) establish and support standard business practices
for electronic government projects;
(2) coordinate and establish standards for
implementation of electronic government projects;
(3) identify and incorporate best practices for
electronic government projects in such areas as:
(A) the procurement of hardware, software, and
technology services;
(B) project support;
(C) implementation strategies;
(D) project planning and scheduling;
(E) quality assurance;
(F) overall team coordination;
(G) status reporting; and
(H) technical standards; and
(4) establish, direct, and provide risk management and
quality assurance services for consortia [electronic government]
projects.
SECTION 14. Section 2055.054, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2055.054. COORDINATION AMONG STATE AGENCIES; APPROVAL
OF SPENDING. (a) In coordination with the Legislative Budget Board
and the governor [comptroller], the office shall:
(1) identify the resources necessary for projects and
opportunities among multiple state agencies for the coordination of
electronic government projects; and
(2) approve spending of money for electronic
government projects by affected state agencies under Section
2055.101.
(b) The office, in coordination with state agency
information resources managers, shall create state agency
coordination teams, as appropriate, to reduce information
technology expenditures and eliminate unnecessary duplication.
SECTION 15. Section 2055.055(c), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The office, in coordination with the quality assurance
team, shall recommend [establish] standards to the department for
state agencies to follow in implementing:
(1) selected electronic government projects to ensure
maximum savings through cooperation among agencies;
(2) major information resources projects; and
(3) consortia projects.
SECTION 16. Section 2055.057, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2055.057. FUNDING FOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND
CERTAIN PROJECTS. (a) In coordination with the governor
[comptroller, Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, state
auditor,] and Legislative Budget Board, including the quality
assurance team, the office shall develop a model for funding
consortia projects [the office] from a portion of the money
appropriated for technology components to be consolidated by
projects selected under Section 2055.101, including staff
necessary for the office to implement the consortia projects. The
model must:
(1) describe how to provide the office with the
staffing and other resources necessary for the office to manage the
projects it selects; and
(2) establish savings and cost avoidance that result
from the consortia projects.
(b) The department, in coordination with the quality
assurance team, shall recommend to the Legislative Budget Board and
the governor a proposal [may include in its appropriations request
a proposal] for funding projects selected under Section 2055.101.
SECTION 17. Subchapter B, Chapter 2055, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2055.060 to read as follows:
Sec. 2055.060. PERFORMANCE MEASURES. The department, in
coordination with the Legislative Oversight Committee for
Electronic Government Projects, shall consult with the Legislative
Budget Board to establish a performance measure for the office that
identifies the amount of savings and cost avoidance that the office
achieves.
SECTION 18. Sections 2055.101(a) and (c), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) The office, in coordination with the governor and the
quality assurance team, [state auditor, and Legislative Budget
Board,] shall develop selection criteria for the type of electronic
government projects that require direct oversight by the office.
The criteria must include:
(1) issues related to interagency cooperation and
implementation;
(2) costs, including reimbursement strategies;
(3) requirements for authentication and security
implications; and
(4) the state's strategic vision regarding electronic
government projects.
(c) Based on any selection criteria adopted under
Subsection (b) [and in coordination with the governor, state
auditor, and Legislative Budget Board], the office may, subject to
the approval of the governor and the quality assurance team, select
proposed or existing electronic government projects, including
consortia projects.
SECTION 19. Section 2055.153(a), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) In coordination with the quality assurance team [of the
Legislative Budget Board] and the state auditor, the office shall
establish a state agency reporting system that requires state
agencies to report to the office on:
(1) electronic government projects selected under
Section 2055.101 so that the office may effectively monitor those
projects; and
(2) all other electronic government projects for that
agency.
SECTION 20. Subchapter D, Chapter 2055, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2055.154 to read as follows:
Sec. 2055.154. REPORT ON FUNDING MODEL AND PERFORMANCE
MEASURES. The office shall track its progress against the funding
model established under Section 2055.057 and the performance
measures established under Section 2055.060. The office shall
regularly report on the progress to:
(1) each state agency with a project selected under
Section 2055.101;
(2) the quality assurance team;
(3) the Legislative Oversight Committee for
Electronic Government Projects;
(4) the governor;
(5) the speaker of the house of representatives;
(6) the lieutenant governor; and
(7) the presiding officer of each committee in the
legislature with primary oversight over the department.
SECTION 21. Section 2054.1181(c), Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 22. To allow state agencies to reduce design and
software licensing costs, the Department of Information Resources
shall coordinate with the governor to move control of the
GovernmentDomain.com Internet website to the department and to
expand the website. The website must include telecommunications
billing software developed by the Texas Legislative Council.
SECTION 23. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.