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SECTION 1. Chapter 2054,
Government Code, is amended by adding Subchapter N to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER N. CHIEF
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Sec. 2054.481.
APPOINTMENT. (a) The governor and
lieutenant governor shall jointly appoint a chief innovation and technology
officer for the office of the governor.
(b) The chief innovation
and technology officer shall work to establish this state as a new frontier
for innovation and technology.
Sec. 2054.482. DUTIES.
The chief innovation and technology officer shall:
(1) exchange information
with other state governments, the federal government, and businesses
regarding improvements to the use and performance of information resources;
(2) develop methods to
improve the experience of residents, businesses, and local governments in
online interactions with state agencies;
(3) ensure the strategic
use of information resources by state agencies to serve residents in a
convenient, efficient, effective, and economical manner;
(4) improve the quality,
speed, cost-effectiveness, and accessibility of services offered by state
agencies by streamlining and expanding services available over the
Internet;
(5) examine
inefficiencies and waste in information resources procurement and project
development and management by state agencies to identify areas for
improvement;
(6) develop procedures
and performance measures to improve efficiency and performance in the use
of information resources by state agencies;
(7) coordinate an effort
by chief innovation officers of
state agencies to improve the performance of major information resources
projects;
(8) receive necessary
information from chief innovation
officers of state agencies showing the comprehensive performance status of
the agencies' major information resources projects; and
(9) proactively monitor
state agencies to meet the requirements described by this section.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 2054,
Government Code, is amended by adding Subchapter N to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER N. CHIEF
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Sec. 2054.481.
APPOINTMENT. (a) The executive
director shall designate an employee of the department as the chief
innovation and technology officer for the department.
(b) The chief innovation
and technology officer shall work to establish this state as a new frontier
for innovation and technology.
Sec. 2054.482. DUTIES.
The chief innovation and technology officer shall:
(1) exchange information
with other state governments, the federal government, and businesses
regarding improvements to the use and performance of information resources;
(2) develop methods to
improve the experience of residents, businesses, and local governments in
online interactions with state agencies;
(3) ensure the strategic
use of information resources by state agencies to serve residents in a
convenient, efficient, effective, and economical manner;
(4) improve the quality,
speed, cost-effectiveness, and accessibility of services offered by state
agencies by streamlining and expanding services available over the
Internet;
(5) examine
inefficiencies and waste in information resources procurement and project
development and management by state agencies to identify areas for
improvement;
(6) develop procedures
and performance measures to improve efficiency and performance in the use
of information resources by state agencies;
(7) coordinate an effort
by chief information officers of
state agencies to improve the performance of major information resources
projects;
(8) receive necessary
information from chief information
officers of state agencies showing the comprehensive performance status of
the agencies' major information resources projects; and
(9) proactively monitor
state agencies to meet the requirements described by this section.
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SECTION 2. As soon as
practicable after the effective date of this Act, the governor and lieutenant governor shall appoint a
chief innovation and technology officer as required by Section 2054.481,
Government Code, as added by this Act.
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SECTION 2. As soon as
practicable after the effective date of this Act, the executive director of the Department of
Information Resources shall designate a chief innovation and
technology officer as required by Section 2054.481, Government Code, as
added by this Act.
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