Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Finance
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB532 by Nelson (relating to information collected about and purchases of information technology by governmental entities. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code to require the Department of Information Resources (DIR) to submit a consolidated report of each state agency's information technology infrastructure not later than November 15 of each even-numbered year to certain leadership and staff of the Legislative Budget Board. The consolidated report would include an analysis and assessment of each state agency's security and operational risks. For a state agency found to be at higher security and operational risks, the report would also include a detailed analysis of the requirements for the agency to address the risks and cost estimates to implement those requirements. State agencies would be required to provide the information requested by DIR for the creation of the report.
The bill would also require DIR to submit a report not later than November 15 of each even-numbered year to certain leadership on the use of cloud computing service options by state agencies, including use cases that provide cost savings and other benefits. State agencies would be required to cooperate with DIR in the creation of the report.
DIR indicated that there would be a cost associated with implementation of the bill. This analysis assumes the cost could be absorbed within the agency's existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
302 Office of the Attorney General, 313 Department of Information Resources, 503 Texas Medical Board