HB 31

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to the Office of the Chief Technology
3Officer; creating the Office of the Chief Technology
4Officer within the Department of Financial Services;
5requiring that the Chief Technology Officer be appointed
6by the Governor and Cabinet; requiring that the office be
7composed of three divisions; providing duties of such
8divisions; requiring that the Chief Technology Officer
9develop a multiyear plan of action for the purpose of
10meeting specified objectives; providing an effective date.
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12     WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that it is necessary to
13reorient the deployment of public technology infrastructure in a
14manner that is consistent with the statutory objectives in
15chapter 282, Florida Statutes, create an accountable governance
16system that continues to consolidate separate state data centers
17and develop common electronic communications and messaging
18systems, and provide reasonable assurances to the public that
19their contact with governmental services is timely, accurate,
20responsive, and respectful of the need to maintain secure
21networks that do not compromise personal identifying information
22protected by law or duty, and
23     WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Legislature to create a
24road map for successive governance deployment initiatives,
25thereby producing a sound management system, disciplined
26procurement systems, and effective operational controls for
27succeeding generations of taxpayers and recipients of public
28services, NOW, THEREFORE,
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30Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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32     Section 1.  Office of the Chief Technology Officer.-
33     (1)  There is created within the Department of Financial
34Services the Office of the Chief Technology Officer. The office
35shall be led by the Chief Technology Officer, who shall be
36appointed by the Governor and Cabinet.
37     (2)  The office shall be composed of three divisions:
38     (a)  The Division of Strategic Procurement, which includes
39the development of all enterprise information technology
40procurement and acquisition-management systems across state
41agencies, whether owned or contracted, and has the objective of
42achieving unified accountability.
43     (b)  The Division of Policy Formulation, Development, and
44Standards, which sets, by rule or contract, the technical and
45architectural expectations for current and emerging technologies
46and establishes new human capital skill sets, competency
47expectations, and total compensation for all information
48technology professions within state agencies.
49     (c)  The Division of Implementation, which is responsible
50for the execution, timing, and integration of specific
51technology components and business domain management and the
52retention of agency expertise in key legacy applications in
53nonstrategic management systems.
54     (3)  The Chief Technology Officer shall develop a multiyear
55plan of action that builds upon the initial objectives contained
56in part I of chapter 282, Florida Statutes, and develops or
57recommends the legislative actions necessary to make the
58following changes to existing enterprise services:
59     (a)  The consolidation of all state agency data centers
60into three primary locations or entities by January 1, 2014.
61     (b)  By December 31, 2011, the initiation of the
62development of a revised financial management infrastructure for
63state government which causes the reengineering of subsystem
64components, including, but not limited to, the legislative
65appropriations system and planning and budget system, cash
66management, human resources, a successor accounting system, and
67strategic and tactical procurement and acquisition management.
68     (c)  By January 1, 2012, the reconfiguration of the
69significant structural components of the operations of existing
70state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of
71Management Services, the Department of Financial Services, and
72the Agency for Enterprise Information Technology.
73     (d)  By a date to be determined by the Governor and Cabinet
74and subject to specific legislative appropriation, the creation
75of successor customer relationship-management systems,
76including, but not limited to, professional licensure, facility
77licensure, regulatory inspections, and compliance and monitoring
78systems.
79     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.


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