Bill Text: TX HB3093 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Information Resources and the Legislative Budget Board regarding information resources technologies of state agencies.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3093 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3093-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3093 |
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relating to the powers and duties of the Department of Information | ||
Resources and the Legislative Budget Board regarding information | ||
resources technologies of state agencies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2054.051, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
(h) The department shall: | ||
(1) coordinate with the quality assurance team to | ||
develop contracting standards for information resources | ||
technologies acquisition and purchased services; and | ||
(2) work with state agencies to ensure deployment of | ||
standardized contracts. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2054.055, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-2) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) The report must: | ||
(1) assess the progress made toward meeting the goals | ||
and objectives of the state strategic plan for information | ||
resources management; | ||
(2) describe major accomplishments of the state or a | ||
specific state agency in information resources management; | ||
(3) describe major problems in information resources | ||
management confronting the state or a specific state agency; | ||
(4) provide a summary of the total expenditures for | ||
information resources and information resources technologies by | ||
the state; | ||
(5) make recommendations for improving the | ||
effectiveness and cost-efficiency of the state's use of information | ||
resources; | ||
(6) describe the status, progress, benefits, and | ||
efficiency gains of the state electronic Internet portal project, | ||
including any significant issues regarding contract performance; | ||
(7) provide a financial summary of the state | ||
electronic Internet portal project, including project costs and | ||
revenues; | ||
(8) provide a summary of the amount and use of | ||
Internet-based training conducted by each state agency and | ||
institution of higher education; | ||
(9) provide a summary of agency and statewide results | ||
in providing access to electronic and information resources to | ||
individuals with disabilities as required by Subchapter M; [ |
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(10) assess the progress made toward accomplishing the | ||
goals of the plan for a state telecommunications network and | ||
developing a system of telecommunications services as provided by | ||
Subchapter H; | ||
(11) identify proposed major information resources | ||
projects for the next state fiscal biennium, including project | ||
costs through stages of the project and across state fiscal years | ||
from project initiation to implementation; | ||
(12) examine major information resources projects | ||
completed in the previous state fiscal biennium to determine the | ||
performance of the implementing state agency, cost and value | ||
effectiveness, timeliness, and other performance criteria | ||
necessary to assess the quality and value of the investment; and | ||
(13) examine major information resources projects | ||
after the second anniversary of the project's completion to | ||
determine progress toward meeting performance goals and operating | ||
budget savings. | ||
(b-2) The information required under Subsection (b)(11) | ||
must include: | ||
(1) final total cost of ownership budget data for the | ||
entire life cycle of the major information resources project, | ||
including capital and operational costs that itemize staffing | ||
costs, contracted services, hardware purchased or leased, software | ||
purchased or leased, travel, and training; | ||
(2) the original project schedule and the final actual | ||
project schedule; | ||
(3) data on the progress toward meeting the original | ||
goals and performance measures of the project, specifically those | ||
related to operating budget savings; | ||
(4) lessons learned on the project, performance | ||
evaluations of any vendors used in the project, and reasons for | ||
project delays or cost increases; and | ||
(5) the benefits, cost avoidance, and cost savings | ||
generated by major technology resources projects. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2054.066 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2054.066. DEPARTMENT REVIEW. (a) The department, in | ||
consultation with the quality assurance team, the Information | ||
Technology Council for Higher Education, and the Legislative Budget | ||
Board, shall review existing statutes, procedures, data, and | ||
organizational structures to identify opportunities to increase | ||
efficiency, customer service, and transparency in information | ||
resources technologies. The department must: | ||
(1) identify and address financial data needed to | ||
comprehensively evaluate information resources technologies | ||
spending from an enterprise perspective; | ||
(2) review best practices in information resources | ||
technologies governance, including private sector practices and | ||
lessons learned from other states; and | ||
(3) review existing statutes regarding information | ||
resources technologies governance, standards, and financing to | ||
identify inconsistencies between current law and best practices. | ||
(b) The department shall report its findings and | ||
recommendations to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of | ||
the house of representatives, Senate Committee on Government | ||
Organization, and House Technology Committee not later than | ||
December 1, 2014. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 2054.102, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) The Legislative Budget Board, in consultation with | ||
the department and the Information Technology Council for Higher | ||
Education, shall establish criteria to evaluate state agency | ||
biennial operating plans. In developing the criteria, the board | ||
shall include criteria on: | ||
(1) the feasibility of proposed information resources | ||
projects for the biennium; | ||
(2) the consistency of the plan with the state | ||
strategic plan; | ||
(3) the appropriate provision of public electronic | ||
access to information; | ||
(4) evidence of business process streamlining and | ||
gathering of business and technical requirements; and | ||
(5) services, costs, and benefits. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3093 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | ||
H.B. No. 3093 on May 23, 2013, and requested the appointment of a | ||
conference committee to consider the differences between the two | ||
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report | ||
on H.B. No. 3093 on May 26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140, | ||
Nays 0, 3 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3093 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays | ||
4; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | ||
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | ||
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. | ||
3093 on May 26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |