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HOUSE BILL 2 LANGUAGE DIRECTING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT STUDY 56TH LEGISLATURE
Section 12. Interim information technology management study.
(1) To address legislative concerns regarding state agencies' investments in and expenditures for information technology hardware, software, and services, the legislative finance committee shall undertake a study of state information technology. The study may include a review and assessment of the following:
a)
management review and approval processes for information technology planning and budgeting;
b)
governance structures established to provide policy direction for information technology;
c)
adequacy and appropriateness of existing policy regarding asset replacement cycles;
d)
current level of interagency coordination of information technology deployment to minimize costs, reduce duplication, maximize efficiencies, and the greatest possible services to the citizens of Montana;
e)
past and current levels and trends with regard to information technology expenditures, with appropriate comparisons to other states and industry sectors;
f)
methods used to develop rates for proprietary-funded agencies providing information technology services; and
g)
current information technology statutes, rules, and policies.
(2) The study should include recommendations to the office of budget and program planning for presentation of information technology budget information that enables the legislature to make policy decisions that result in establishment of and adjustment in computer-related expenditures by agency and program and within fund types. The office of budget and program planning shall present this information to the legislature in the form recommended by the legislative finance committee.
(3) The information described in [section 9] and in subsection (2) of this section must be reviewed by the joint appropriations subcommittee on long-range planning, or other legislative committee as designated, composed of members of the house appropriations and senate finance and claims committees formed specifically to address statewide computer issues.
The committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the governor and to the 57th legislature.
Section 9. Unified computer budget summary.
The office of budget and program planning shall provide to the legislature no later than November 15, 2000, by agency and program, a report showing information technology-related actual and adjusted expenditures in fiscal year 2000 and budgeted amounts for each year of the 2003 biennium. The expenditure categories included must be by mutual agreement with the legislative fiscal analyst and the legislative finance committee through the state information technology study required under [section 12]. The office of budget and program planning shall present information that allows a reasonable determination of associated funding for each agency, program, and reporting level or equivalent report component.
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