Bill Text: FL S1218 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Office of the Chief Technology Officer [WPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on General Government Appropriations [S1218 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1218-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1218 
 
By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability; 
and Senator Ring 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to the Office of the Chief Technology 
3         Officer; creating the Office of the Chief Technology 
4         Officer within the Department of Financial Services; 
5         requiring that the Chief Technology Officer be 
6         appointed by the Governor and Cabinet; requiring that 
7         the office be composed of three divisions; providing 
8         duties of such divisions; requiring that the Chief 
9         Technology Officer develop a multiyear plan of action 
10         for the purpose of meeting specified objectives; 
11         providing an effective date. 
12 
13         WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that it is necessary to 
14  fundamentally reorient the deployment of public technology 
15  infrastructure in a manner consistent with the current statutory 
16  objectives in chapter 282, Florida Statutes, create an 
17  accountable governance system that can continue to consolidate 
18  separate state data centers and develop common electronic 
19  communications and messaging systems, and provide reasonable 
20  assurances to the public that their contact with governmental 
21  services is timely, accurate, responsive, and respectful of the 
22  need for the maintenance of secure networks that do not 
23  compromise the need to safeguard personal identifying 
24  information protected by law or duty, and 
25         WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Legislature to create a 
26  road map for successive governance deployment initiatives, 
27  thereby producing a sound management system, disciplined 
28  procurement systems, and effective operational controls for 
29  succeeding generations of taxpayers and recipients of public 
30  services, NOW, THEREFORE, 
31 
32  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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34         Section 1. Office of the Chief Technology Officer; 
35  creation; powers and duties.— 
36         (1) There is created within the Department of Financial 
37  Services the Office of the Chief Technology Officer. The office 
38  shall be led by the Chief Technology Officer, who shall be 
39  appointed by the Governor and Cabinet. 
40         (2) The office shall be composed of three divisions: 
41         (a) The Division of Strategic Procurement, which shall 
42  include the development of all enterprise information technology 
43  procurement and acquisition-management systems across state 
44  agencies, whether owned or contracted, with the objective of 
45  achieving unified accountability. 
46         (b) The Division of Policy Formulation, Development, and 
47  Standards, which shall set by rule or contract the technical and 
48  architectural expectations for current and emerging technologies 
49  and establish new human capital skill sets, competency 
50  expectations, and total compensation for all state agency 
51  information technology professions. 
52         (c) The Division of Implementation, which shall be 
53  responsible for the execution, timing, and integration of 
54  specific technology components and business domain management 
55  and the retention of key legacy agency expertise in nonstrategic 
56  management systems. 
57         (3) The Chief Technology Officer shall develop a multiyear 
58  plan of action that builds upon the initial objectives contained 
59  in part I of chapter 282, Florida Statutes, and develops or 
60  recommends the legislative actions necessary to make the 
61  following changes to existing enterprise services: 
62         (a) Consolidation of all state agency data centers into 
63  three primary locations or entities by January 1, 2013. 
64         (b) By December 31, 2010, initiation of the development of 
65  a revised financial management infrastructure for state 
66  government which causes the reengineering of subsystem 
67  components, including, but not limited to, the legislative 
68  appropriations system and planning and budget system, cash 
69  management, human resources, a successor accounting system, and 
70  strategic and tactical procurement and acquisition management. 
71         (c) By January 1, 2011, the reconfiguration of significant 
72  structural components of the operations of existing state 
73  agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of 
74  Management Services, the Department of Financial Services, and 
75  the Agency for Enterprise Information Technology. 
76         (d) By a date to be determined by the Governor and Cabinet 
77  and, subject to specific legislative appropriations, the 
78  creation of successor customer relationship-management systems, 
79  including, but not limited to, professional licensure, facility 
80  licensure, regulatory inspections, and compliance and monitoring 
81  systems. 
82         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.