Bill Text: TX HB3275 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the monitoring of major information resources projects by the Department of Information Resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 1/1/18 [HB3275 Detail]

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85R12065 MCK-D
By: Capriglione H.B. No. 3275

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the monitoring of major information resources projects
by the Department of Information Resources.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2054.1183, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 2054.1183. ANNUAL REPORT ON MAJOR INFORMATION
RESOURCES PROJECTS. (a) Not later than December 1 of each year,
the quality assurance team shall report on the status of major
information resources projects to the:
(1) governor;
(2) lieutenant governor;
(3) speaker of the house of representatives;
(4) presiding officer of the committee in the house of
representatives with primary responsibility for appropriations;
and
(5) presiding officer of the committee in the senate
with primary responsibility for appropriations.
(b) The annual report must include:
(1) the current status of each major information
resources project; and
(2) information regarding the performance indicators
developed under Section 2054.159 for each major information
resources project at each stage of the project's life cycle.
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2054.159 to read as follows:
Sec. 2054.159. MAJOR INFORMATION RESOURCES PROJECT
MONITORING. (a) For the entire life cycle of each major
information resources project, the quality assurance team shall
monitor and report on performance indicators for each project,
including schedule, cost, scope, and quality.
(b) The department by rule shall develop the performance
indicators the quality assurance team is required to monitor under
Subsection (a). In adopting rules under this subsection, the
department shall consider applicable information technology
industry standards.
(c) If the quality assurance team determines that a major
information resources project is not likely to achieve the
performance objectives for the project, the quality assurance team
shall place the project on a list for more intense monitoring by the
quality assurance team.
(d) The quality assurance team shall closely monitor
monthly reports for each major information resources project
identified under Subsection (c) and, based on criteria developed by
the department, determine whether to recommend to the executive
director the need to initiate corrective action for the project.
(e) The department shall create and maintain on the
department's Internet website a user-friendly data visualization
tool that provides an analysis and visual representation of the
performance indicators developed under Subsection (b) for each
major information resources project.
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2017, the Department
of Information Resources shall adopt rules to implement Section
2054.159, Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.