HB 17-1361

HB 17-1361, a Colorado state bill, requires an independent review of how the state manages its technology resources. This includes looking at whether centralizing IT management in one office is working well and if there's a clear plan for choosing which tech projects to fund. The review will also check how well the state uses technology to interact with the public and get feedback from agencies about their satisfaction with current services. A report with recommendations on improving these areas must be completed by December 2018, after which相关部门将开会讨论如何实施这些建议。该法案已经签署成为法律。 简单来说，这项法案要求对州政府的信息技术管理进行独立审查，并提出改进建议，以提高效率和公众满意度。它影响到所有使用或依赖于信息技术的州机构和服务对象。目前该法案已签署生效，这意味着相关评估已经开始进行，预计年底前会有报告出炉并讨论实施建议。

Official Summary

Joint Budget Committee. The bill requires the state auditor to retain a qualified, independent third-party consulting firm (firm) to evaluate: The centralization of the management of state agency information technology resources in the office of information technology (office) as a result of legislation adopted by the general assembly in 2008; Whether the executive branch of state government has a strategic plan in place to guide its process for evaluating, prioritizing, and selecting information technology projects that require new or ongoing appropriations of state money; The opportunities the state has to interface with the public through information technology; The office's working relationship with state agencies and institutions that were not included in the centralization of state agency information technology resources in the 2008 legislation but that rely on the office to provide certain information technology services or resources; and Consumer satisfaction among state agencies with the management of state agency information technology resources and access to state government via information technology resources. The firm is required to provide the joint budget committee with an update regarding its progress in June 2018 and submit a report to the legislative audit committee, the joint technology committee, the joint budget committee, and the office by December 2018. The report is required to include recommendations to the office for industry best practice standards, recommendations for areas in which the office could work with the general assembly to improve the management of information technology resources and services, recommended future options for the state to solicit feedback from state residents regarding the public's opportunities to interface with state government, and policy discussions directed toward the general assembly. After receiving the report from the consulting firm, the joint budget committee, the joint technology committee, the office of information technology, and any other relevant office or department shall meet to discuss the implementation of the recommendations made in the report. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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