QUARTERLY IT REPORTS H.B. 5493 (S-1):
SUMMARY OF SUBSTITUTE BILL
IN COMMITTEE
House Bill 5493 (Substitute S-1)
Sponsor: Representative Mary Whiteford
House Committee: Appropriations
Senate Committee: Appropriations
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Management and Budget Act to require the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office within the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) to provide a quarterly report on enterprisewide and Executive Branch projects with an information technology (IT) services component. The report would have to contain certain information pertaining to the project and its progress. The Office would be required to post the report online and submit it to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government, the House and Senate Fiscal Agencies, and the State Budget Office.
The report would have to provide the following information, if applicable, for each active project involving IT services, and for each project involving IT services that was completed within the two-year period before the quarterly report's due date:
-- The department, agency, or organization for which the project was undertaken.
-- Project name.
-- Origin of the project, including whether the project was a department initiative, a State or Federal mandate, or court order.
-- Purpose of the project, described in terms of end user needs.
-- Whether quality assurance services were assigned to the project.
-- Whether the project was managed by the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office.
-- Actual and planned start dates.
-- Initial planned, revised planned, and actual completion dates.
-- Completion status.
-- For active projects, the number of days by which the current approved completion date was different from the initial completion date
-- For completed projects, the number of days by which the completion date differed from the initial completion date.
-- The initial planned and any revised budgets.
-- Actual cost to date.
-- For completed projects, the dollar amount by which the actual cost was different from the initial planned cost.
-- For completed projects, the customer satisfaction rating and project success score.
In addition to the above individual project details, the report also would have to include the following information:
-- The total number and percentage of completed projects for which costs exceeded the initial budget.
-- The total number and percentage of completed projects that were completed after the initial planned completion date.
-- The total number and percentage of completed projects that exceeded both the initial planned budget and completion date.
A description of any change request in terms of its benefit or necessity, and whether a change request resulted from department initiative, a State or Federal mandate, or a court order, also would need to be included, if applicable.
This language was included as boilerplate in the fiscal year 2019-20 General Government budget, Public Act 56 of 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would not have a significant fiscal impact on State government and would have no fiscal impact on local units of government.
Fiscal Analyst: Elizabeth Raczkowski
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.