SENATE BILL REPORT

                  SSB 5311

               As Passed Senate, March 12, 1997

Title:  An act relating to the information services board.

Brief Description:  Changing representation on the information services board.

Sponsors:  Senate Committee on Energy & Utilities (originally sponsored by Senators Finkbeiner, Haugen, Heavey, Benton, Winsley and Deccio).

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Energy & Utilities:  1/27/97, 2/13/97 [DPS].

Passed Senate, 3/12/97, 49-0.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY & UTILITIES

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5311 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

  Signed by Senators Finkbeiner, Chair; Hochstatter, Vice Chair; Brown, Jacobsen, Rossi, Strannigan and Swanson.

Staff:  Diane Smith (786-7410)

Background:  The Information Service Board (ISB) consists of a 13-member board (enlarged from nine in 1996).  Eight members are appointed by the Governor, one of whom must be a representative of higher education, one of whom must be a representative of an agency under a statewide elected official other than the Governor, and two of whom must be representatives of the private sector.  One member represents the judicial branch.  One member is, or is appointed by, the Superintendent of Public Instruction.  One member represents the House of Representatives and one member represents the Senate.  One member is the Director of DIS.

Among the duties of ISB are:  to develop standards governing the acquisition and disposition of equipment, software, and purchased services; to acquire equipment or delegate such authority to state agencies; to develop statewide technical policies and standards; and to provide direction concerning statewide strategic planning.

The Department of Information Services must report on its evaluations of major information technology projects to the Office of Financial Management (OFM) and the appropriation committees of the Legislature.

Summary of Bill:  The Governor=s eight appointments to the board are the five public members, one representative of higher education who is from the discipline of computer technology, the director of OFM, and the director of the Department of Information Services.  The five statutory members are one from the judicial branch and four from the Legislature, one from each caucus of each house.

The department must report on major information technology projects to the policy committees of the Legislature which have direct oversight responsibility for information technology projects.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Available.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  No one.