HB 2601-S - DIGEST
(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/08/06)

Provides that fiscal notes shall also identify the fiscal and operational impacts on the state information technology portfolio. To develop a process for assessing the fiscal and operational impacts on the state information technology portfolio, the office of financial management shall consult with the information services board and the department of information services.

Requires the department, in consultation with the office of financial management and the information services board, to prepare a six-year strategic plan for state information technology projects.

Provides that, at a minimum, the strategic plan must contain the following: (1) A long-term plan for state investments in information technology projects, that identifies the highest priority needs for information technology projects within affordable spending levels;

(2) A statewide information technology assessment, that includes detailed project information and estimated costs for all ongoing information technology projects included in a state agency's information technology portfolio, under RCW 43.105.170;

(3) A detailed list of proposed information technology projects for the upcoming biennium and the two succeeding biennia; and

(4) A comprehensive review of the most recent biennial state performance report prepared under this act.