HB 2289-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Provides that the director of information services shall: (1) Appoint a confidential secretary and such deputy and assistant directors as needed to administer the department;

(2) Advise the governor and the legislature with respect to matters affecting information technology management and planning;

(3) Establish levels of delegated authority for state agencies and institutions of higher education related to the acquisition of hardware, software, or purchased or personal services relating to information technology; and

(4) Develop a migration strategy related to the transition of information technology resources from state agencies to the department of information services, with a completion date of June 30, 2010. This strategy will: (a) transfer all information technology resources from agencies with fifty or less full-time equivalents to the department of information services to include the establishment of services for those agencies no later than June 30, 2008; (b) direct agencies to use information technology enterprise services provided by the department of information services as directed in RCW 43.105.052 (3) and (4); (c) transfer newly established information technology positions to the department of information services beginning July 1, 2007 at the discretion of the director of the department of information services; (d) transfer the administrative information technology support functions of the office of financial management and department of personnel to the department of information services by June 30, 2009; and (e) report to the governor and legislature on the progress and timeline for the completion of the migration by December 1, 2007, and December 1, 2008.