Brief Description: Allowing additional members on the information services board.

Sponsors: By House Committee on Technology, Telecommunications & Energy (originally sponsored by Representatives Ruderman and Anderson).

Brief Summary of Engrossed Substitute Bill

• Authorizes the Information Services Board to add members to the Board as necessary.

Majority Report: The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by 17 members: Representatives Morris, Chair; Ruderman, Vice Chair; Sullivan, Vice Chair; Crouse, Ranking Minority Member; Nixon, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Anderson, Blake, Bush, DeBolt, Delvin, Hudgins, Kirby, McMahan, Romero, Tom, Wallace and Wood.

The Information Services Board (Board) develops policy and standards for the planning and acquisition of information technology projects within state government. The Board has 15 voting members that include representatives of executive branch agencies, education, higher education, the private sector, and the judicial and legislative branches of government. Eight members are appointed by the Governor. Four legislative members, two members from the Senate and two members from the House of Representatives, are appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House respectively. The judicial representative is appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. One member is appointed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Director of the Department of Information Services also serves as a member.

• To develop standards that govern the acquisition, disposition, and maintenance of equipment, proprietary software, and purchased services. State agencies acquire and manage information technology resources according to the standards set by the board;

• To review and approve standards and common specifications for new or expended telecommunications networks proposed by agencies and public education providers;

• To establish technical standards to promote and facilitate electronic sharing of information and access to information; and

• To oversee the technical design and implementation of the K-20 network in consultation with the K-20 Board.

The Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program Committee is a bipartisan committee of eight legislators that provides the Legislature and the budget committees with independent information and technology to write, analyze, and communicate budget information.

The Information Services Board is authorized to add non-voting members to the Board as needed. Non-voting members do not receive compensation or travel reimbursement.

Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For: Adding the Administrator of the Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program Committee is a way for the Information Services Board to get better information and access to other tools and processes used to help evaluate costs and funding of projects. We need legislation to do this.