H.B. No. 1788
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the planning, reporting, and review of the state's
  information resources.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 531.0273(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The commission is responsible for strategic planning
  for information resources at each health and human services agency
  and shall direct the management of information resources at each
  health and human services agency. The commission shall:
               (1)  develop a coordinated strategic plan for
  information resources management that:
                     (A)  covers a five-year period;
                     (B)  defines objectives for information resources
  management at each health and human services agency;
                     (C)  prioritizes information resources projects
  and implementation of new technology for all health and human
  services agencies;
                     (D)  integrates planning and development of each
  information resources system used by a health and human services
  agency into a coordinated information resources management
  planning and development system established by the commission;
                     (E)  establishes standards for information
  resources system security and that promotes the ability of
  information resources systems to operate with each other; [and]
                     (F)  achieves economies of scale and related
  benefits in purchasing for health and human services information
  resources systems; and
                     (G)  is consistent with the state strategic plan
  for information resources developed under Chapter 2054;
               (2)  establish information resources management
  policies, procedures, and technical standards and ensure
  compliance with those policies, procedures, and standards; and
               (3)  review and approve the information resources
  deployment review [management] and biennial operating plan of each
  health and human services agency.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2054.007(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The electronic funds transfer system for the operation
  of the state lottery is not included in the information resources
  deployment review [agency strategic plan] or the biennial operating
  plan of the comptroller. Operations of the comptroller that relate
  to the state lottery are not subject to the planning and procurement
  requirements of this chapter.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 2054.055(a) and (b), Government Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Not later than November 15 [1] of each even-numbered
  year, the board shall review and approve and the department shall
  present a report on the use of information resources technologies
  by state government.
         (b)  The report must:
               (1)  assess the progress made toward meeting the goals
  and objectives of the state strategic plan for information
  resources management;
               (2)  describe major accomplishments of the state or a
  specific state agency in information resources management;
               (3)  describe major problems in information resources
  management confronting the state or a specific state agency;
               (4)  provide a summary of the total expenditures for
  information resources and information resources technologies by
  the state;
               (5)  make recommendations for improving the
  effectiveness and cost-efficiency of the state's use of information
  resources; [and]
               (6)  describe the status, progress, benefits, and
  efficiency gains of the TexasOnline project, including any
  significant issues regarding contract performance;
               (7)  provide a financial summary of the TexasOnline
  project, including project costs and revenues;
               (8)  provide a summary of the amount and use of
  Internet-based training conducted by each state agency and
  institution of higher education; and
               (9)  provide a summary of agency and statewide results
  in providing access to electronic and information resources to
  individuals with disabilities as required by Subchapter M [include
  a list compiled by the department's program management office from
  the information gathered under Sections 2055.152 and 2055.153 of
  the electronic government projects:
                     [(A)     that are managed by the office under Chapter
  2055; and
                     [(B)     that are not yet managed by the office under
  Chapter 2055, but have been selected for management under Chapter
  2055].
         SECTION 4.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 2054.0551 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2054.0551.  AUTOMATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS REPORT. (a)  
  The department, in coordination with the Legislative Budget Board,
  the Texas Building and Procurement Commission, and the comptroller,
  shall prepare a report assessing the current automated information
  systems of state agencies. The report shall include:
               (1)  an analysis of how the current automated
  information systems may be managed to more effectively synchronize
  strategic planning, budgeting, and reporting of technology
  expenditures, assets, and projects;
               (2)  the status of data-sharing methods that improve
  the ability of oversight agencies to share relevant technology
  information;
               (3)  modifications to existing systems and processes
  that support streamlined technology data collection; and
               (4)  modifications to reporting tools enabling state
  agencies to submit technology reports online and support advanced
  analytics.
         (b)  The department shall submit the report to the governor,
  lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and
  state auditor not later than December 31 of each odd-numbered year.
         SECTION 5.  Section 2054.071(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The presiding officer of the governing body of a state
  agency, if the agency is governed by one or more fully paid
  full-time state officials, and otherwise the executive director of
  the agency [The individual required to sign a state agency's
  strategic plan under Subchapter E], or the [that individual's]
  designated representative of the presiding officer or executive
  director, shall serve as the agency's information resources
  manager.
         SECTION 6.  The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 2054,
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER E. STRATEGIC AND OPERATING PLANS; INFORMATION
  RESOURCES DEPLOYMENT REVIEW
         SECTION 7.  Section 2054.092(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The plan must:
               (1)  provide a strategic direction for information
  resources management in state government for the five fiscal years
  following adoption of the plan;
               (2)  outline a state information architecture that
  contains a logically consistent set of principles, policies, and
  standards to guide the engineering of state government's
  information technology systems and infrastructure in a way that
  ensures compatibility and alignment with state government's needs;
               (3)  designate and report on critical electronic
  government projects to be directed by the department, including a
  project for electronic purchasing;
               (4)  provide information about best practices to assist
  state agencies in adopting effective information management
  methods, including the design, deployment, and management of
  information resources projects, cost-benefit analyses, and staff
  reengineering methods to take full advantage of technological
  advancements;
               (5)  [establish reporting guidelines for state
  agencies to report in agency strategic plans:
                     [(A)     the outcomes and progress related to the
  strategic direction of the state;
                     [(B)     information necessary to evaluate
  opportunities for information technology consolidation;
                     [(C)     progress toward implementing electronic
  government projects designated under Subdivision (3);
                     [(D)     the return on investment for projects and
  cost-benefit models for the projects; and
                     [(E)  other provisions in this section;
               [(6)]  provide long-range policy guidelines for
  information resources in state government, including the
  implementation of national, international, and department
  standards for information resources technologies;
               (6) [(7)]  identify major issues faced by state
  agencies related to the acquisition of computer hardware, computer
  software, and information resources technology services and
  develop a statewide approach to address the issues, including:
                     (A)  developing performance measures for
  purchasing and contracting; and
                     (B)  identifying opportunities to reuse computer
  software code purchased with public funds; and
               (7) [(8)]  identify priorities for:
                     (A)  the implementation of information resources
  technologies according to the relative economic and social impact
  on the state; and
                     (B)  return on investment and cost-benefit
  analysis strategies.
         SECTION 8.  Section 2054.095, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 2054.095.  [PREPARATION OF] AGENCY INFORMATION
  RESOURCES STRATEGIC PLANNING INSTRUCTIONS [PLAN].  (a)  The
  department [Each state agency] shall prepare instructions [an
  agency strategic plan] for use by state agencies in preparing the
  strategic plan required by Section 2056.002 [information resources
  management].
         (b)  Except as otherwise modified by the Legislative Budget
  Board or the governor, instructions under Subsection (a) must
  require each state agency's strategic plan to include:
               (1)  a description of the agency's information
  resources management organizations, policies, and practices,
  including the extent to which the agency uses its internal quality
  assurance procedures;
               (2)  a description of how the agency's information
  resources programs support and promote its mission, goals, and
  objectives and the goals and policies of the state strategic plan
  for information resources; and
               (3)  other planning components that the department may
  prescribe [The agency strategic plan must be signed by the
  presiding officer of the governing body of the state agency if the
  agency is governed by one or more fully paid full-time state
  officials, and otherwise by the executive director of the agency.
         [(c)     The department shall prescribe the format required for
  an agency strategic plan.
         [(d)     The department shall adopt instructions, consistent
  with Section 2054.096, that guide state agencies in the preparation
  of their agency strategic plans].
         SECTION 9.  Subchapter E, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 2054.0965 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2054.0965.  INFORMATION RESOURCES DEPLOYMENT REVIEW.  
  (a)  Not later than December 1 of each odd-numbered year, a state
  agency shall complete a review of the operational aspects of the
  agency's information resources deployment following instructions
  developed by the department.
         (b)  Except as otherwise modified by rules adopted by the
  department, the review must include:
               (1)  an inventory of the agency's major information
  systems, as defined by Section 2054.008, and other operational or
  logistical components related to deployment of information
  resources as prescribed by the department;
               (2)  an inventory of the agency's major databases and
  applications;
               (3)  a description of the agency's existing and planned
  telecommunications network configuration;
               (4)  an analysis of how information systems,
  components, databases, applications, and other information
  resources have been deployed by the agency in support of:
                     (A)  applicable achievement goals established
  under Section 2056.006 and the state strategic plan adopted under
  Section 2056.009;
                     (B)  the state strategic plan for information
  resources; and
                     (C)  the agency's business objectives, mission,
  and goals;
               (5)  agency information necessary to support the state
  goals for interoperability and reuse; and
               (6)  confirmation by the agency of compliance with
  state statutes, rules, and standards relating to information
  resources.
         SECTION 10.  Section 2054.097, Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 2054.097.  ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION RESOURCES
  DEPLOYMENT REVIEW [OF AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN].  (a)  A state agency
  shall send its information resources deployment review [strategic
  plan] to the quality assurance team [and the department] for
  analysis [review].
         (a-1)  If the department determines that an agency's
  deployment decision is not in compliance with the state strategic
  plan, a state statute, or department rules or standards, the
  department shall require the agency to develop a corrective action
  plan that specifies the manner in which deficiencies will be
  corrected. The department shall report the status of corrective
  action plans to the state auditor and the Legislative Budget Board.
         (b)  Any member of [The department, in coordination with] the
  quality assurance team[, shall report to the agency, and] may
  report to the governor and the presiding officer of each house of
  the legislature[,] that an agency's deployment decision [agency
  strategic plan or plan amendment] is not in compliance with the
  state strategic plan, a state statute, or department rules or
  standards [or best suited to the state agency's execution of its own
  duty].
         SECTION 11.  Section 2054.1015, Government Code, is amended
  by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
         (e)  The department shall specify hardware configurations
  for state commodity items in its instructions for the preparation
  of planned procurement schedules.
         (f)  Each state agency shall use the hardware configurations
  specified under Subsection (e) in developing the agency's planned
  procurement schedules.
         SECTION 12.  Section 2054.464, Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 2054.464.  SURVEY; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.  The
  department shall adopt guidelines [rules] regarding:
               (1)  an [annual] electronic and information resources
  state agency survey; and
               (2)  state agency reporting requirements for
  implementation of this subchapter.
         SECTION 13.  Sections 2056.002(b) and (d), Government Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office
  of Budget, Policy, and Planning shall determine the elements
  required to be included in each agency's strategic plan. Unless
  modified by the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office
  of Budget, Policy, and Planning, and except as provided by
  Subsection (c), a plan must include:
               (1)  a statement of the mission and goals of the state
  agency;
               (2)  a description of the indicators developed under
  this chapter and used to measure the output and outcome of the
  agency;
               (3)  identification of the groups of people served by
  the agency, including those having service priorities, or other
  service measures established by law, and estimates of changes in
  those groups expected during the term of the plan;
               (4)  an analysis of the use of the agency's resources to
  meet the agency's needs, including future needs, and an estimate of
  additional resources that may be necessary to meet future needs;
               (5)  an analysis of expected changes in the services
  provided by the agency because of changes in state or federal law;
               (6)  a description of the means and strategies for
  meeting the agency's needs, including future needs, and achieving
  the goals established under Section 2056.006 for each area of state
  government for which the agency provides services;
               (7)  a description of the capital improvement needs of
  the agency during the term of the plan and a statement, if
  appropriate, of the priority of those needs;
               (8)  identification of each geographic region of this
  state, including the Texas-Louisiana border region and the
  Texas-Mexico border region, served by the agency, and if
  appropriate the agency's means and strategies for serving each
  region;
               (9)  a description of the training of the agency's
  contract managers under Section 2262.053;
               (10)  an analysis of the agency's expected expenditures
  that relate to federally owned or operated military installations
  or facilities, or communities where a federally owned or operated
  military installation or facility is located; [and]
               (11)  an analysis of the strategic use of information
  resources as provided by the instructions prepared under Section
  2054.095; and
               (12)  other information that may be required.
         (d)  A state agency shall send two copies of each plan to both
  the Legislative Reference Library and the state publications
  clearinghouse of the Texas State Library and one copy each to:
               (1)  the governor;
               (2)  the lieutenant governor;
               (3)  the speaker of the house of representatives;
               (4)  the Legislative Budget Board;
               (5)  the Sunset Advisory Commission;
               (6)  the state auditor; [and]
               (7)  the comptroller; and
               (8)  the Department of Information Resources.
         SECTION 14.  Sections 2054.096 and 2054.156(c), Government
  Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 15.  A state agency is not required to comply with
  Sections 2054.1015(e) and (f), Government Code, as added by this
  Act, until the Department of Information Resources specifies
  hardware configurations for state commodity items as required by
  those subsections.
         SECTION 16.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1788 was passed by the House on April
  13, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1788 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor