85R12065 MCK-D
 
  By: Capriglione H.B. No. 3275
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the monitoring of major information resources projects
  by the Department of Information Resources.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2054.1183, Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 2054.1183.  ANNUAL REPORT ON MAJOR INFORMATION
  RESOURCES PROJECTS. (a) Not later than December 1 of each year,
  the quality assurance team shall report on the status of major
  information resources projects to the:
               (1)  governor;
               (2)  lieutenant governor;
               (3)  speaker of the house of representatives;
               (4)  presiding officer of the committee in the house of
  representatives with primary responsibility for appropriations;
  and
               (5)  presiding officer of the committee in the senate
  with primary responsibility for appropriations.
         (b)  The annual report must include:
               (1)  the current status of each major information
  resources project; and
               (2)  information regarding the performance indicators
  developed under Section 2054.159 for each major information
  resources project at each stage of the project's life cycle.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 2054.159 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2054.159.  MAJOR INFORMATION RESOURCES PROJECT
  MONITORING. (a) For the entire life cycle of each major
  information resources project, the quality assurance team shall
  monitor and report on performance indicators for each project,
  including schedule, cost, scope, and quality.
         (b)  The department by rule shall develop the performance
  indicators the quality assurance team is required to monitor under
  Subsection (a). In adopting rules under this subsection, the
  department shall consider applicable information technology
  industry standards.
         (c)  If the quality assurance team determines that a major
  information resources project is not likely to achieve the
  performance objectives for the project, the quality assurance team
  shall place the project on a list for more intense monitoring by the
  quality assurance team.
         (d)  The quality assurance team shall closely monitor
  monthly reports for each major information resources project
  identified under Subsection (c) and, based on criteria developed by
  the department, determine whether to recommend to the executive
  director the need to initiate corrective action for the project.
         (e)  The department shall create and maintain on the
  department's Internet website a user-friendly data visualization
  tool that provides an analysis and visual representation of the
  performance indicators developed under Subsection (b) for each
  major information resources project.
         SECTION 3.  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Department
  of Information Resources shall adopt rules to implement Section
  2054.159, Government Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.