Florida Senate - 2010 SB 1218
By Senator Ring
32-00826A-10 20101218__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to information technology; providing
3 legislative intent; creating the Task Force on
4 Business Process Transformation; providing membership;
5 providing the duties and priorities of the task force;
6 requiring an annual report to the Governor and
7 Legislature; providing an appropriation; providing for
8 expiration of the task force; providing an effective
9 date.
10
11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Task Force on Business Process Transformation.-
14 (1) The Legislature finds that one of the greatest benefits
15 of information technology is its ability to transform
16 investments into public service. To achieve this, all state
17 agencies need to be configured and operate using common business
18 platforms for the different services provided to the public. The
19 Legislature therefore intends that the same effort required to
20 consolidate multiple data center assets be used to rationalize
21 multiple back-office business operations.
22 (2) The Task Force on Business Process Transformation is
23 established and assigned to the Agency for Enterprise
24 Information Technology.
25 (a) The task force shall be composed of the following five
26 members:
27 1. Two members appointed by the Governor.
28 2. One member appointed by the Chief Financial Officer.
29 3. One member appointed by the President of the Senate.
30 4. One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
31 Representatives.
32 (b) Any vacancy on the joint task force shall be filled in
33 the same manner as the original appointment.
34 (c) The members of the task force shall select a chair from
35 among its members.
36 (d) The task force shall meet as necessary, but at least
37 quarterly at the call of, and at the time and place designated
38 by, the chair.
39 (e) Members of the task force shall serve without
40 compensation, but are entitled to reimbursement for per diem and
41 travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061, Florida Statutes.
42 (f) The Agency for Enterprise Information Technology shall
43 provide administrative, technical, and staff support to the task
44 force.
45 (3) The task force shall:
46 (a) Conduct an inventory of all state government business
47 process systems that are designed to support public services
48 directly funded and delivered by state employees through state
49 agencies or indirectly through contract vendors or other
50 governmental entities.
51 (b) Solicit and receive input from subject-matter experts
52 from the various public and private sectors affected by the
53 actions of state government.
54 (c) Develop an enterprise approach to systemic change, with
55 business case analysis informing all critical decisions and
56 competitive procurements.
57 (d) Recommend the development of best practices and
58 technology process improvements for the administrative support
59 functions of state government.
60 (e) Recommend collaborative undertakings that permit best
61 practices to be scaled across multiple agencies to achieve the
62 maximum impact and economies of scale.
63 (f) Recommend funding approaches that eliminate duplication
64 and provide long-term investment opportunities as technology
65 improvements and innovations dictate.
66 (g) Enable state agencies to have the benefit of best-of
67 class technology for their critical operational business
68 applications.
69 (4) The task force shall undertake its mission and
70 prioritize:
71 (a) Administrative support functions, including:
72 1. Property inventory, location, and management.
73 2. Financial management, including all cash management,
74 payroll, personnel, and benefit systems.
75 3. The relationship between agency-owned and agency
76 purchased systems, taking into consideration accountability and
77 changing reporting needs.
78 (b) Permission-based and regulatory systems, including:
79 1. License issuance and renewal.
80 2. Professional regulation and certification systems.
81 3. Facility inspection and regulatory compliance.
82 4. The scaling of the systems in subparagraphs 1.-3. to a
83 business and consumer-friendly centralized location, multiple
84 service centers, or an electronic portal.
85 (5) The task force shall prepare and submit to the Governor
86 and Legislature an annual report that includes a summary of its
87 activities, findings, and recommendations beginning June 1,
88 2011.
89 (6) For the 2010-2011 fiscal year and each of the following
90 2 fiscal years, the sum of $50,000 is appropriated from the
91 General Revenue Fund to the Agency for Enterprise Information
92 Technology in the Executive Office of the Governor to fund the
93 administrative costs of the task force.
94 (7) The task force is abolished and this section expires on
95 June 30, 2013.
96 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.