Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 102
       
       
       
       By Senator Ring
       
       
       
       
       32-00094-11                                            2011102__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Office of the Chief Technology
    3         Officer; creating the Office of the Chief Technology
    4         Officer within the Department of Financial Services;
    5         requiring that the Chief Technology Officer be
    6         appointed by the Governor and Cabinet; requiring that
    7         the office be composed of three divisions; providing
    8         duties of such divisions; requiring that the Chief
    9         Technology Officer develop a multiyear plan of action
   10         for the purpose of meeting specified objectives;
   11         providing an effective date.
   12  
   13         WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that it is necessary to
   14  reorient the deployment of public technology infrastructure in a
   15  manner that is consistent with the statutory objectives in
   16  chapter 282, Florida Statutes, create an accountable governance
   17  system that continues to consolidate separate state data centers
   18  and develop common electronic communications and messaging
   19  systems, and provide reasonable assurances to the public that
   20  their contact with governmental services is timely, accurate,
   21  responsive, and respectful of the need to maintain secure
   22  networks that do not compromise personal identifying information
   23  protected by law or duty, and
   24         WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Legislature to create a
   25  road map for successive governance deployment initiatives,
   26  thereby producing a sound management system, disciplined
   27  procurement systems, and effective operational controls for
   28  succeeding generations of taxpayers and recipients of public
   29  services, NOW, THEREFORE,
   30  
   31  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   32  
   33         Section 1. Office of the Chief Technology Officer.—
   34         (1) There is created within the Department of Financial
   35  Services the Office of the Chief Technology Officer. The office
   36  shall be led by the Chief Technology Officer, who shall be
   37  appointed by the Governor and Cabinet.
   38         (2) The office shall be composed of three divisions:
   39         (a) The Division of Strategic Procurement, which includes
   40  the development of all enterprise information technology
   41  procurement and acquisition-management systems across state
   42  agencies, whether owned or contracted, and has the objective of
   43  achieving unified accountability.
   44         (b) The Division of Policy Formulation, Development, and
   45  Standards, which sets, by rule or contract, the technical and
   46  architectural expectations for current and emerging technologies
   47  and establishes new human capital skill sets, competency
   48  expectations, and total compensation for all information
   49  technology professions within state agencies.
   50         (c) The Division of Implementation, which is responsible
   51  for the execution, timing, and integration of specific
   52  technology components and business domain management and the
   53  retention of agency expertise in key legacy applications in
   54  nonstrategic management systems.
   55         (3) The Chief Technology Officer shall develop a multiyear
   56  plan of action that builds upon the initial objectives contained
   57  in part I of chapter 282, Florida Statutes, and develops or
   58  recommends the legislative actions necessary to make the
   59  following changes to existing enterprise services:
   60         (a) The consolidation of all state agency data centers into
   61  three primary locations or entities by January 1, 2014.
   62         (b) By December 31, 2011, the initiation of the development
   63  of a revised financial management infrastructure for state
   64  government which causes the reengineering of subsystem
   65  components, including, but not limited to, the legislative
   66  appropriations system and planning and budget system, cash
   67  management, human resources, a successor accounting system, and
   68  strategic and tactical procurement and acquisition management.
   69         (c) By January 1, 2012, the reconfiguration of the
   70  significant structural components of the operations of existing
   71  state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of
   72  Management Services, the Department of Financial Services, and
   73  the Agency for Enterprise Information Technology.
   74         (d) By a date to be determined by the Governor and Cabinet
   75  and subject to specific legislative appropriation, the creation
   76  of successor customer relationship-management systems,
   77  including, but not limited to, professional licensure, facility
   78  licensure, regulatory inspections, and compliance and monitoring
   79  systems.
   80         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.