CS for SB 1738 First Engrossed 20111738e1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to state financial information; 3 creating s. 215.922, F.S.; establishing the Agency for 4 Enterprise Business Services within the Department of 5 Management Services; providing that the office is a 6 separate budget entity not subject to the department; 7 providing an executive director appointed by the 8 Governor, confirmed by the Cabinet, and subject to 9 confirmation by the Senate; providing for an executive 10 director; providing the duties of the agency; 11 providing an effective date. 12 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14 15 Section 1. Section 215.922, Florida Statutes, is created to 16 read: 17 215.922 Agency for Enterprise Business Services.—The Agency 18 for Enterprise Business Services is created within the 19 Department of Management Services. 20 (1) The head of the agency shall be the Governor and 21 Cabinet. 22 (2) The agency is a separate budget entity and is not 23 subject to control, supervision, or direction by the Department 24 of Management Services, including, but not limited to, 25 purchasing, transitions involving real or personal property, 26 personnel, or budgetary matters. 27 (3) The agency shall have an executive director who is the 28 Enterprise Financial Business Operations Officer. The officer 29 shall be appointed by the Governor with at least three 30 affirmative votes of the Governor and Cabinet, subject to 31 confirmation by the Senate. The officer serves at the pleasure 32 of the Governor and Cabinet. The Governor may appoint an interim 33 director until an executive director is appointed by the 34 Governor and confirmed by the Cabinet. 35 (4) The agency shall have the following duties and 36 responsibilities: 37 (a) Develop and submit an Enterprise Financial Business 38 Strategic Plan to the Governor and Cabinet, the President of the 39 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by 40 December 1, 2012. The plan must include, but not be limited to, 41 the following: 42 1. An inventory of all agency financial business systems 43 that are maintained by executive branch agencies. At a minimum 44 the inventory must include the following: 45 a. The name of each system, the number of end users who 46 must use the system to perform their job functions, and the 47 associated financial business processes and a description of the 48 system functionality that supports these processes. 49 b. The total cost of operating and maintaining each agency 50 financial business system on a fiscal-year basis. The total cost 51 calculation must, at a minimum, include staffing requirements, 52 hardware and software costs, and contracted services and 53 external service provider costs. 54 c. A description of any projects and enhancements planned 55 or underway for each agency financial business system for the 56 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 fiscal years. 57 d. Any state or federal laws that require the 58 implementation and use of the agency financial business system. 59 2. Identification of and recommendations relating to the 60 financial business functions that should be standardized and 61 proposed as enterprise financial business functions. For 62 purposes of this identification, an enterprise financial 63 business function is a function that is currently common or 64 should be common among multiple state agencies. 65 3. An assessment of whether any agency financial business 66 systems should be considered for inclusion in the Florida 67 Financial Management Information System. For purposes of this 68 assessment, in order for an agency financial business system to 69 be considered for inclusion in the system it must: 70 a. Provide financial and administrative data and 71 information or functionality that is essential to a statewide 72 financial operation. 73 b. Provide a financial business service that the agency 74 recommends should be an enterprise financial business service. 75 c. Provide financial data, information, or functionality 76 that is not partially or completely duplicated by a subsystem 77 identified in s. 215.94. 78 d. Demonstrate that the agency financial business system’s 79 financial data, information, or functionality can be provided in 80 a cost-effective manner. 81 4. The status of projects currently underway that affect 82 agency financial business systems and the subsystems of the 83 Florida Financial Management Information System. 84 5. The total cost of operating and maintaining each 85 subsystem of the Florida Financial Management Information System 86 pursuant to s. 215.94 on a fiscal-year basis, the staff required 87 for operation and maintenance of each subsystem, the number of 88 end users who must use the subsystem to perform their job 89 functions, and federal law specifically requiring the 90 implementation of the subsystem. 91 6. Recommendations for modifications and enhancements to 92 the Florida Financial Management Information System which should 93 include projects proposed to replace or enhance its subsystems 94 and the decommissioning of any agency financial business 95 systems. Recommendations must include, but not be limited to: 96 a. A description of the enterprise financial business 97 services that should be provided by the Florida Financial 98 Management Information System. The description must be 99 sufficient to determine the functionality that will be provided 100 by the system and to identify which agency financial business 101 system services should be incorporated as enterprise financial 102 business services; 103 b. A proposal of the agency financial business systems that 104 should be considered for inclusion in the Florida Financial 105 Management Information System; 106 c. Major initiatives and implementation strategies 107 necessary to achieve the recommendations; 108 d. The proposed standardization of state financial data 109 elements and codes and recommended changes to ensure the use of 110 common data codes by the subsystems; 111 e. Proposals to eliminate specific impediments to achieving 112 the standardized enterprise financial business services; 113 f. Proposed substantive and fiscal changes necessary to 114 implement the recommended changes to the Florida Financial 115 Information Management System; and 116 g. Proposed governance structure changes to the Florida 117 Financial Management Board and its coordinating council. 118 (b) Provide assistance to the Chief Financial Officer in 119 the recommendation of a uniform chart of accounts. 120 (c) Serve as a clearinghouse for enterprise information 121 relating to the planning, development, implementation, and 122 evaluation of improvements to enterprise financial business 123 services. 124 (d) Develop and submit to the Governor and Cabinet, the 125 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 126 Representatives by December 1, 2012, recommendations for 127 revisions to the Florida Financial Management Information 128 Systems Act. 129 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.