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