Technology Reform (language only)

Item 510.10 #1c

Language
Page 476, after line 24, Insert:
A.1. Consistent with the provisions of Senate Bill 1247 and House Bill 1926, 2003 Session, the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, is authorized to transfer general fund and nongeneral fund appropriations from Executive Department agencies, other than institutions of higher education, to this item. These transfers shall be from such savings as the Secretary of Technology, or the Chief Information Officer upon his hiring, may identify from actions such as: a) consolidation of servers, networks, desktop support, help desk operations, and desktop and server licenses, b) centralization of procurement, c) conversion of contract positions to full-time or part-time state employment, d) centralized access management, and e) promulgation of a revised telecommunications usage policy, including dedicated private lines. The State Comptroller shall transfer cash consistent with these appropriation transfers.
2. The Department of Planning and Budget shall increase the position level and make adjustments within the line items of any agency of the Commonwealth to the extent necessary to carry out the provisions of Paragraph A.1.c. of this item."

Explanation
(This amendment captures savings resulting from implementation of technology reform consistent with the provisions of Senate Bill 1247 and House Bill 1926.)