434#1h (VITA) Continuing Adminstrative Efficiencies. HB30 - Member Request

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Chief Patron: Ingram
Continuing Adminstrative Efficiencies (language only)

Item 434 #1h

Item 434 #1h
Technology
Virginia Information Technologies Agency

Language
Page 388, strike lines 52 through 58.
Page 389, strike lines 1 through 9.

Explanation
(This amendment eliminates the absorbtion of ongoing reduction included in the Governor's introduced budget of $1.3 million for VITA. In the current fiscal year, VITA reduced its administrative costs by $1.3 million as a one-time action to provide rebates to state agencies and assist them with their budget reduction needs. The expectation contained in the Governor's introduced budget is that VITA can and will offer similar rebates to those employed in the current year even though those rebates were tendered as a good faith effort to contribute to state budget cost-cutting efforts above and beyond VITA's 5 percent budget reduction. The Governor's introduced budget would essentially require VITA to overcharge state agencies in order to rebate the required savings.)

Item 434

Item 434	First Year - FY2009	Second Year - FY2010
Administrative and Support Services (89900)	sum sufficient
Fund Sources:

Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 20.1, Code of Virginia.

A. Operational costs for Administrative and Support Services shall be paid solely from charges to other programs within this agency.

B. The provisions of Title 2.2, Chapter 20.1 of the Code of Virginia shall not apply to the Virginia Port Authority.

C. The requirement that the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services purchase information technology equipment or services from VITA according to the provisions of Chapters 981 and 1021 of the Acts of Assembly of 2003 shall not adversely impact the provision of services to mentally disabled clients.

D.1. The Department of Human Resource Management shall review all compensation actions for VITA employees for proper application of the Commonwealth's classification and compensation policies or procedures. Subject to a memorandum of agreement between these two agencies, such review shall be undertaken in a timely manner and the results reported back to VITA within five business days of completion.

2. No later than November 1 of each year the department shall report its findings of any material deviations from such policies or procedures and the corrective actions that have been taken to the Virginia Information Technologies Investment Board, the Governor, the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees, and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.

E. The Board shall not delegate any duties or responsibilities to the chairman other than to preside over meetings or act as the Board's spokesperson in public meetings. The chairman shall have no powers or duties greater than those given to any other Board member. The Board shall use the Chief Information Officer to arrange Board and committee meetings and agendas and solicit the Chief Information Officer's advice on Information Technology Investment Board meeting topics and the frequency of meetings.

F. Total outstanding tax supported capital leases entered into as part of the infrastructure public private partnership shall not exceed the following amounts:

FY 2009	$100,924,511
FY 2010	$92,869,429
FY 2011	$80,077,305
FY 2012	$69,165,610
FY 2013	$63,449,809
FY 2014	$61,996,583
FY 2015	$48,585,958
FY 2016	$42,280,313

G. Consistent with the Cost Allocation Plan (CAP) submitted to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cost Allocation, the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, is authorized to transfer appropriations between Executive Branch agencies based on telecommunication and technology rates approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. Transfers may be made among Executive Branch agencies if current funding exceeds actual charges or additional funding is needed to cover the telecommunication and technology charges. Any such transfers shall be included in the monthly status of adjustments to appropriations report required by §4-8.01 of this act.

H. The Virginia Information Technologies Agency shall absorb, each year, a total of $1,250,000, all funds, from operational efficiencies based rebate to the agency's telecommunications customers. The rebate is a result of savings achieved by the agency's continued efforts to reduce its overhead and indirect costs. The general fund portion of the rebate for state agencies is $368,577 and is referenced in Item 473 to adjust the general funding distributed to state agencies for impacts of decentralized rates. The nongeneral fund portion of the rebate is $530,084, and the remainder reflects federally funded dollars. All funds from the Virginia Retirement System and federal sources are excluded from these adjustments. Agencies receiving a nongeneral fund rebate may retain that funding to offset any increased costs of decentralized rates.