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2012 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB1301 (Conference Report)

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Revised DOA Cardinal Language (language only)

Item 260 #1c

Item 260 #1c

Finance
Accounts, Department of

Language
Page 185, after line 49, insert:
"2.  Prior to accessing the working capital advance contained in Paragraph B.1. of this item for the statewide roll-out of Cardinal as the Commonwealth's enterprise financial system, the State Comptroller shall certify to the Auditor of Public Accounts that the standards for vendor accounting information required pursuant to Chapters 758 and 812 of the 2009 Acts of Assembly have been developed by the State Comptroller in partnership with the Department of General Services and Virginia Information Technologies Agency.  The State Comptroller shall ensure these standards have been incorporated into the Commonwealth's enterprise electronic procurement system, and, to the extent that the State Comptroller has allowed agencies and institutions to use other systems, that both Cardinal and those other agencies and institutions have internal control procedures that incorporate industry best practices for a standard vendor database to minimize improper payments to vendors.  The State Comptroller shall also ensure that these standard vendor databases allow for the exchange of information so that the Commonwealth can uniformly determine which vendors, goods and services, and other information is necessary to monitor the use of the Commonwealth's resources."
Page 185, line 50, strike "2." and insert "3."
Page 186, line 2, strike "3." and insert "4."


Explanation
(This amendment requires that prior to accessing the working capital advance necessary for the development of Cardinal as the Commonwealth's financial accounting system that the State Comptroller certify to the Auditor of Public Accounts that the standards for vendor accounting information, which were to have been developed three years ago by the State Comptroller, Department of General Services, and the Virginia Information Technologies Agency pursuant to legislation adopted by the General Assembly, have in fact been developed and incorporated into eVA and disseminated to other state agencies and institutions to minimize improper payments to vendors.)