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2014 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB5002 (Committee Proposed)

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Lang. - Integration of eVA and Cardinal (language only)

Item 76 #1h

Item 76 #1h

Administration
General Services, Department of

Language
Page 61, line 45, after "C." insert "1."
Page 61, line 45, after "Commonwealth's" insert "statewide".
Page 61, line 45, after "program" insert "known as eVA".
Page 61, after line 46, insert:
"2. The Department of General Services, in consultation with the Department of Accounts, shall develop an implementation timetable, scope, and cost for real time integration between eVA and the statewide financial management system known as Cardinal, with the objective that the integration be completed within one year of the Cardinal Wave I rollout. The Secretaries of Administration and Finance shall submit a final timetable, no later than January 1, 2015, to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees. The Department of General Services is authorized to fund all approved costs of the integration, including associated integration costs incurred by the Department of Accounts’ Cardinal project team.  All approved integration costs are to be paid from the existing eVA special fund balances. No integration costs shall be paid from eVA fees collected after July 1, 2014. The Department of General Services is authorized, where necessary, to procure all integration services required for this integration project by the Department of General Services and the Department of Accounts to fulfill the requirements of this subsection. The Department of General Services and the Department of Accounts shall work collaboratively to implement and complete the integration in accordance with the Secretaries of Administration and Finance approved timetable. The Department of General Services and the Department of Accounts shall jointly submit quarterly implementation progress reports to the Secretaries of Administration and Finance for submission to the Governor and Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees.”


Explanation
(This amendment includes language specifying the integration of eVA procurement system with the new statewide financial system, Cardinal.)