Amends GS 147-33.72B(c) to require that each executive agency include in its required biennial agency information technology plan all new information technology requirements that the agency plans to develop.
Amends GS 147-33.72C to require that the state chief information officer (1) ensure that a request for a new project approval includes a valid business case for the project, (2) provide written validation for the business case before approving the project, (3) disapprove any projects that duplicate existing applications, (4) work with agencies to best determine how to make the existing applications available to the requesting agency; and (5) suspend any information technology project that is not meeting its business case.
Amends GS 147-33.72E to direct each agency initiating a new technology project costing or expected to cost more than $10 million to hire private counsel with appropriate expertise in developing requests for proposals, reviewing submitted proposals, and negotiating with the vendor. Provides that the provision of GS 114-2.3 limiting the use of private counsel by state agencies does not apply to this subsection. Also directs each agency initiating a project costing or expected to cost $10 million or less to use the services of the state Attorney General’s office in developing requests for proposals, reviewing submitted proposals, and negotiating with the vendor. Requires each agency to get approval from the General Assembly before initiating a new information technology project costing or expected to cost $5 million or more. Requires the state chief information officer to report monthly to the General Assembly on projects that are behind their original schedule or exceeding their original budget and to include in the report a plan for addressing the issues identified in the report.