Chief information officer review and approval of technology proposals.

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  • (1) The chief information officer shall review and evaluate each technology proposal that the review board transmits to the chief information officer.
  • (2) The chief information officer may approve and recommend that the division provide funding from legislative appropriations for a technology proposal if, after the chief information officer's review and evaluation of the technology proposal:
    • (a) the chief information officer determines that there is a reasonably good likelihood that the technology proposal:
      • (i) is capable of being implemented effectively; and
      • (ii) will result in greater efficiency in a government process or a cost saving in the delivery of a government service, or both; and
    • (b) the chief information officer receives approval from the governor's budget office for the technology proposal.
  • (3) The chief information officer may:
    • (a) prioritize multiple approved technology proposals based on their relative likelihood of achieving the goals described in Subsection (2); and
    • (b) recommend funding based on the chief information officer's prioritization under Subsection (3)(a).
  • (4) The division shall:
    • (a) track the implementation and success of a technology proposal approved by the chief information officer;
    • (b) evaluate the level of the technology proposal's implementation effectiveness and whether the implementation results in greater efficiency in a government process or a cost saving in the delivery of a government service, or both; and
    • (c) report the results of the division's tracking and evaluation:
      • (i) to the chief information officer, as frequently as the chief information officer requests; and
      • (ii) at least annually to the Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee.
  • (5) The division may expend money appropriated by the Legislature to pay for expenses incurred by executive branch agencies in implementing a technology proposal that the chief information officer has approved.




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