Bill Summary for Bill Number Consideration of OIT Controlled Maintenance Legislation

Date: 04/12/2012

Final
Consideration of OIT Controlled Maintenance Legislation

COMMITTEE ON CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved to authorize the Office of Legislative Legal	PASS

08:50 AM -- Consideration of Office of Information Technology Controlled Maintenance Legislation

Mr. Sobanet led a discussion about the potential for running committee legislation to allow the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) to seek controlled maintenance funding for information technology infrastructure. Committee members received proposed statutory language to allow OIT to seek controlled maintenance funding (Attachment E), and a summary of OIT's recent risk assessment of the state's information technology infrastructure (Attachment F). Mr. Todd Olson, Chief Financial Officer for OIT, made a presentation about the merits of committing controlled maintenance funds to information technology infrastructure, and briefed the committee on the information in Attachment F. Discussion ensued regarding how OIT controlled maintenance requests would integrate with the committee's, and the Office of the State Architect's, process for prioritizing and recommending funding for controlled maintenance projects.

09:01 AM

Discussion continued regarding how OIT controlled maintenance projects would be integrated with the current controlled maintenance process. Ms. van Mourik raised concerns about the proposed legislation language contained in Attachment E, using the Colorado Financial Reporting System (COFRS) Modernization project as an example. Mr. Sobanet addressed these concerns. Discussion ensued regarding how to move forward with draft legislation to address the proposal. Discussion followed regarding the merits of creating a category for information technology controlled maintenance, and the potential for such moneys to be misspent. Mr. Larry Friedberg, State Architect, provided background on spending for controlled maintenance, and how it differs from capital construction. He spoke in favor of maintaining the current level of flexibility for spending controlled maintenance moneys, and explained how creating a separate category for OIT controlled maintenance requests may affect this flexibility.


BILL:	Office of Information Technology
TIME:	09:14:05 AM
MOVED:	Brown
MOTION:	Moved to authorize the Office of Legislative Legal Services to draft legislation about the classification of information technology projects as capital construction, and their eligibility for controlled maintenance funding. The motion passed on a vote of 6-0.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Brown	Yes
	Renfroe	Yes
	Schwartz	Yes
	Vigil	Yes
	Sonnenberg	Yes
	Bacon	Yes

Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

09:15 AM

Discussion ensued regarding the authorization of additional moneys for controlled maintenance by the House of Representatives during its deliberations on House Bill 12-1335, the Long Bill. Representative Vigil suggested tailoring the proposed committee legislation to allow for adaptation to future changes in technology.

09:17 AM

The committee adjourned.