Bill Summary for Bill Number Discuss and Prioritize FY 2015-16 IT Budget Requests

Date: 02/13/2015

Final
Discuss and Prioritize FY 2015-16 IT Budget Requests

COMMITTEE ON JOINT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Recommend that the JBC fund the cash-funded IT bud Recommend that the JBC fund the state-funded IT bu	PASS PASS

01:45 PM -- Discuss and Prioritize FY 2015-16 IT Budget Requests

Jessika Shipley, representing Legislative Council Staff (LCS), explained the materials before the committee (Attachments C through G). Gary Lucas, representing LCS, explained Attachments C and D in detail. Mike Dixon, representing the Department of Revenue (DOR), came to the table to state that the department is committed to entering into a contract that allows for the assessment of penalties against the vendor if specified milestones are not met during development of the new driver's license system. Discussion of the standard DOR contract template ensued. Mr. Dixon responded to questions about the procurement schedule for the project.

150213 AtachG.pdf

01:57 PM

Keith Dall, representing Otero Junior College (OJC), came to the table to respond to questions about the contract requirements for the school's project. Mr. Lucas also spoke about the cost-benefit savings related to the OJC project. Discussion returned to the group of projects as a whole. Ms. Shipley provided more explanation of the recommendation and prioritization process.

02:06 PM

Erick Scheminske, representing the Governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB), came to the table to explain the OSPB prioritization process. Committee discussion ensued about the request for proposals (RFP) issued for the DOR project. Mr. Scheminske responded to questions from the committee about the major hurdles faced by the department in their goal to decrease wait times at driver's license offices across the state.

02:13 PM

Representative Tyler provided his priority list of FY 2015-16 information technology (IT) budget requests. Discussion of his list ensued. The committee members commented about the importance of the higher education projects. Mr. Dixon returned to the table to respond to questions about the contract requirements for the DOR project.

02:25 PM

The committee took a brief recess.

02:27 PM

The committee returned to order. The committee directed staff to move rows in Table 1 (Attachment F) according to the directions of each member. Senator Newell expressed her opinion about the merits of the Department of Human Services (DHS) projects. Representative Singer provided information about various DHS systems and missions.

02:40 PM

Alfredo Kemm, representing Joint Budget Committee (JBC) Staff, joined the committee to discuss how the JBC considers the Joint Technology Committee's (JTC) priority list and recommendations. He responded to questions from the committee. He recommended some options for the committee with regard to the DOR project. Senator Neville suggested making a note in the letter to the JBC about a reservations with the DOR project.

02:52 PM

Discussion turned to the committee's desire to have a quarterly review of all state-funded IT projects. The committee ranked the projects.


BILL:	Discuss and Prioritize FY 2015-16 IT Budget Requests
TIME:	02:57:07 PM
MOVED:	Neville T.
MOTION:	Recommend that the JBC fund the state-funded IT budget requests for FY 2015-16 in Table 1 (Attachment F) in the priority order listed on the screen. The motion passed on a vote of 6-0.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Martinez Humenik	Yes
	Newell	Yes
	Singer	Yes
	Tate	Yes
	Tyler	Yes
	Neville T.	Yes

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


BILL:	Discuss and Prioritize FY 2015-16 IT Budget Requests
TIME:	02:57:46 PM
MOVED:	Neville T.
MOTION:	Recommend that the JBC fund the cash-funded IT budget requests for FY 2015-16 in Table 2 (Attachment F) in the priority order listed on the screen. The motion passed on a vote of 6-0.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Martinez Humenik	Yes
	Newell	Yes
	Singer	Yes
	Tate	Yes
	Tyler	Yes
	Neville T.	Yes

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

02:58 PM

The committee adjourned.