§ 75-7211 — Legislative oversight of information technology projects

Kansas § 75-7211

• Jurisdiction: Kansas
• Ch. 75: STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
• Art. 72: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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(a) The joint committee shall monitor state agency execution of reported information technology projects. The joint committee shall require the three chief information technology officers to report progress regarding the implementation of such projects and all proposed expenditures therefor, including all revisions to such proposed expenditures for the current fiscal year and for ensuing fiscal years.
(b) For information technology projects, the joint committee may:
(1) Require the head of any state agency with primary responsibility for an information technology project to advise and consult on the status and progress of such information technology project, including revisions to expenditures for the current fiscal year and ensuing fiscal years; and
(2) report on the status and progress of such information technology projects to the senate standing committee on ways and means, the house of representatives standing committee on appropriations and the legislative budget committee.
(c) Prior to authorizing or approving any information technology project change or overrun, the head of a state agency with primary responsibility for such information technology project shall report all such information technology project changes or overruns to the joint committee through the chief information technology officer of the branch of state government of which the agency is a part pursuant to the information technology executive council's policy. The joint committee shall report all such changes and overruns to the senate standing committee on ways and means, the house of representatives standing committee on appropriations and the legislative budget committee.

Legislative History

L. 1998, ch. 182, § 11; L. 2023, ch. 75, § 11; July 1.