R 346 |
2017 -- H 6295 Enacted 06/27/2017 |
H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAXIMIZING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY |
Introduced By: Representatives Carson, McKiernan, Knight, Serpa, and Fogarty |
Date Introduced: June 08, 2017 |
WHEREAS, Information Technology (IT) has become an increasingly critical component |
in the efficient operation of state government; and |
WHEREAS, The recent difficulties in the state's deployment of the UHIP/RIBRIDGES |
program serves as a prime mandate to assess the state's procedures pertaining to statewide |
contracting, project management, and information technology outsourcing practices; now, |
therefore be it |
RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
Providence Plantations hereby requests the Department of Administration (DOA) to conduct a |
study and provide recommendations for maximizing information technology deployment |
strategies for evaluating and improving state IT structure and information technology |
management practices including, but not limited to, standard operational procedures and |
oversight for service proposals, vendor and consultant contracts. The study shall also include an |
inventory of the state's executive departments pertaining to: |
• Major software systems; |
• Vendor lists; |
• Year of purchase; |
• Year of launch; |
• Number of employees using the program; |
• Projected year of replacement, type of upgrade and cost; |
• Current spending on centralized IT; and |
• Current spending on individual departments' IT; and be it further |
RESOLVED, That this House hereby respectfully requests that the DOA works in |
conjunction with the Rhode Island Division of Information Technology, and all other departments |
and agencies of the state, who shall furnish such advice and information, documentary and |
otherwise, as is deemed necessary or desirable to facilitate the purposes of this resolution; and be |
it further |
RESOLVED, That this House hereby requests that the DOA to report its findings and |
recommendations to the House of Representatives no later than January 31, 2018; and be it |
further |
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Director of the Rhode Island Department of |
Administration and the Chief Information Officer of the Rhode Island Division of Information |
Technology. |
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