216.0446  Review of information resources management needs.--

(1)  There is created within the Legislature the Technology Review Workgroup. The workgroup and the State Technology Office shall independently review and make recommendations with respect to the portion of agencies' long-range program plans which pertains to information resources management needs and with respect to agencies' legislative budget requests for information technology and related resources. The Technology Review Workgroup shall report such recommendations, together with the findings and conclusions on which such recommendations are based, to the Legislative Budget Commission. The State Technology Office shall report such recommendations, together with the findings and conclusions on which such recommendations are based, to the Executive Office of the Governor and to the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees.

(2)  In addition to its primary duty specified in subsection (1), the Technology Review Workgroup shall have powers and duties that include, but are not limited to, the following:

(a)  To evaluate the information resource management needs identified in the agency long-range program plans for consistency with the State Annual Report on Enterprise Resource Planning and Management and statewide policies recommended by the State Technology Office, and make recommendations to the Legislative Budget Commission.

(b)  To review and make recommendations to the Legislative Budget Commission on proposed budget amendments and agency transfers associated with information technology initiatives or projects that involve more than one agency, that have an outcome that impacts another agency, that exceed $500,000 in total cost over a 1-year period, or that are requested by the Legislative Budget Commission to be reviewed.