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Joint Technology Committee staff tightens IT capital request template, aims to improve agency submissions
Summary
Legislative council staff told the Joint Technology Committee they revised the IT capital budget request template and plan stronger staff review, clearer questions and optional in-person quarterly updates to help the committee prioritize projects and spot recurring delays.
Legislative council staff presented a revised template and new processes to the Joint Technology Committee on June 11, saying the changes are meant to give the committee clearer, IT-focused information when it reviews state IT capital budget requests.
Samantha Falco, legislative council staff, told the committee, “We tried breaking it down… to include information on the project description, information about each phase of the project, new functionality that's expected, time or cost savings expected, any stakeholder relationships that were used.” She said the goal was to reduce what staff called “fluff” and to focus submissions on why an IT system is insufficient and how the proposed IT solution was chosen.
The revisions aim to improve the committee’s review steps under Joint Rule 45, which the staff cited when explaining the committee’s responsibility to review IT capital requests with total project costs…
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