Committee reviews bill to require ADS to publish original budgets and timelines for large IT projects

The House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee on Feb. 13 discussed a draft committee bill that would change reporting requirements for ADS and require a publicly accessible project dashboard for large information-technology projects.

The draft would amend 33 0 3 to require the Agency of Digital Services (ADS) to report the original and current estimated date of completion and the original and current estimated budget for any IT project with a total cost of $500,000 or greater. The language also would require ADS to report whether such projects have met their "business goals" and to disclose any use of the chief information officer's waiver authority for independent reviews of projects that otherwise would require them.

The change follows recommendations from the deputy auditor after an audit of ADS. Committee members and staff described the proposal as an effort to increase transparency and make it possible to see how project scope, schedule and budgets have changed since a project's start.

Committee staff…