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Committee raises major-IT threshold to $5 million, approves amended bill
Summary
The Senate State and Local Government Committee approved amended Senate Bill 2049 to redefine "major information technology projects," raising the reporting/oversight threshold to $5 million and allowing CIO discretion to add projects for oversight. The committee voted 6-0 on both the amendment and the bill recommendation.
The State and Local Government Committee voted to advance an amended version of Senate Bill 2049 that changes how the state defines "major information technology projects," raising the monetary threshold to $5,000,000 and giving the chief information officer discretion to bring lower-cost projects into oversight.
Corey Mok, chief information officer for the State of North Dakota, told the committee the change reflects how agencies now buy more licensed, out-of-the-box solutions rather than building large custom applications. "Instead of making it a dollar amount ... putting a dollar amount on a front end is not entirely the best way of analyzing the cost," Mok said, adding that the amendment preserves oversight for projects…
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