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Committee approves major rewrite of state IT oversight, establishing Office of Digital Experience
Summary
The committee approved amended legislation strengthening oversight of major information technology projects, requiring DoIT to verify unit capacity before funding MITDPs, creating an Office of Digital Experience and a Maryland Digital Service, and authorizing limited transfers of funds and positions to support the new office.
The Health and Government Operations Committee voted to report favorably on a wide-ranging information technology oversight bill that expands reporting requirements for the Information Technology Investment Fund, requires capacity determinations before funding major IT development projects (MITDPs), and establishes a new Office of Digital Experience within state government.
Under the amendments adopted in subcommittee and approved on the floor, the Secretary of the Department of Information Technology (DoIT) must determine that a managing unit has the internal capacity to support an MITDP before funding for implementation is provided. The amendments require more frequent project reporting, including notice to the Board of Public Works (BPW) and the Legislative Policy Committee (LPC) within 30 days of awarding a contract and…
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