2012 Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - STATE GOVERNMENT — EXECUTIVE
43.41A Office of the chief information officer.
43.41A.050 Evaluation of agency information technology spending and budget requests.

RCW 43.41A.050 Evaluation of agency information technology spending and budget requests.

(1) At the request of the director of financial management, the office shall evaluate both state agency information technology current spending and technology budget requests, including those proposed by the superintendent of public instruction, in conjunction with educational service districts, or statewide or regional providers of K-12 education information technology services. The office shall submit recommendations for funding all or part of such requests to the director of financial management. The office shall also submit recommendations regarding consolidation and coordination of similar proposals or other efficiencies it finds in reviewing proposals.

     (2) The office shall establish criteria, consistent with portfolio-based information technology management, for the evaluation of agency budget requests under this section. Technology budget requests shall be evaluated in the context of the state's information technology portfolio; technology initiatives underlying budget requests are subject to review by the office. Criteria shall include, but not be limited to: Feasibility of the proposed projects, consistency with the state strategic information technology plan and the state enterprise architecture, consistency with information technology portfolios, appropriate provision for public electronic access to information, evidence of business process streamlining and gathering of business and technical requirements, services, duration of investment, costs, and benefits.

[2011 1st sp.s. c 43 § 711.]

Notes:

Effective date -- Purpose -- 2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.