2012 Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - STATE GOVERNMENT — EXECUTIVE
43.88 State budgeting, accounting, and reporting system.
43.88.092 Information technology budget detail -- Information technology plan -- Accounting method for information technology.

RCW 43.88.092 Information technology budget detail — Information technology plan — Accounting method for information technology.

(1) As part of the biennial budget process, the office of financial management shall collect from agencies, and agencies shall provide, information to produce reports, summaries, and budget detail sufficient to allow review, analysis, and documentation of all current and proposed expenditures for information technology by state agencies. Information technology budget detail must be included as part of the budget submittal documentation required pursuant to RCW 43.88.030.

     (2) The office of financial management must collect, and present as part of the biennial budget documentation, information for all existing information technology projects as defined by information services board policy. The office of financial management must work with the office of the chief information officer to maximize the ability to draw this information from the information technology portfolio management data collected by the department of information services pursuant to *RCW 43.105.170. Connecting project information collected through the portfolio management process with financial data developed under subsection (1) of this section provides transparency regarding expenditure data for existing technology projects.

     (3) The biennial budget documentation submitted by the office of financial management pursuant to RCW 43.88.030 must include an information technology plan and a technology budget for the state identifying current baseline funding for information technology, proposed and ongoing major information technology projects, and their associated costs. This plan and technology budget must be presented using a method similar to the capital budget, identifying project costs through stages of the project and across fiscal periods and biennia from project initiation to implementation. This information must be submitted electronically, in a format to be determined by the office of financial management and the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee.

     (4) The office of financial management shall also institute a method of accounting for information technology-related expenditures, including creating common definitions for what constitutes an information technology investment.

     (5) For the purposes of this section, "major information technology projects" includes projects that have a significant anticipated cost, complexity, or are of statewide significance, such as enterprise-level solutions, enterprise resource planning, and shared services initiatives.

[2011 1st sp.s. c 43 § 733; 2010 c 282 § 3.]

Notes:

*Reviser's note: RCW 43.105.170 was repealed by 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 § 1013, effective October 1, 2011.      Effective date -- Purpose -- 2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.