HB 5011 Summary: State Information Technology

• Abolishes the Agency for Enterprise Information Technology and transfers all its records, property, funds, and contracts to the newly created Agency for State Technology within the Executive Office of the Governor.

• Establishes the Agency for State Technology as an independent budget entity headed by an executive director who serves as the state's Chief Information Officer, appointed by the Governor with Cabinet and Senate confirmation.

• Requires the agency to develop a biennial Information Technology Strategic Plan including inventories of IT systems and major projects exceeding $1 million, with "major" projects specifically defined to exclude routine software licensing renewals and desktop replacements.

• Consolidates agency data centers into primary data centers on a staggered schedule from 2012-2016, with the Agency for State Technology providing project management oversight and requiring written legislative approval for any exceptions.

• Replaces boards of trustees governing primary data centers and shared resource centers with single directors appointed by the Agency for State Technology's executive director, and appropriates $1,847,866 and 16 positions for fiscal year 2012-2013.