MN HF191

Transfers supervision of the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office from the commissioner of administration to the chief information officer, with a chief geospatial information officer appointed by the chief information officer.

Consolidates information technology and telecommunications technology services under the Office of Enterprise Technology, making the chief information officer responsible for providing data centers, mainframes, servers, desktops, laptops, networks, software, and help desk services to state agencies.

Creates a Technology Advisory Committee with nine members (six appointed by governor, one county representative, one union representative, one private business representative) to advise the chief information officer on technology strategy, initiatives, standards, and portfolio management.

Establishes a technology improvement account in the enterprise technology fund to finance projects that improve state information and telecommunications technology, contingent on demonstrating savings exceeding project costs.

Transfers information technology and geospatial systems personnel, assets, and appropriations from individual state agencies to the Office of Enterprise Technology effective July 1, 2011, and requires reduction of agency chief information officer positions to 15 by December 31, 2011.