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F I S C A L    I M P A C T    R E P O R T

 

 

 

SPONSOR

Ogle

DATE TYPED

1/29/04

HB

188

 

SHORT TITLE

Information Technology Asset Inventory

SB

 

 

 

ANALYST

Paz

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY04

FY05

FY04

FY05

 

$350.0

 

 

Non-recurring

General Fund

 

 

 

$35.0-$52.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

 

Response Received From

Office of the Chief Information Officer

 

SUMMARY

 

Synopsis of Bill

 

House Bill 188 appropriates $350 thousand from the general fund to the Office of the Chief Information Officer to procure a statewide information technology asset management system.  

 

An information technology asset management system will enable the state to compile a summary of key software applications and hardware that support agency programs.

 

Significant Issues

 

Currently, the state lacks an automated mechanism for compiling an inventory of key information technology systems across all agencies.  The only source of this information is manually documented within agency information technology plans.

 

The Office of the Chief Information Officer is responsible for publishing a state information architecture by May 1, 2004.  A key component of this architecture is an inventory of key targeted information technology systems that are candidates for consolidation. 

 

The first step towards defining where the state wants to go with information technology is to know what the state currently owns.

 

Purchase of a stand alone information technology asset management system may result in a duplication of resources.  A project to implement an enterprise financial accounting system will contain modules that provide asset management. 

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The appropriation of $350 thousand contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the general fund.  Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of Fiscal Year 2005 shall revert to the general fund.

 

Ongoing software and hardware maintenance is typically estimated at 10% to 15% of original cost.  This could result in an annual recurring cost to the operating budget of the OCIO of $35 to $52 thousand.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

 

The bill requires coordination with the information technology groups at all large agencies to utilize an asset management system once this system is installed and put into operation.

 

 

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