BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2408
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Date of Hearing: May 5, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
AB 2408 (Smyth) - As Introduced: February 19, 2010
Policy Committee: Business and
Professions Vote: 11 - 0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill codifies the Governors Reorganization Plan (GRP)
Number 1. Specifically, this bill:
1)Transfers all duties, functions, employees, property and
related funding of the Division of Telecommunications from the
Department of General Services (DGS) the Office of the Chief
Information Officer (OCIO).
2)Renames the Department of Technology Services (DTS) to the
Office of Technology Services and transfers it from the State
Consumer Services Agency (SCSA) to the CIO, along with the
applicable revolving fund.
3)Eliminates the Office of Information Security and Privacy
Protection, and instead creates the Office of Information
Security within the OCIO, and the Office of Privacy Protection
within the SCSA.
4)Transfers all necessary employees to the OCIO and maintains
the status, position, and rights of those employees.
5)Transfers certain responsibilities relating to creating the
state's IT procurement policies from the Department of
Finance, DGS, and the Department of Information Technology to
the OCIO.
FISCAL EFFECT
There are no new costs associated with this legislation.
Funding for the implementation of the GRP was included in the
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2009-10 budget and the governor's proposed 2010-11 budget.
COMMENTS
1)Purpose . GRP 1 took effect on May 10, 2009. This bill was
introduced as a clean-up bill to change statutory language to
reflect the law.
2)Governor's Reorganization Plan Number 1 . On March 10, 2009,
the governor submitted to the Legislature his proposed IT
reorganization plan to consolidate various statewide IT
organizations and functions under the OCIO. The GRP would
greatly expand the duties and responsibilities of the OCIO.
In total, they would absorb approximately 1,200 state
employees and $500 million in funding from other departments.
During the budget process, the administration asserted that
California IT lacks the broad and cohesive organizing logic
necessary to best optimize limited state resources. To
address this shortcoming, the governor proposes a "federated"
governance model, in which the OCIO would have expanded
authority over various IT services and functions while leaving
some "local control" at the agency, department, and program
levels.
3)Related Legislation . AB 1266 (Huber) of 2009, which also
attempted to codify GRP 1, was held on this committee's
suspense file.
GRP 1 (Governor's Administration) of 2009 was heard in the
Assembly Business and Professions Committee on April 14, 2009.
The Committee recommended that GRP 1 be permitted to take
effect by a vote of 9-0. As neither house adopted nor
rejected the plan, GRP 1 became effective on May 10, 2009
after the 60 day mandatory period ended.
Analysis Prepared by : Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)
319-2081