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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 2523 (Cooley)
          As Amended  August 4, 2014
          2/3 vote.  Urgency
           
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          Original Committee Reference:    A. & A.R.  

           SUMMARY  :  Requires the Director of the Department of Technology  
          (DOT) to review a specified project management methodology  
          manual and, based on that review, provide a report to the  
          Legislature by July 1, 2016, recommending how a team of senior  
          consulting information technology (IT) experts can assist senior  
          department executives charged with oversight of major IT  
          projects. 

           The Senate amendments  : 

          1)Require the Director to review the specified manual; submit  
            the required report based on the review; and, after  
            transmitting the report, establish a unit within DOT of  
            consulting IT advisers to serve as support for state agencies.

          2)Add an urgency clause. 

          3)Make a number of other technical, non-substantive changes.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Senate Appropriations  
          Committee: 

          1)Minor and absorbable costs to the DOT to review the California  
            Project Management Methodology Reference Manual and report to  
            the Legislature.  (Technology Services Revolving Fund)

          2)DOT indicates that there would be no new costs to the  
            department to establish a unit of consulting IT experts  
            because the Consulting and Planning Division within DOT  
            already serves the functions specified in this bill.  

           COMMENTS  :  The Senate amendments require the Director of DOT to  
          review the California Project Management Methodology Manual and,  








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          based on that review, submit a report to the Legislature by  
          January 1, 2016, that considers how a team of senior IT experts  
          can serve as consultants for top agency managers statewide when  
          they are tasked with managing complex, long-term technology  
          projects.  The Senate amendments also add a requirement for DOT  
          to establish a unit of consulting IT experts after the report is  
          provided to the Legislature.  Lastly, the Senate amendments  
          include an urgency clause in this bill to facilitate early  
          support for ongoing technology projects.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Cassie Royce / A. & A.R. / (916)  
          319-3600


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