Sec. 2054.066. DEPARTMENT REVIEW. (a) The department, in consultation with the quality assurance team, the Information Technology Council for Higher Education, and the Legislative Budget Board, shall review existing statutes, procedures, data, and organizational structures to identify opportunities to increase efficiency, customer service, and transparency in information resources technologies. The department must:
(1) identify and address financial data needed to comprehensively evaluate information resources technologies spending from an enterprise perspective;
(2) review best practices in information resources technologies governance, including private sector practices and lessons learned from other states; and
(3) review existing statutes regarding information resources technologies governance, standards, and financing to identify inconsistencies between current law and best practices.
(b) The department shall report its findings and recommendations to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, Senate Committee on Government Organization, and House Technology Committee not later than December 1, 2014.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1051 (H.B. 3093), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Information and Planning
Chapter 2054 - Information Resources
Subchapter C. General Powers and Duties of Department
Section 2054.051. General Duties of Department
Section 2054.052. General Powers of Department
Section 2054.053. Legislative Budget Instructions; Appropriation Requests
Section 2054.054. Client Omnibus Registry and Exchange Data Bases
Section 2054.0541. Statewide Health Care Data Collection System
Section 2054.055. Performance Report
Section 2054.056. Computer Services
Section 2054.0565. Use of Contracts by Other Entities
Section 2054.058. Consideration of Vendor Incentives
Section 2054.059. Cybersecurity
Section 2054.0591. Cybersecurity Report
Section 2054.0592. Cybersecurity Emergency Funding
Section 2054.0593. Cloud Computing State Risk and Authorization Management Program
Section 2054.0594. Information Sharing and Analysis Organization
Section 2054.060. Digital Signature
Section 2054.061. Use of Consultants and Outside Staff
Section 2054.062. Information Resources Technologies Consolidation
Section 2054.063. Electronic Reporting to State Agencies
Section 2054.064. Board Approval of Contracts
Section 2054.065. Review of Certain Contract Solicitations
Section 2054.066. Department Review
Section 2054.067. Posting of Certain Documents Relating to Contract Solicitations
Section 2054.068. Information Technology Infrastructure Report
Section 2054.069. Prioritized Cybersecurity and Legacy System Projects Report
Section 2054.0691. Digital Transformation Guide
Section 2054.070. Central Repository for Publicly Accessible Electronic Data