A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the law to ensure collaboration between the office of information technology services and state agencies regarding the consolidation of information technology resource centers and services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 147‑33.83(a)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	With respect to all executive departments and agencies of State government, except the Department of Justice if they do not elect at their option to participate, the Office of Information Technology Services shall have all of the following powers and duties:
(1)	To establish and operate information resource centers and services to serve two or more departments on a cost‑sharing basis, if the State CIO, after consultation with the Office of State Budget and Management, decides it is advisable from the standpoint of efficiency and economy to establish these centers and services.
Prior to the consolidation of information resource centers and services, the Office of Information Technology Services shall coordinate with each department's executive and chief information officer to ensure the following:
a.	The department shall define its priorities for information technology support, coordinate these with the State Chief Information Officer and the Office of Information Technology Services, and develop a detailed written agreement signed by all parties to ensure that the priorities are maintained after consolidation.
b.	Department‑specific applications shall be identified and documented, and the Office of Information Technology services shall work with each department to develop a detailed, feasible plan to support these applications.
c.	Each department shall identify staffing requirements to operate and maintain department‑specific applications and related equipment and work with the Office of Information Technology Services to ensure that sufficient information technology staffing levels are maintained within the department.
d.	The State CIO shall ensure that there is no reduction in the quality, security, and timeliness of support provided to personnel and information technology systems within the department.
e.	The Office of Information Technology Services shall provide the department with detailed information on costs associated with consolidation, as well as any cost savings. The project management standard to be used by the Office of Information Technology Services to forecast costs and savings shall be the same as the project management standard in G.S. 147‑33.72E(b). If proposed costs exceed the department's ability to pay, the Office of Information Technology Services shall work with the department to identify cost reductions.
f.	The Office of Information Technology Services and the department shall agree on a timeline for implementation of consolidation and shall provide a copy of the timeline to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology and the Fiscal Research Division. Any deviation from the established timeline shall be reported to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology and the Fiscal Research Division within five days with a detailed explanation.
Any disagreements occurring during, or resulting from, consolidation shall be settled using the Agency/State CIO dispute resolution process established in G.S. 147‑33.72D."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.