Virginia Information Technologies Agency (136)

Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 20.1, Code of Virginia.

A.1. Operational costs for Administrative and Support Services shall be paid solely from charges to other programs within this agency.

2. Out of the amounts for this Item, $90,000 the second year is provided from the Acquisition Services Special Fund for General Management and Direction.  These funds are paid solely from receipts from vendor information technology contracts and will be used to finance procurement and implementation activities for a contracts management system.

B. The provisions of Title 2.2, Chapter 20.1 of the Code of Virginia shall not apply to the Virginia Port Authority.

C. The requirement that the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services purchase information technology equipment or services from the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) according to the provisions of Chapters 981 and 1021 of the Acts of Assembly of 2003 shall not adversely impact the provision of services to mentally disabled clients.

D.1. The Department of Human Resource Management shall review all compensation actions for VITA employees for proper application of the Commonwealth's classification and compensation policies or procedures. Subject to a memorandum of agreement between these two agencies, such review shall be undertaken in a timely manner and the results reported back to VITA within five business days of completion.

2. No later than November 1 of each year the department shall report its findings of any material deviations from such policies or procedures and the corrective actions that have been taken to the Chief Information Officer, the Secretary of Technology, the Governor, the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees, and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.

E. Total outstanding tax supported capital leases entered into as part of the infrastructure public private partnership shall not exceed the following amounts:

F. Consistent with the Cost Allocation Plan (CAP) submitted to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cost Allocation, the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, is authorized to transfer appropriations between Executive Branch agencies based on telecommunication and technology rates approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission.  Transfers may be made among Executive Branch agencies if current funding exceeds actual charges or additional funding is needed to cover the telecommunication and technology charges.  Any such transfers shall be included in the monthly status of adjustments to appropriations report required by §4-8.01 of this act.

G. The Chief Information Officer shall analyze and compare the costs of IT goods purchased through the Comprehensive Infrastructure Agreement to costs the Commonwealth would otherwise pay if comparable IT goods were purchased directly by VITA, excluding any goods for which there is an existing internal service fund rate approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, or an approved contractual resource unit.  In addition, this analysis shall focus on the status of any outstanding deliverables under the Comprehensive Infrastructure Agreement; including but not limited to the establishment of a service catalog.  The analysis shall include the cost of the goods plus all taxes, including sales and personal property taxes, and all applicable overhead rates.  If goods were purchased by VITA, the analysis should identify all required changes to the contract, specific installation procedures and ongoing support requirements including any cost to be charged by the vendor for installation and support of goods purchased by the Commonwealth. VITA shall submit a report of this analysis and comparison to the Chairmen of the Senate Committees on Finance and General Laws and Technology and the House Committees on Appropriations and Science and Technology by December 31, 2010.

H. The Chief Information Officer and the Secretary of Technology shall provide the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees with a report detailing any amendments or modifications to the comprehensive infrastructure agreement. The report shall include statements describing the fiscal impact of such amendments or modifications and shall be submitted within 30 days following the signing of the amended agreement.

I. Fifteen days prior to the June 25, 2010, and December 31, 2010, milestones of the comprehensive infrastructure agreement, the Chief Information Officer shall provide to the Governor, the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees, the Secretary of Technology, the Department of Planning and Budget, and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission a report on activities, progress and performance related to the operational and contractual changes as outlined in Amendment 60 of the comprehensive infrastructure agreement.

J.  Consistent with the provisions of Chapter 145, the Chief Information Officer will develop and implement a plan to improve the productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness of  VITA.  As part of this review, the Chief Information Officer shall assess the feasibility of reducing or eliminating the Enterprise Application Division by June 30, 2011.  The plan will be submitted to the Governor, the Secretary of Technology, and the Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees no later than September 1, 2010.  The plan shall include the estimated dollar and position savings for each year of the biennium.  An annual assessment of the VITA organization will be provided to the Governor, the Secretary of Technology, and Chairmen of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance Committees by June 30 of each year.