CSSB 143(STA): "An Act amending the definition of the term 'state agencies' as it applies under Executive Order No. 113; relating to information systems in the legislative branch and to the Telecommunications Information Council; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 143(STA) 01 "An Act amending the definition of the term 'state agencies' as it applies under 02 Executive Order No. 113; relating to information systems in the legislative branch and 03 to the Telecommunications Information Council; and providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section. 1. AS 24.20 is amended by adding a new section to read: 06 Sec. 24.20.055. Information systems. The executive director of the 07 Legislative Affairs Agency shall establish information systems guidelines and prepare 08 a short-range and long-range information systems plan for the legislative branch. The 09 guidelines and plan must be adapted to the special needs of the legislative branch as 10 determined by the Alaska Legislative Council and, when it is in the agency's best 11 interest, consistent with the telecommunications information guidelines and plan 12 adopted by the commissioner of administration under AS 44.21.350 - 44.21.390. 13 * Sec. 2. AS 44.21.150, as amended by Executive Order No. 113, is amended to read: 14 Sec. 44.21.150. Declaration of purpose. It is the purpose of AS 44.21.150 -
01 44.21.170 to designate the Department of Administration as the department 02 responsible for the operation and management of automatic data processing resources 03 and activities of the executive branch [AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES] of state 04 government and the judicial and legislative branches [BRANCH] to the extent 05 requested by those branches [THAT BRANCH], and to provide for periodic review 06 of state automatic data processing procedures and mechanisms. It is further the 07 purpose of these sections to encourage cooperation between the state government and 08 local governments in the use of automatic data processing systems. 09 * Sec. 3. AS 44.21.160(b), as amended by Executive Order No. 113, is amended to read: 10 (b) To carry out (a) of this section the department may, consistent with the 11 state information systems plan adopted by the commissioner and with the 12 departmental information systems plan, 13 (1) maintain a central staff of systems analysts, computer 14 programmers, and other staff members sufficient to provide systems analysis and 15 computer programming support required by the executive branch [AND 16 LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES] of state government; 17 (2) develop and maintain both short-range and long-range data 18 processing plans for state government and provide managerial leadership in the use of 19 automatic data processing; 20 (3) review all budget requests for automatic data processing services 21 and recommend to the commissioner and the governor approval, modification, or 22 disapproval; 23 (4) recommend implementation priorities of requested data processing 24 systems; 25 (5) determine and satisfy the data processing equipment and supply 26 requirements of the executive branch [AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES], 27 departments, and agencies of state government; 28 (6) provide all facilities, equipment, and staff required to convert data 29 to a form suitable for processing on automatic data processing equipment; 30 (7) develop and publish systems analysis, computer programming and 31 computer operations standards;
01 (8) review state automatic data processing systems to encourage 02 effectiveness, measure performance, and assure adherence to the standards developed 03 under AS 44.21.150 - 44.21.170; 04 (9) develop and conduct an automatic data processing training program 05 designed to serve the technical and managerial needs of state government; 06 (10) charge a state agency or other governmental agency for the cost of 07 the automatic data processing services provided or procured by the department for the 08 agency. 09 * Sec. 4. AS 44.21.390(2), added by Executive Order No. 113, is amended to read: 10 (2) "state agencies" means all departments, divisions, and offices in the 11 executive branch [AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES] of state government [AND 12 THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA]; it does not mean the Alaska Railroad 13 Corporation, the University of Alaska, or an agency of the judicial or legislative 14 branches [BRANCH] of government. 15 * Sec. 5. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).