Information Technology
What changed between versions
Created new Agency for State Systems and Enterprise Technology (ASSET) as an independent state agency with the Governor and Cabinet as its head, replacing the Department of Management Services' IT oversight role.
Deleted the Department of Management Services' IT oversight responsibilities and transferred them to the new ASSET agency.
Established strict qualifications for the state chief information officer including 10 years of IT experience, specific education requirements, and ineligibility for anyone who has served as a state agency head.
Set specific deadlines including appointment of permanent CIO by January 2, 2026, and full implementation of ASSET functions by July 1, 2026.
Required all state agencies to include detailed technology project inventories in budget requests, with projects over $1 million requiring specific documentation.
Changed cybersecurity incident reporting requirements, requiring ransomware incidents to be reported to the state chief information security officer instead of the Cybersecurity Operations Center.
Created new IT test laboratory, enterprise library, and multiple workgroups to support state agency coordination and technology standardization.
Established new financial reporting requirements for IT expenditures, requiring agencies to report detailed spending data to ASSET for consolidated analysis.
Created independent verification and validation requirements for IT projects, prohibiting entities with conflicts of interest from participating in projects they verify.
Added new definitions for 'technical debt' and 'technology-related project' to clarify IT management and budgeting requirements.