Requires the director of information technology services to undertake a detailed study of the comparative qualities of cloud computing services and state data center operations.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3409
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 27, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, HARCKHAM, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet
and Technology
AN ACT to require the director of information technology services to
undertake a detailed study of the comparative qualities of cloud
computing services and state data center operations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The director of information technology services, in consul-
2 tation with the advisory council for technology, shall contract with an
3 independent entity to conduct a detailed study of the comparative quali-
4 ties of cloud computing services and state data center operations. Such
5 contract shall be awarded on a competitive basis through a request for
6 proposals process. Such study shall include, but not be limited to the
7 following comparative analyses: cost, value, operational risks, privacy,
8 security, reliability, redundancy and disaster recovery. Such report
9 shall be submitted to the governor, state comptroller, the temporary
10 president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than
11 May 31, 2026.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05135-01-5
