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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2838--B
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 24, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations  -- recommitted to the Committee on Infrastructure and Capital
          Investment in accordance with Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted

          to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT in relation to requiring a study and report on methods to modern-
          ize information collection, retention and dissemination  practices  in
          the  state; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expi-
          ration thereof
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  state chief information officer, in conjunction with
     2  the director of the budget, the director of state  operations,  and  the
     3  secretary  of  state,  and  in  consultation with the state comptroller,
     4  shall study and issue a comprehensive report on methods to modernize the
     5  information collection, retention, and dissemination practices of  agen-
     6  cies in the state.

     7    1.  For  the  purposes  of this section, the term "state agency" shall
     8  refer to any agency, department, bureau, commission, board, task  force,
     9  committee,  public  benefit  corporation,  or  public authority, where a
    10  member is appointed by the governor.
    11    2. Such study and report carried out pursuant to  this  section  shall
    12  address the following issues:
    13    (a)  information  resource  management policies and guidelines and the
    14  possibility of developing uniform policies and guidelines in this area;
    15    (b) how information is collected and retained by  state  agencies  and
    16  what  potential there is to modernize these functions in order to reduce
    17  paper waste and cost to the state agencies;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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     1    (c) how information is made available to the public and whether oppor-
     2  tunities to modernize, reduce paper waste, and reduce cost exist;
     3    (d)  the  best  ways  to modernize the information resource systems to
     4  reduce waste and cost while maintaining  privacy,  confidentiality,  and
     5  security  of information as needed or required and what challenges exist
     6  in this area;
     7    (e) whether information technology  solutions  exist  to  address  the
     8  needs  of  the state agencies regarding lowering waste and cost in their
     9  information management systems and a discussion of what those  solutions
    10  would  entail  in  terms  of  technology or other information management
    11  system changes; and

    12    (f) any other information management issues, concerns, or  recommenda-
    13  tions the chief information officer deems necessary to include.
    14    3.  Such  report  shall  be  made  to the governor, the speaker of the
    15  assembly, and the temporary president of the senate no later than  Janu-
    16  ary 1, 2016.
    17    4.  The state chief information officer may request, and is authorized
    18  to receive, any information from any state agencies that is relevant and
    19  material to the completion of this study and report.   Such  information
    20  received  by the state chief information officer shall be subject to the
    21  same requirements for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as
    22  are applicable to such state agency's use of such information.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    24  deemed repealed April 1, 2016.