SECTIONS 4900-4903

4900.  As used in this division: (a) "Department" means the Employment Development Department. (b) "Director" means the Director of Employment Development.4901.  The director shall prepare a biennial report to theLegislature, on or before February 1, 1994, and on or before February1 of each even-numbered year thereafter, on the department'sautomation plans, including any recommendation on improvements forthe purpose of consideration by both policy and fiscal committees ofthe Legislature.4902.  The report, required by Section 4901, shall be transmitted tothe Legislative Analyst, the Assembly Committees on Insurance,Consumer Protection, Governmental Efficiency, and EconomicDevelopment, Labor and Employment, and Ways and Means, the SenateCommittees on Industrial Relations and Budget and Fiscal Review, theDepartment of Finance, and the Governor, on or before February 1 ofeach even-numbered year. The report shall do all of the following: (a) Provide a strategic information plan that describes thelong-term goals and strategies which shall be undertaken by thedepartment to create an information technology environment that willnot only support the achievement of the department's strategicbusiness mission and goals but set the foundation for usinginformation technology to make substantial and sustainableimprovements in how it conducts business. The plan shall cover a10-year planning horizon and include the department's informationvision, its information management principles, and long-term goalsand strategies for achieving its information vision. (b) Provide a tactical information plan of specific automation andinfrastructure projects to be undertaken within three years of thedate of the report. The plan shall include project description andscope, consistency with the strategic information plan, relationshipto other projects, priority of development, estimated project costsand benefits, and improvements in services. For automation projects,it shall also provide reductions in personnel and operating costs,and identification of how personnel and cost savings will be used,transferred, or otherwise accounted for. (c) Not necessarily be in addition to or replace any reports nowsubmitted by the director to the State Office of InformationTechnology in the Department of Finance.4903.  (a) Thirty days prior to the release of the report identifiedin Section 4901, the director shall submit it to the Office ofInformation Technology in the Department of Finance, which shallreview and comment on it. These comments shall be attached to thereport by the director and distributed with the report. (b) When commenting on the report, the Office of InformationTechnology shall include, but not be limited to, an assessment ofwhether: (1) The requirements for the report have been met. (2) The strategic plan is consistent with the formal strategicplan submitted separately to the Office of Information Technology. (3) The costs and benefits identified in the report are consistentwith the projects previously submitted for approval or contained inthe Information Management Annual Plans.