0001| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 2 | 0002| 42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND | 0003| SESSION, 1996 | 0004| INTRODUCED BY | 0005| ANN J. RILEY | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| A JOINT MEMORIAL | 0012| REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO STUDY BUDGET AND | 0013| PROCUREMENT ISSUES RELATIVE TO THE STATE'S INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 0014| NEEDS AND TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND COORDINATION | 0015| OF THE STATE'S EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | 0016| SYSTEMS. | 0017| | 0018| WHEREAS, the state spends approximately one hundred sixty | 0019| million dollars ($160,000,000) a year on computer hardware and | 0020| software, data processing, information systems analysis and | 0021| design and systems support; and | 0022| WHEREAS, the number of requests for computers and | 0023| information systems will continue to rise, and the state cannot | 0024| afford the cost of planning and design failures; and | 0025| WHEREAS, equipment and software purchases and design | 0001| services are only one part of the total cost of a computer | 0002| system, and the legislature must know the true, recurring costs | 0003| of an information system before it can make an informed decision | 0004| regarding funding; and | 0005| WHEREAS, the legislature also needs assurance over time | 0006| that a system's development continues to progress as planned and | 0007| that benchmarks and other achievements can be measured and | 0008| objectively evaluated; and | 0009| WHEREAS, cost controls and a comprehensive budget process | 0010| must be implemented to ensure that funding decisions are made | 0011| with the realistic expectation that true costs are known at the | 0012| outset and that identifiable, measurable benefits can be | 0013| achieved; | 0014| NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE | 0015| STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative finance committee be | 0016| requested to study methods of funding, planning, budgeting, | 0017| designing, purchasing and administering information systems; and | 0018| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study develop the | 0019| provisions and form of a comprehensive budget review process | 0020| that: | 0021| A. requires an agency requesting information system | 0022| funding to prepare a complete information system plan that | 0023| describes, with specificity, the uses for the system over time; | 0024| the resources required to plan, design, implement, maintain and | 0025| update the system; and the extent to which end users will be | 0001| involved in all phases of system planning, design, | 0002| implementation, maintenance and updating to ensure that | 0003| appropriate and useful information is collected and managed; | 0004| B. identifies the projected nonrecurring and | 0005| recurring costs of the information system; | 0006| C. includes benchmarks and phases against which | 0007| progress and cost-effectiveness can be evaluated; and | 0008| D. contains other elements identified by the | 0009| legislative finance committee as necessary for the legislature | 0010| to evaluate budget requests; and | 0011| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study examine provisions of | 0012| the Procurement Code and other constitutional and statutory | 0013| provisions that hinder or help the process of developing | 0014| information systems in the most efficient and cost-effective | 0015| manner; and | 0016| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study examine and evaluate | 0017| administrative models that can be used to ensure interagency | 0018| cooperation and coordination of information systems; and | 0019| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislative finance | 0020| committee report its findings and recommendations to the first | 0021| session of the forty-third legislature; and | 0022| BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be | 0023| transmitted to the chairman and the director of the legislative | 0024| finance committee. | 0025|  | 0001| | 0002| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0003| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| January 30, 1996 | 0007| | 0008| Mr. President: | 0009| | 0010| Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0011| | 0012| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 2 | 0013| | 0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0015| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0016| | 0017| Respectfully submitted, | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| __________________________________ | 0022| Gloria Howes, Chairman | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| | 0001| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0003| | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| Date ________________________ | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0010| Yes: 7 | 0011| No: 0 | 0012| Excused: EJennings, Wray | 0013| Absent: 0 | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| SJ002RU1 | 0017| State of New Mexico | 0018| House of Representatives | 0019| | 0020| FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE | 0021| SECOND SESSION, 1996 | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| February 9, 1996 | 0025| | 0001| | 0002| Mr. Speaker: | 0003| | 0004| Your ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, to | 0005| whom has been referred | 0006| | 0007| SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 2 | 0008| | 0009| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0010| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0011| | 0012| Respectfully submitted, | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| James Roger Madalena, Chairman | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| Adopted Not Adopted | 0021| | 0022| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0023| | 0024| Date | 0025| | 0001| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against | 0002| Yes: 7 | 0003| Excused: None | 0004| Absent: Light, McSorley, Ryan, Stewart | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| SJ002EN1 |