GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2007-281
SENATE BILL 879
AN ACT providing for additional project managers on information technology projects and increasing the threshold for the mandatory designation of project manager assistants by the state chief information officer.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 147-33.72E reads as rewritten:
"§ 147-33.72E. Project management standards.
(a) Agency
Responsibilities. - Each agency shall provide for a project manager one
or more project managers who meets meet the applicable
quality assurance standards for each information technology project that is
subject to approval under G.S. 143-33.72C(a). The Each project
manager shall be subject to the review and approval of the State Chief
Information Officer.
The Each agency project manager shall provide
periodic reports to the project management assistant assigned to the project by
the State CIO under subsection (b) of this section. The reports shall include
information regarding project costs, issues related to hardware, software, or
training, projected and actual completion dates, and any other information
related to the implementation of the information technology project.
(b) State Chief Information
Officer Responsibilities. - The State Chief Information Officer shall designate
a project management assistant from the Office of Information Technology
Services for projects that receive any project that receives approval
under G.S. 147-33.72C(a). G.S. 147-33.72C(a) if the project
costs or is expected to cost more than one million dollars ($1,000,000),
whether the project is undertaken in single or multiple phases or components. The
State Chief Information Officer may designate a project management assistant
for any other information technology project.
The project management assistant shall advise the agency with the initial planning of a project, the content and design of any request for proposals, contract development, procurement, and architectural and other technical reviews. The project management assistant shall also monitor agency progress in the development and implementation of the project and shall provide status reports to the State Chief Information Officer, including recommendations regarding continued approval of the project."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 2007.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 2:15 p.m. this 27th day of July, 2007