Subdivision 1.Application.

This section applies to an appropriation of more than $1,000,000 of state or federal funds to a state agency for any information and telecommunications technology project or for any phase of such a project, device, or system. For purposes of this section, an appropriation of state or federal funds to a state agency includes an appropriation:

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 16E.0465

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(1) to a constitutional officer;

(2) for a project that includes both a state agency and units of local government; and

(3) to a state agency for grants to be made to other entities.

Subd. 2.Required review and approval.

(a) A state agency receiving an appropriation for an information and telecommunications technology project subject to this section must divide the project into phases.

(b) An encumbrance or expenditure may not be made for any phase of a state agency information and telecommunications technology project subject to this section unless the Department of Information Technology Services has reviewed each phase of the project and based on this review, the chief information officer has determined for each phase that:

(1) the project is compatible with the state information architecture and other policies and standards established by the chief information officer;

(2) the agency is able to accomplish the goals of the phase of the project with the funds appropriated; and

(3) the project supports the enterprise information technology strategy.

Subd. 3.

[Repealed, 2005 c 156 art 5 s 24]