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J_JTC_2023A 12/11/2023 09:03:47 AM Committee Summary

PUBLIC
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING
JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JOINT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Date 12/11/2023
Attendance
Baisley *
Hansen X
Parenti X
Weinberg X
Titone X
Priola X
Time 09:03:47 AM to 02:02:47 PM
Place SCR 352
This Meeting was called to order by Priola
This Report was prepared by Dan Graeve
Hearing Items Action Taken
Opening Remarks, Legislative Council Staff Committee Discussion Only
Opening Remarks, Department of Higher Education Committee Discussion Only
Opening Remarks, Office of State Planning and Budgeting Committee Discussion Only
Office of Information Technology Presentation Committee Discussion Only
Department of Public Saftey Budget Request and Presentation Committee Discussion Only
Vote on Bill Draft Request Committee Discussion Only
Auraria Higher Education Campus Budget Request and Presentation Committee Discussion Only
Department of Corrections Budget Request and Presentation Committee Discussion Only
University of Northern Colorado Budget Request and Presentation Committee Discussion Only
Office of EHealth Innovation Budget Request and Presentation Committee Discussion Only
Public Testimony Committee Discussion Only

Opening Remarks, Legislative Council Staff - Committee Discussion Only


09:04:55 AM  
Samantha Falco, Legislative
Council Staff, introduced new staff to the committee. Ms. Falco described
materials prepared for committee members, provided introductory remarks
about the agenda for the week, and responded to questions from the committee.


All presenter
materials can be found on the committee webpage at
https://leg.colorado.gov/content/jjtc2023acommagenda.



Opening Remarks, Department of Higher Education - Committee Discussion Only


09:10:33 AM  
Lauren Gilliland,
Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Budget Director, Crystal Collins, Chief
Financial Officer, Eric Tucker, Commissioner, and Kennedy Evans, Lead Finance
Analyst, presented to the committee regarding the Department of Higher
Education's funding prioritization and evaluation process. Ms. Gilliland
responded to questions from the committee.



Opening Remarks, Office of State Planning and Budgeting - Committee Discussion Only


09:27:42 AM  
Mr. Mark Ferrendino,
Director, provided remarks to the committee regarding the Office of State
Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) prioritization of FY2024-25 capital IT budget
requests, as well as the overall budget and funding landscape as it relates
to the work of the committee.
09:41:58 AM  
Director Ferrendino
responded to questions from the committee regarding technical debt and
the pace of change in levels of funding demand of IT capital projects.
09:42:54 AM  
Mr. Adrian Leiter,
Deputy Director for Budget, responded to questions from the committee regarding
previous fiscal year funding in relationship to existing requests.
09:50:21 AM  
Director Ferrendino responded to questions from the committee regarding continuation projects and funding timeline.
09:51:43 AM  
Ms. Falco provided
comments regarding phased funding and continuation funding timelines.



Office of Information Technology Presentation - Committee Discussion Only


09:53:11 AM  
The committee took a brief recess.
09:59:58 AM  
The committee came back to order.
10:00:06 AM  
Mr. Michael McReynolds,
Senior Manager Government Affairs, Office of Information Technology (OIT),
presented to the committee regarding the office's mission and strategy
regarding capital funding.  

10:03:51 AM  
Mr. David Edinger,
Executive Director and Chief Information Officer, presented to the committee
regarding OIT's Wildly Important Goals, accompishments and milestones.

10:10:35 AM  
Mr. William Chumley,
Chief Customer Officer, presented to the committee regarding the myColorado
mobile app.
10:16:49 AM  
Mr. McReynolds presented
to the committee regarding OIT's FY 2024-25 capital IT budget reqeust.
The reqeust is for state funds for the final phase of the Modernizing Aging
IT Systems
project,
which includes agency network equipment remediation needs, security audit
finding remediation support, and for the remaining funding gap for the
enterprise identity project.



Presenters also
provided quarterly updates regarding previously funded projects.
10:27:52 AM  
Ms. Jill Frazier,
Interim Chief Security Officer, presented to the committee regarding how
the office is responding to recent security audit findings.
10:32:53 AM  
Mr. McReynolds and
Mr. Chumley responded to questions from the committee regarding the myColorado
app functionality.
10:45:18 AM  
Discussion continued
regarding status of technical debt funding.



Department of Public Saftey Budget Request and Presentation - Committee Discussion Only


10:53:29 AM  
The committee took a brief recess.
10:53:42 AM  
The committee came back to order.
11:01:44 AM  
Mr. Joel Malecka,
Colorado Department of Public Safety (CDPS) Legislative Liaison, and Chris
Schaeffer, Director of the Coloraod Bureau of Investigation, presented
to the committee regarding the Sex Offender Registry Overhaul FY 2024-25
capital IT budget request. This reqeust is for state funds to overhaul
and upgrade the Colorado Sex Offender Registry database and regulatory
compliance system.
11:06:55 AM  
Mr. Malecka responded
to questions from the committee regarding DPS budget requests not prioritized
by OSPB.
11:07:34 AM  
Mr. Matt Lunn, Director,
Division of Criminal Justice, and Ms. Terri Anderle, Budget Director, responded
to quetions from the committee regarding the Victim Compensation budget
request.
11:13:49 AM  
Mr. Lunn responded
to questions from the committee regarding vendor solicitation and user
experience of the system proposed in the Victim Compensation request.
11:16:42 AM  
Mr. Schaeffer responded
to questions from the committee regarding the Gang Database request.
11:19:15 AM  
Mr. Matt Packard,
Chief of State Patrol, responded to questions from the committee regarding
the Records Utilization capital IT funding request.  
11:24:30 AM  
Mr. Chris Wallner,
Director, Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System, provided
information to the committee regarding the Records Utilization request.
 
11:33:21 AM  
Chief Packard responded
to questions from the committee regarding the myColorado mobile app.
11:41:55 AM  
Mr. Wallner responded
to questions from the committee regarding the eCitation component of the
Records Utilization request.
11:43:05 AM  
Mr. Malecka and Mr.
Wallner provided information to the committee regarding a legislative proposal.



11:47:44 AM
The committee took
a brief recess.



Vote on Bill Draft Request - Committee Discussion Only


11:55:17 AM  
The committee came back to order.


11:56:51 AM
Motion Draft a Bill regarding myColorado app
Moved Hansen
Seconded
Baisley Yes
Hansen Yes
Parenti Yes
Weinberg Yes
Titone Yes
Priola Yes
YES: 6   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS
11:56:53 AM  
Nicole Meyers, Office of Legislative Legal Services, was informed that any member of the committee, as well as Mr. McReynolds, may work with bill drafter on the bill.



Auraria Higher Education Campus Budget Request and Presentation - Committee Discussion Only


11:59:47 AM  
Mr. Ron Mitchell,
Director of Information Technology, Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC),
Kevin Taylor, Chief Information Officer (CIO)/Associate VP Information
Technology Services, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Leisa Schievelbein,
Director of Information Technology, Community College of Denver, and Douglas
C. Sicker, Vice Chancellor of Technology, Strategy, and Innovation &
Chief Technology Officer(CTO), University of Colorado Denver presented
to the committee regarding the FY 2024-25 capital IT budget request. AHEC
is requesting state funding for phase one of a two-phase project to modernize
the campus network infrastructure.

12:10:29 PM  
Panelists responded to questions from the committee regarding continuation funding.
12:17:17 PM  
Committee discussion continued regarding funding distribution among institutions.
12:20:37 PM  
Mr. Mitchell, Mr.
Taylor, Ms. Schievelbein and Mr. Sicker responded to committee questions
regarding student fees and general funds request.



Department of Corrections Budget Request and Presentation - Committee Discussion Only


12:30:10 PM  
Mr. Ed Caley, Director
of Business Innovations and Ashley Clark, Director of Finance and Administration,
presented to the committee regarding quarterly updates to previously appropriated
capital IT funding.  
12:37:53 PM  
Mr. Caley and Ms.
Clark presented to the committe regarding the Department of Corrections
FY2024-25 capital IT funding request for state funds to build and replace
the department’s internal intranet (DOCNet) embedded applications suite.
12:46:09 PM  
The committee asked questions regarding the project not being prioritized by OSPB.



University of Northern Colorado Budget Request and Presentation - Committee Discussion Only


12:47:09 PM  
The committee took
a brief recess.
12:56:40 PM  
The committee came back to order.
12:56:47 PM  
Mr. Phillip Wyperd,
Associate Vice President for Information Management &Technology &
Chief Information Officer, Matthew Langford, Chief Information Security
Officer, Jazmin Martinez, Student Trustee, and Julia Martin, Junior Class
Senator, introduced themselves to the committee and presented to the committee
regarding the FY2024-25 IT capital budget request. The request is for state
funds and cash funds spending authority to implement a modern wireless
network on campus, referred to as a Wireless First initiative.

01:13:16 PM  
Mr. Wyperd responded
to questions regarding student technology fees and university IT staff
retention.



Office of EHealth Innovation Budget Request and Presentation - Committee Discussion Only


01:21:23 PM  
Lieutenant Governor
Dianne Primavera and Stephanie Pugliese, Director, Office of eHealth Innovation
presented to the committee regarding the FY 2024-25 IT capital budget request.
The Office of eHealth Innovation, in partnership with the Department of
Health Care Policy and Financing, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor,
and the Behavioral Health Administration is requesting state funding for
phase one of a three phase project to implement a social health information
exchange system
.
01:29:01 PM  
 Ms. Kim Bimestefer,
Executive Director, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing,
provided additional context to the funding request and about the department's
role in the project.
01:33:54 PM  
Lieutenant Governer
Primavera provided additional comments on the request.
01:37:38 PM  
Ms. Pugliese provided additional information about the request.
01:49:27 PM  
Panelists responded to questions from the committee regarding data privacy considerations.
01:52:44 PM  
Panelists responded to a question regarding the relationship to the project and concerns over the government role in a doctor and a patient relationship.



Public Testimony - Committee Discussion Only



02:02:47 PM   The committee adjourned.