General Appropriations Bill H. 4700 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998
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8 SECTION 63A - F05 - BUDGET AND CONTROL BOARD,
9 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF
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11 63A.1. (BCB/DED: BA - Civil Contingent Fund - Disbursements) Warrant requisitions for the disbursement of funds appropriated
12 in this Section shall be approved by the respective division heads. The Civil Contingent Fund, appropriated in Subsection 63A of this
13 Section shall be expended only upon unanimous approval of the State Budget and Control Board, and upon warrant requisitions signed
14 as directed by the State Budget and Control Board, to meet emergency and contingent expense of the State Government. None of the Civil
15 Contingent Fund shall be used to increase the salary of any State employee.
16 63A.2. (BCB/DED: BA - Total Quality Management) It is the intent of the General Assembly to adequately train the State's work
17 force to enable agencies to achieve their missions and to serve their customers. The Executive Director of the Budget and Control Board
18 will be responsible for coordinating the quality training effort for state government agency heads, managers, and employees for the purpose
19 of strategic planning, leadership skills, team facilitator, supervision and customer service training. All employees initially undergoing Total
20 Quality Management training will receive a common curriculum, to include the philosophy, teamwork training and problem solving
21 techniques of Total Quality Management. As the training functions progress, organizational plans for using the Total Quality Management
22 process will be drawn up and reviewed with agency heads, with action teams subsequently being formed for improvements. Recognition
23 of all progress made will be consistently given. Funds shall be used to identify state agencies that are in direct contact with the public and
24 provide training that will ensure employees courteously and effectively meet taxpayers' needs. The funds provided for quality training
25 shall not be transferred to any other program or used for any other purpose. Funds allocated for this purpose not expended in the prior
26 fiscal year may be carried forward to be expended in the current fiscal year. The State Director of Total Quality Management is responsible
27 for the development of a Quality Program based on criteria used for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. State agency heads
28 should ensure that groups formed to develop solutions to administrative and managerial problems will be selected to secure appropriate
29 employee involvement and trained fully in quality improvement tools and techniques. The Budget and Control Board shall conduct a
30 performance study to determine the progress made towards the training of the State's work force and compliance with this provision and
31 report to the General Assembly by January 15, 1999. Measurements of performance for the requirements of this provision must be
32 included in the Budget and Control Board's Annual Accountability Report.
33 63A.3. (BCB/DED: BA - Brandenburg Coordination Committee) Of the $50,000 appropriated in this section for the Brandenburg
34 Coordination Committee, funds are to be spent in support of cultural, educational, agricultural, scientific, governmental or business
35 exchanges and agreements between South Carolina and the sister state of Brandenburg, Germany and related German interests. The
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1 Executive Director of the Budget and Control Board will submit an annual report to the Governor, the Chairmen of the Senate Finance
2 Committee and the House Ways & Means Committee detailing such activities.
3 63A.4. (BCB/DED: BA - Accounting System Analysis-Interagency Study Committee) In consultation with the Governor, the
4 Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, the Executive Director of the Budget
5 and Control Board is authorized to appoint interagency study committees to explore innovative solutions to administrative or managerial
6 problems which are deemed to be system-wide in their impact. The committees will be fully trained in quality management problem-
7 solving techniques and strategies. Funds appropriated for purposes of fostering innovation in the Fiscal Year 1993-94 Supplemental
8 Appropriation for the Office of Executive Director, Budget and Control Board, Accounting System Analysis which are unexpended in
9 the preceding fiscal year may be carried forward to be used in the current fiscal year for the same purpose.
10 63A.5. (BCB/DED: BA - Computer Services Consolidation) It is the intent of the General Assembly to consolidate management of
11 computing services and computer support services under the Budget and Control Board. The Executive Director of the Budget and Control
12 Board shall develop a long-term strategic plan to accomplish this consolidation and to centralize all State Data Centers. The Executive
13 Director of the Budget and Control Board, in consultation with the Governor, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the
14 Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, is authorized to implement the Data Center Consolidation Plan as presented to and approved
15 by the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee on January 15, 1997. The
16 plan is structured in phases with a final implementation date no later than July 2001. All agencies affected by this plan are required to
17 comply with the directives and mandates inherent in this planning document and must transfer any needed fixed assets, staff and associated
18 FTEs to the Budget and Control Board at such time as they are requested. The Legislature, Judiciary, higher education institutions and
19 technical education institutions are exempt from this proviso. An annual progress report The Board will report annually on the
20 implementation of the plan shall be submitted to the Governor and the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means
21 Committees. The report will address all revisions to the Data Center Consolidation Plan dated January 1997, and all transfers of fixed
22 assets, staff and associated FTEs from state agencies to the Budget and Control Board. The report must include, but is not limited to, any
23 capital projects as well as revised cost/savings analyses of the single new data center compared to the existing system structure. In
24 addition, in recognition of the Budget and Control Board's support for collaborative planning and coordination of state information
25 technology resources, the Executive Director will assess the need for the creation of the positions of Chief Technology Officer and Chief
26 Information Officer. Such recommendations will be presented to the Governor, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the
27 Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee by January 15, 1999, and prior to the creation of any such position.
28 63A.6. (BCB/DED: BA - EFA Litigation Carry Forward) Any unexpended balance from the funds authorized and/or appropriated
29 for EFA litigation in previous fiscal years shall be carried forward to be expended in the same manner and for the same purposes in the
30 current fiscal year.
31 63A.7. (BCB/DED: BA - Year 2000 Date Change) It is the intent of the General Assembly to address the issue of century date
32 compliance on a statewide basis to ensure the integrity of the state's information technology platforms and all of their associated data and
33 operations into and beyond the year 2000. The Executive Director of the Budget and Control Board is directed to coordinate the
34 assessment of century date compliance across state agencies, and to develop a plan of action to ensure that all elements of state government
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1 are in full century date compliance. All agencies are hereby directed to cooperate with all requests relating to the development of this
2 assessment and plan. As part of the effort, the Board may enter any contractual arrangements it may deem appropriate for the purposes
3 of determining the scope of the "Year 2000 Date Change" problem at the state level. The Board will provide an initial report as to the
4 status of this undertaking and any proposed legislative action to the Senate Finance and Ways and Means Committees no later than January
5 15, 1998. Nothing herein will be construed as precluding any government agency or unit from proceeding with its own approach to Year
6 2000 date compliance.
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