City of Philadelphia - File #: 100492

• File #: 100492
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: LAPSED
• File created: 6/17/2010
• In control: Committee on Finance
• Title: Amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous," by requiring the Mayor to submit to Council, with the Mayor's proposed annual operating budget, an information technology strategic plan, following procedures to be adopted by the Managing Director, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Green, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Kelly, Council President Verna, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Clarke
• Indexes: OPERATING BUDGET
• Code sections: Title 21 - MISCELLANEOUS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/17/2010	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
6/17/2010	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous," by requiring the Mayor to submit to Council, with the Mayor's proposed annual operating budget, an information technology strategic plan, following procedures to be adopted by the Managing Director, all under certain terms and conditions.
Body
WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia faces ongoing budgetary pressures due to multiple factors including the broad-based economic downturn, thereby increasing the need for City government to make the most efficient and efficient use of its resources and deliver the most value possible to citizens; and

WHEREAS, The City can achieve substantial fiscal savings by investing in and incorporating technology into all government departments; and

WHEREAS, Furthermore, Citywide integration of technology into workflow processes has the potential to save the City hundreds of millions of dollars; and

WHEREAS, Impediments to the City achieving these savings include fragmented information technology infrastructure, duplicative core business application functionality, and a lack of standardized information technology infrastructure - all of which drive up support costs, increase information technology complexity, and negatively impact the City's ability to serve its citizens; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Nutter's Executive Order No. 6-09 - which established a Division of Technology headed by a Chief Technology Officer who reports to the Managing Director - noted that "City information technology capabilities have been degraded and costs made higher by the City's decentralization of technology services among City agencies and the City's failure to establish an integrated Citywide technology strategy, implemented by a central agency with direct responsibility for all information technology systems and personnel"; and

WHEREAS, The City currently is undertaking a significant investment in information techn...