| 17 | | - | (4) "Open data" means any data that (A) is freely available in convenient and modifiable format and can be retrieved, downloaded, indexed and searched; (B) is formatted in a manner that allows for automated machine processing; (C) does not have restrictions governing use; (D) is published with the finest possible level of detail that is practicable and permitted by law; and (E) is described in enough detail so users of the data have sufficient information to understand (i) the strengths, weaknesses, analytical limitations and security requirements of the data, and (ii) how to process such data. |
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| 24 | + | (4) "Open data" means any data that (A) is freely available in convenient and modifiable format and can be retrieved, downloaded, indexed and searched; (B) is formatted in a manner that allows for automated machine processing; (C) does not have restrictions governing use; (D) is published in primary forms, with the finest possible level of detail that is practicable and permitted by law; and (E) is described in enough detail so consumers of the data have sufficient information to understand (i) the strengths, weaknesses, analytical limitations and security requirements of the data, and (ii) how to process such data. |
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| 23 | | - | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall designate an employee of the Office of Policy and Management to serve as Chief Data Officer. The Chief Data Officer shall be responsible for (1) directing executive branch agencies on the use and management of data to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of state programs and policies, (2) facilitating the sharing and use of executive branch agency data (A) between executive branch agencies, and (B) with the public, (3) coordinating data analytics and transparency master planning for executive branch agencies, and (4) creating the state data plan in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. The Chief Data Officer shall carry out the responsibilities set forth in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of this subsection in accordance with the state data plan created pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. |
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| 30 | + | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall designate an employee of the Office of Policy and Management to serve as Chief Data Officer, who shall report directly to the secretary. The Chief Data Officer, in consultation with the Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board established in section 3 of this act, and in accordance with the state data plan created pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, shall be responsible for (1) directing executive branch agencies on the use and management of data to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of state programs and policies, (2) facilitating the sharing and use of executive branch agency data (A) between executive branch agencies, and (B) with the public, (3) coordinating data analytics and transparency master planning for executive branch agencies, and (4) creating the state data plan in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. |
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| 25 | | - | (b) Each executive branch agency shall designate an employee of the agency to serve as the agency data officer, who shall be responsible for implementing the provisions of this section and who shall serve as the main contact person for inquiries, requests or concerns regarding access to the data of such agency. The agency data officer, in consultation with the Chief Data Officer and the executive agency head, shall establish procedures to ensure that requests for data that the agency receives are complied with in an appropriate and prompt manner. |
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| 32 | + | (b) Each executive branch agency shall designate an employee of the agency to serve as the agency data officer, who shall be responsible for implementing the provisions of this section under the supervision of the Chief Data Officer and the executive branch agency head, and who shall serve as the main contact person for inquiries, requests or concerns regarding access to the data of such agency, unless the Chief Data Officer designates another person for such task. The agency data officer, in consultation with the Chief Data Officer and the executive agency head, shall establish procedures to ensure that requests for data that the agency receives are complied with in an appropriate and prompt manner. Each agency data officer shall also advise the agency head on how data collected by the agency could be useful to the agency, recommend additional data to be collected and implement improvements in data management procedures, in accordance with the state data plan. |
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| 27 | | - | (c) Not later than December 31, 2018, and every two years thereafter, the Chief Data Officer, in consultation with the agency data officers and executive branch agency heads, shall create a state data plan. The state data plan shall (1) establish management and data analysis standards across all executive branch agencies, (2) include specific, achievable goals within the two years following adoption of such plan, as well as longer term goals, (3) make recommendations to enhance standardization and integration of data systems and data management practices across all executive branch agencies, (4) provide a timeline for a review of any state or federal legal concerns or other obstacles to the internal sharing of data among agencies, including security and privacy concerns, and (5) set goals for improving the online repository established pursuant to subsection (i) of this section. Each state data plan shall provide for a procedure for each agency head to report to the Chief Data Officer regarding the agency's progress toward achieving the plan's goals. Such plan may make recommendations concerning data management for the legislative or judicial branch agencies, but such recommendations shall not be binding on such agencies. |
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| 34 | + | (c) Not later than December 31, 2018, and every two years thereafter, the Chief Data Officer, in consultation with the agency data officers, executive branch agency heads and Connecticut Data Analysis Technology Advisory Board, shall create a state data plan. The state data plan shall (1) establish uniform management and data analysis standards across all executive branch agencies, including particular standards for individual agencies, (2) include specific, achievable goals within the two years following adoption of such plan, as well as longer term goals, (3) make recommendations to achieve more standardization and cross-compatibility of data systems and data management practices across all executive branch agencies, (4) provide a timeline for a review of any state or federal legal concerns or other obstacles to the internal sharing of data among agencies, including security and privacy concerns, (5) set goals for improving the online repository established pursuant to subsection (h) of this section, and (6) detail the agency's plan to publish, as open data, any public data that each executive branch agency has identified and any protected data that can be made public through aggregation, de-identification or other means sufficient to satisfy applicable state or federal law or regulation. Each state data plan shall provide for a procedure and timeline for each agency head, in consultation with the agency data officer, to report in writing to the Chief Data Officer regarding the agency's progress toward achieving the plan's goals. Such plan may make recommendations concerning data management for the legislative or judicial branch agencies, but such recommendations shall not be binding on such agencies. |
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| 39 | | - | (i) The Office of Policy and Management shall operate and maintain an online repository for the publication of open data by executive branch agencies. |
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| 41 | | - | (j) Any state agency that is not an executive branch agency and any quasi-public agency or municipality may voluntarily opt to comply with the provisions of this section and, upon submission of written notice of the agency's or municipality's decision to the Office of Policy and Management, the provisions of this section shall apply to such agency or municipality. Any state or quasi-public agency or any municipality that voluntarily opts to comply with the provisions of this section may opt out of complying with this section upon submission of written notice of the agency's or municipality's decision to the Office of Policy and Management. The Office of Policy and Management shall create and maintain a list of all agencies subject to the provisions of this section, including those agencies and municipalities that have voluntarily opted to comply, and shall publish such list on the office's Internet web site and update such list as necessary. |
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| 46 | + | (i) Any state agency that is not an executive branch agency and any municipality may voluntarily opt to comply with the provisions of this section and, upon submission of written notice of the agency's or municipality's decision to the Office of Policy and Management, the provisions of this section shall apply to such agency or municipality. The Office of Policy and Management shall create and maintain a list of all agencies subject to the provisions of this section, including those agencies and municipalities that have voluntarily opted to comply, and shall publish such list on the office's Internet web site. |
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| 45 | | - | (b) The board shall consist of the following members: (1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; (2) two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; (3) two appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and (4) two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. All appointed members shall have professional experience or academic qualifications in data analysis, data management, data policy or related fields and may not be a member of the General Assembly. Additional nonvoting ex-officio members shall include the following officials, or their designees: The Commissioner of Administrative Services, the executive director of the Freedom of Information Commission, the Attorney General, the Chief Court Administrator, the State Librarian, the Treasurer, the Secretary of the State, the Comptroller and the Chief Data Officer. The Chief Data Officer shall serve as the nonvoting chairperson of the board. |
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| 50 | + | (b) The board shall consist of the following members: (1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; (2) two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; (3) two appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and (4) two appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. All appointed members shall have professional experience or academic qualifications in data analysis, data management, data policy or related fields and may not be a member of the General Assembly. Additional nonvoting members shall include the following officials, or their designees: The Commissioner of Administrative Services, the executive director of the Freedom of Information Commission, the Attorney General, the Chief Court Administrator, the State Librarian, the Treasurer and the Comptroller. The Chief Data Officer shall serve as the nonvoting chairperson of the board. |
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| 47 | | - | (c) All initial appointments to the board shall be made not later than July 1, 2018. The terms of the appointed members shall be coterminous with the terms of the appointing authority for each member. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority. Any vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. A member of the board may serve more than one term. The chairperson shall schedule the first meeting of the board, which shall be held not later than August 1, 2018. |
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| 52 | + | (c) All initial appointments to the board shall be made not later than July 1, 2018, and shall terminate either on June 30, 2019, or June 30, 2020, as applicable, in accordance with subsection (e) of this section, regardless of when the initial appointment was made. Any member of the board may serve more than one term. The chairperson shall schedule the first meeting of the board, which shall be held not later than August 1, 2018. All nonvoting members of the board shall attend such initial meeting. |
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| 51 | | - | (e) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To advise the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government and municipalities concerning data policy, including, but not limited to, best practices in the public, private and academic sectors for data analysis, management, storage, security, privacy and visualization and the use of data to grow the economy; (2) to advise the Office of Policy and Management regarding the online repository established under section 2 of this act; (3) to issue reports and recommendations in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes; (4) upon the request of at least two members of the board, to request any agency data officer or agency head to appear before the board to answer questions; (5) to request from any executive department, board, commission or other agency of the state such assistance and data as necessary and available to carry out the purposes of this section; (6) to make recommendations to the legislative leaders and the directors of the offices of Fiscal Analysis and Legislative Research regarding data analysis skills and related expertise that the leaders and said offices may seek to cultivate among their staff through training or as a consideration when hiring staff; and (7) to establish bylaws to govern its procedures. |
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| 56 | + | (e) Appointed members of the board shall serve for two-year terms which shall commence on the date of appointment, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, and members first appointed shall have the following terms: (1) One of the members each appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the House of Representatives shall initially serve a term of one year, and (2) one of the members each appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the House of Representatives shall initially serve a term of two years. Members shall continue to serve until their successors are appointed. |
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| 53 | | - | (f) The board shall meet at least twice a year and may meet at such other times as deemed necessary by the chairperson or a majority of the members of the board. |
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| 58 | + | (f) Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority. Any vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. |
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| 60 | + | (g) Five voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. The members of the board shall serve without compensation, except the Joint Committee on Legislative Management may reimburse the members for reasonable expenses. |
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| 62 | + | (h) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To advise the Chief Data Officer, the legislative and judicial branches of government and municipalities concerning data policy, including, but not limited to, best practices in the public, private and academic sectors for data analysis, management, storage, security, privacy and visualization; (2) to issue an annual report in accordance with subsection (j) of this section; (3) upon the request of at least two members of the board, to request any agency data officer or agency head to appear before the board to answer questions; (4) to obtain from any executive department, board, commission or other agency of the state such assistance and data as necessary and available to carry out the purposes of this section; (5) to establish bylaws to govern its procedures; and (6) to perform such other acts as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the duties described in this section. |
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| 64 | + | (i) The Chief Data Officer and the chairperson of the Freedom of Information Commission shall submit a summary at least twice annually of requests for public data received and the fulfillment status of such requests to the board, in a format prescribed by the board. The board may, by majority vote, recommend that the Chief Data Officer or executive branch agency reprioritize certain open data requests. By unanimous vote of the board, the board may require the Chief Data Officer to fulfill a data request within sixty days of such vote. The Attorney General may overrule such vote within such sixty-day period on the grounds that such fulfillment would violate state or federal law. |
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| 66 | + | (j) Not later than January 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and the judiciary. Such report shall include the board's recommendations for the legislative, judicial and executive branches and the Chief Data Officer regarding data practices in all agencies, the sharing of data and compatibility of data systems across the three branches of government, improvements to the formatting and accessibility of all public open datasets and any other matter the board has recommendations concerning, including legislation necessary to implement such recommendations. |
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| 68 | + | (k) The board shall meet at least twice a year and may meet at such other times as deemed necessary by the chairperson or a majority of the members of the board. |
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| 57 | | - | The Office of Policy and Management, within available appropriations, shall [enter into an agreement for consultant services to apply LEAN practices and principles to the permitting and enforcement processes of the Departments of Energy and Environmental Protection, Economic and Community Development, Administrative Services and Transportation that are most frequently utilized by business entities. Such agreement shall also require the consultant to apply LEAN practices and principles to the licensure procedures for commercial bus drivers that are currently performed by the Departments of Consumer Protection, Emergency Services and Public Protection, and Children and Families. Such consultant shall develop recommendations for the implementation of a prepermitting system for commercial bus drivers that enables businesses to utilize commercial bus drivers who await the applicable licensing authority's performance of a criminal background check] establish and oversee a state-wide process improvement initiative, to assist executive branch agencies, as defined in section 1 of this act, with business process analysis for purposes of (1) streamlining processes, (2) optimizing service delivery through information technology, (3) eliminating unnecessary work, (4) establishing standardized work flows, and (5) prioritizing available resources to promote economic growth, improve services and increase workforce productivity. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish a steering committee to support such initiative. The secretary, or the secretary's designee, shall be the chairperson of such committee. |
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| 72 | + | The Office of Policy and Management, within available appropriations, shall [enter into an agreement for consultant services to apply LEAN practices and principles to the permitting and enforcement processes of the Departments of Energy and Environmental Protection, Economic and Community Development, Administrative Services and Transportation that are most frequently utilized by business entities. Such agreement shall also require the consultant to apply LEAN practices and principles to the licensure procedures for commercial bus drivers that are currently performed by the Departments of Consumer Protection, Emergency Services and Public Protection, and Children and Families. Such consultant shall develop recommendations for the implementation of a prepermitting system for commercial bus drivers that enables businesses to utilize commercial bus drivers who await the applicable licensing authority's performance of a criminal background check] establish and oversee a state-wide process improvement initiative, to assist executive branch state agencies with business process analysis for purposes of (1) streamlining processes, (2) optimizing service delivery through information technology, (3) eliminating unnecessary work, (4) establishing standardized work flows, and (5) prioritizing available resources to promote economic growth, improve services and increase workforce productivity. On and after the date the state data plan is approved pursuant to section 2 of this act, such initiative shall be implemented in accordance with such state data plan. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish a steering committee to support such initiative. The secretary, or the secretary's designee, shall be the chairperson of such committee. |
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| 63 | | - | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 54, an agency, as defined in section 4-166, may suspend any requirements for paper filing or service of documents requirements contained in any regulation adopted by such agency pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 4-167 and may establish an electronic filing system for formal and informal agency proceedings. Such agency, before establishing such a system, shall give at least thirty days' notice by posting on its Internet web site and publishing in the Connecticut Law Journal a notice of its intended action and the instructions for the use of such system. [Any agency establishing such a system shall grant a request from a person, as defined in section 4-166, for an exemption from any electronic filing requirements due to a hardship communicated in writing to the agency, including, but not limited to, a lack of access to a device capable of electronic filing or the incompatibility of a specific filing with the electronic filing system.] |
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| 78 | + | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 54, an agency, as defined in section 4-166, may suspend any requirements for paper filing or service of documents requirements contained in any regulation adopted by such agency pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 4-167 and may establish an electronic filing system for formal and informal agency proceedings. Such agency, before establishing such a system, shall give at least thirty days' notice by posting on its Internet web site and publishing in the Connecticut Law Journal a notice of its intended action and the instructions for the use of such system. Any agency establishing such a system shall grant a request from a person, as defined in section 4-166, for an exemption from any electronic filing requirements due to a hardship communicated in writing to the agency, including, but not limited to, a lack of access to a device capable of electronic filing or the incompatibility of a specific filing with the electronic filing system. |
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| 73 | | - | (2) "Assessor database" means the database of property assessment information maintained by the town assessor; it is also referred to as the tax list, property list, Computer Aided Mass Appraisal system, or Computer Aided Mass Appraisal database; and |
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| 85 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 86 | + | Section 1 from passage New section |
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| 89 | + | Sec. 4 July 1, 2018 4-68z |
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| 83 | | - | (NEW) (s) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other provision of this part, a state employee who is employed at a constituent unit of the state system of higher education and a member of the immediate family of such state employee may be employed in the same department or division of such constituent unit, provided the constituent unit has determined that procedures have been implemented to ensure that any final decisions impacting the financial interests of either such state employee, including decisions to hire, promote, increase the compensation of or renew the employment of such state employee, are made by another state employee who is not a member of the immediate family of such state employee. |
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