The QAT annual report was published Friday, December 1. Best practices used by agencies were identified in the report as well as method improvements. Appendix A includes major information resource projects report to QAT. From December 2016 to November 2017, the state’s technology project portfolio included 77 projects with an estimated total cost of $1.5 billion. Seventeen of these projects were approved and scheduled to begin on or after September 1, 2017.
Quality Assurance Team (QAT) functions pursuant to the Texas Government Code, Chapter 2054, and the Eighty-fifth Legislature, General Appropriations Act, 2018–19 Biennium (Senate Bill 1), Article IX, Section 9.01 and 9.02. QAT approves, monitors, and reviews major information resources projects. Since its inception, the team has published annual reports that provide the status of these projects. Staff from the CPA, DIR, LBB and SAO serve in a joint capacity on the QAT. CPA was added to the team effective September 1, 2017.
