Bill > A4194

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to develop an Information Technology stress test and to develop an emergency telework plan for its employees. The department is required to conduct an Information Technology stress test analysis of the resources currently employed by the department. The analysis method adopted by the department must be a method recommended by the Chief Technology Officer in the Office of Information Technology. Under the bill, the analysis must identify key technological failure or problematic Information Technology issues that were brought to light from the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic with the goal of developing proposals as how to address, repair, update, and modernize the department's overall technological infrastructure within the next five years next following the determination by the Governor that a public health emergency, as determined by Executive Order 103 of 2020 and as extended by subsequent executive orders, no longer exists. This bill requires the department to conduct subsequent technological stress test analyses every 15 years next following the completion of the initial analysis with the goal of adjusting, as needed, the proposals generated by the initial analysis. Under the bill, subsequently to the initial Information Technology stress test analysis, the department shall adopt a telecommuting or telework program to be applied consistently throughout the department. The program shall require the department, in exercising its discretion, to consider an employee request to engage in telecommuting in relation to the agency's operating and service needs. The bill defines "stress test" as a process of determining the ability of a computer, network, program, or device to maintain a certain level of effectiveness under unfavorable conditions, and "telecommuting program" or "telework program" as a written program containing specific criteria or procedures for promoting and encouraging telecommuting or teleworking during a national or State emergency.

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Gerry Scharfenberger (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee (on 06/01/2020)