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This bill updates and modifies various aspects of the Department of Information Resources (DIR) in Texas, focusing on enhancing its governance, operations, and responsibilities. The bill restructures the department's governing board by expanding it from seven to eleven members, with seven voting members and four nonvoting members, including representatives from higher education and state agencies of various sizes. It establishes new mandatory advisory committees to provide expertise on procurement, information security, and customer services. The bill introduces a voluntary certification course for procurement professionals and annual training for upper management on purchasing information resources technologies. Additionally, the legislation mandates new requirements for state agencies, including biennial data governance assessments, annual cybersecurity training for employees, and periodic information security assessments and penetration testing. The bill also extends the department's sunset date to September 1, 2037, and creates a procurement services pilot program to assist state agencies with technology procurement. These changes aim to improve the efficiency, security, and effectiveness of information resources management across Texas state government.

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