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Clerk 7/14/2006
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the organization of information technology service delivery within the executive branch; amending Ordinance 11955, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.020, Ordinance 14199, Section 11, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.035 and Ordinance 14005, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.0755, Ordinance 14005, Section 4, and K.C.C. 2.16.0757, Ordinance 14005, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.0758, Ordinance 14155, Section 2, and K.C.C. 2.16.07682, Ordinance 14155, Section 3, and K.C.C. 2.16.07583, Ordinance 14155, Section 4, and K.C.C. 2.16.07584 and Ordinance 14155, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.16.07585 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 2.16.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings. The council hereby makes the following findings of fact:
A. The King County Strategic Technology Plan identifies a diffuse structure of technology functions spread throughout the county, with each county department having at least one technology unit, some with multiple units. There is a minimum of standardization among these various functions, with countywide operational oversight provided through the technology governance process. There is a need to align the standards, processes and procedures throughout the county's technology functions, to ensure operating effectiveness and efficiency.
B. The council by a 2004 budget proviso required that a business case be developed that included at least two options for reorganizing information technology functions countywide: a status quo option and an option with some level of outsourcing and centralization. The business case was required to include a quantifiable cost-benefit analysis and a countywide information technology organizational structure for each option. The business case was required to include a preferred option and identify the criteria used to select the preferred option.
C. Responding to the 2004 Budg...
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