ASSEMBLY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 702

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JANUARY 27, 2020

      The Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 702.

      This bill provides that any information technology contract entered into by a State agency having a value in excess of $100,000 will require the contractor to use software to verify that all hours billed for work under the contract for services performed on a computer are eligible charges. Every such contract must specifically provide that the State agency will not pay for hours worked on a computer unless the hours are verifiable by software or by data collected by software.  The bill provides specific functions that this software must perform in order to document computer use in performance of a contract.  It will apply to agencies in the Executive Branch of State government and to independent State authorities, commissions, instrumentalities, or agencies.

      This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2020-2021 session pending technical review.  As reported, the bill includes the changes required by technical review, which has been performed.