Review of Information Technology Services in Virginia
Highlighting the JLARC review of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency and its contract with Northrop Grumman.
Background
Senate Joint Resolution 129 (2008) and Item 29 E of the 2008 Appropriation Act direct JLARC to examine several specific aspects of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA). VITA provides information technology services to State agencies, in part through a contractual arrangement with Northrop Grumman. VITA also provides oversight of systems development projects proposed by State agencies through its Project Management Division. The costs of VITA services, including those provided by Northrop Grumman, are recovered through internal service fund fees charged to State agencies. The Information Technology Investment Board (ITIB), whose members are appointed by the Governor and General Assembly, oversees VITA and approves systems development projects.
The study resolution specifically requires JLARC to (1) evaluate the quality, cost, and value of the services delivered to State agencies and public bodies, and (2) characterize the impact to State agencies and public bodies resulting from the transition to a fee-based services model and to the information technology infrastructure partnership with Northrop Grumman. The Appropriation Act specifically requires JLARC to examine (1) the relationship between VITA and the ITIB, (2) the procurement of information technology goods and services by VITA on behalf of other State agencies and institutions of higher education, (3) the management of information technology projects by the agency's Project Management Division, and (4) the role that VITA could perform, if any, in the governance and oversight of information technology maintenance and operations now under the purview of State agencies.
This page contains links to the interim and final reports (when completed) JLARC Commission presentations, and presentations to other committees of the General Assembly. Responses from VITA and Northrop Grumman are also available.
JLARC Study Documents
- Final Report (available early 2010)
- Final Commission Briefing #2 (Dec 2009)
- Briefing #2 Supplement (Dec 2009)
- VITA Response Letter (Dec 2009)
- Northrop Grumman Response Letter (Dec 2009)
- Final Commission Briefing #1 (Oct 2009)
- VITA Response Letter (Oct 2009)
- Northrop Grumman Response Letter (Oct 2009)
- Interim Report (Dec 2008)
- Interim Briefing (Dec 2008)
Presentations to Other Committees
- Review of Information Technology Services in Virginia: Final Report (House Appropriations Committee, Jan 2010)
- Review of Information Technology Services in Virginia (Joint Commission on Technology and Science, Nov 2009)
- Review of Information Technology Services in Virginia (Senate Finance General Government Subcommittee, Oct 2009)
- Review of Information Technology Services in Virginia (House Appropriations Committee, Oct 2009)
- Overview of Contract Modifications and Financial Penalties (VITA/Northop Grumman) (Senate Finance General Government Subcommittee, Jul 2009)
- Interim Review of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (Senate Finance Committee, Jun 2009)
- Interim Review of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (Senate Finance General Government Subcommittee, Jun 2009)
- Review of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (House Committee on Science and Technology, Jun 2009)