N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-1420

(4) Advising the Governor, the General Assembly, and the State Chief Information Officer as to needed directions, responsibilities, and funding regarding geographic information.

(5) Role of CGIA. - The Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (CGIA) shall staff the Geographic Information and Coordinating Council and its committees. CGIA shall manage and distribute digital geographic information about North Carolina maintained by numerous State and local government agencies. It shall operate a statewide data clearinghouse and provide Internet access to State geographic information.

History

(2001-359, s. 1; 2004-129, s. 44; 2015-241, s. 7A.3(3); 2019-200, s. 4.)

Geographic Information Consolidation. - Session Laws 2009-451, s. 6.8, as amended by Session Laws 2009-575, s. 3C, which added subsection (h) to this note, provides: "(a) Findings. - The General Assembly finds that there is a critical need for consolidating the investments made in geographic information systems and developing common infrastructures in order for the State to reap all the potential benefits of geographic information systems at the lowest cost.

"(b) Implementation Plan. - The recommendations outlined in the 2008 legislative report prepared by the State Chief Information Officer, the Geographic Information Coordinating Council, and the Office of State Budget and Management, made pursuant to Section 6.13 of S.L. 2008-107, entitled 'State Geographic Information Consolidation Implementation Plan,' shall be implemented in four distinct work streams, as follows:

"(1) Transferring the Center for Geographic Information and Analysis to the Office of the State Chief Information Officer and establishing appropriated funding for staff activities supporting the Geographic Information Coordinating Council, statewide standards, and the coordination of data acquisition.

"(2) Reestablishing the professional services component and refocusing that effort toward current needs of the community while reducing those overhead costs.

"(3) Revitalizing the NC OneMap project by leveraging new technology in the market to reduce costs while increasing utility of the service.

"(c) Transfers of Agencies, Powers, Duties. - The statutory authority, powers, duties, functions, records, personnel, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds of the State agencies and subunits listed in this subsection are transferred from those entities to the State Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology Services, with all of the elements of a Type II transfer as defined by G.S. 143A-6:

"(1) The North Carolina Geographic Information Coordinating Council.

"(2) The Center for Geographic Information and Analysis.

"The Center for Geographic Information and Analysis shall remain in its current office space unless the State Chief Information Officer determines otherwise.

"(d) Center for Geographic Information and Analysis Coordination. - The State Chief Information Officer shall coordinate a professional services component for geographic information systems coordination with the Center for Geographic Information and Analysis that is refocused toward current community needs.

"(e) North Carolina Geographic Information Coordinating Council Coordination. - The State Chief Information Officer, in cooperation with the North Carolina Geographic Information Coordinating Council, shall coordinate the refocusing of the NC OneMap geographic information systems infrastructure project to leverage new technology, to increase the utility of geographic information systems services, and to reduce geographic information systems data layer costs through singly managed contracts.

"(f) Information Technology Fund. - The Information Technology Fund shall be used for the purpose of acquiring and managing, at the lowest cost, data layers useful to multiple State and local organizations, according to the priorities set by the North Carolina Geographic Information Coordinating Council. The Information Technology Fund may receive private grants and may include State, federal, local, and matching funds. Any funding received for GIS may be used only for that purpose.

"(g) Geographic Information Systems Funding. - Of the funds appropriated in this act to the Information Technology Fund, the sum of seven hundred forty thousand dollars ($740,000) for the 2009-2010 fiscal year and the sum of seven hundred forty thousand dollars ($740,000) for the 2010-2011 fiscal year shall be used to effectuate the transfer of the Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, including the cost of moving personnel positions, as provided by this act.

"(h) ESRI License Funding. - The State Chief Information Officer (i) shall use up to the sum of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000) from funding appropriated to the Information Technology Fund during the 2009-2010 fiscal year to support ESRI licenses for State agencies and (ii) may use anticipated carryforward from fiscal year 2009-2010 to provide the funding for those licensing fees. The State Chief Information Officer shall not charge subscription fees to fund ESRI licenses."

Session Laws 2010-31, s. 6.9(a) and (b), provides: "(a) The State Chief Information Officer (SCIO), through the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO), shall adopt measures to avoid the duplication of information technology capabilities and resources across State agencies. When multiple State agencies require the same or a substantially similar information technology capability, the SCIO shall designate one State agency as the lead to coordinate support and to manage that capability for all State agencies requiring the capability, with the SCIO maintaining oversight of the effort. Further, the EPMO shall:

"(1) Review all ongoing and future information technology projects to determine whether the capabilities required for each project, or the specific requirements comprising a component within a project, already exist in a planned, ongoing, or completed information technology project developed by another State agency.

"(2) When State agencies request approval for new projects determine if the information technology project has transferable applicability to current or future capabilities required by another State agency.

"(3) Upon identifying an existing information technology capability needed by a State agency, assist that agency in determining how best to access existing projects.

"(4) Identify all current instances of duplication and work with the affected State agencies to develop and implement a plan to integrate their efforts. These plans shall be reported to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology and to the Fiscal Research Division by January 1, 2011.

"(b) All State agencies shall coordinate any Geographic Information System (GIS) initiatives through the Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (CGIA) to ensure that they are not duplicating an existing function. The CGIA shall monitor and approve all new GIS-related information technology projects and expansion budget requests. By January 1, 2011, the CGIA shall make a written report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology and to the Fiscal Research Division on the results of these efforts."