The department shall advise and consult with state agencies to assess opportunities for allowing persons to electronically file with an agency information that the agency requires a person to report. The department shall identify the cost of implementing an electronic reporting procedure and any barriers to electronic reporting. The department may:
(1) survey state agencies to identify:
(A) electronic reporting efforts currently being used by an agency;
(B) common needs among agencies; and
(C) opportunities to use a standardized approach to electronic reporting;
(2) identify the costs associated with electronic reporting;
(3) identify reports that may be filed electronically;
(4) advise an agency regarding ways the agency may effectively and economically allow electronic reporting to the agency; and
(5) develop and implement a plan to adopt electronic reporting in state government, whenever it is effective and efficient to do so.