(1) The chief information officer shall review and evaluate each technology proposal that the review board transmits to the chief information officer.

(2) The chief information officer may approve and recommend that the department provide funding from legislative appropriations for a technology proposal if, after the chief information officer's review and evaluation of the technology proposal: (a) the chief information officer determines that there is a reasonably good likelihood that the technology proposal: (i) is capable of being implemented effectively; and (ii) will result in greater efficiency in a government process or a cost saving in the delivery of a government service, or both; and (b) the chief information officer receives approval from the governor's budget office for the technology proposal.

(a) the chief information officer determines that there is a reasonably good likelihood that the technology proposal: (i) is capable of being implemented effectively; and (ii) will result in greater efficiency in a government process or a cost saving in the delivery of a government service, or both; and

(i) is capable of being implemented effectively; and

(ii) will result in greater efficiency in a government process or a cost saving in the delivery of a government service, or both; and

(b) the chief information officer receives approval from the governor's budget office for the technology proposal.

(3) The chief information officer may: (a) prioritize multiple approved technology proposals based on their relative likelihood of achieving the goals described in Subsection (2); and (b) recommend funding based on the chief information officer's prioritization under Subsection (3)(a).

(a) prioritize multiple approved technology proposals based on their relative likelihood of achieving the goals described in Subsection (2); and

(b) recommend funding based on the chief information officer's prioritization under Subsection (3)(a).

(4) The department shall: (a) track the implementation and success of a technology proposal approved by the chief information officer; (b) evaluate the level of the technology proposal's implementation effectiveness and whether the implementation results in greater efficiency in a government process or a cost saving in the delivery of a government service, or both; and (c) report the results of the department's tracking and evaluation: (i) to the chief information officer, as frequently as the chief information officer requests; and (ii) at least annually to the Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee.

(a) track the implementation and success of a technology proposal approved by the chief information officer;

(b) evaluate the level of the technology proposal's implementation effectiveness and whether the implementation results in greater efficiency in a government process or a cost saving in the delivery of a government service, or both; and

(c) report the results of the department's tracking and evaluation: (i) to the chief information officer, as frequently as the chief information officer requests; and (ii) at least annually to the Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee.

(i) to the chief information officer, as frequently as the chief information officer requests; and

(ii) at least annually to the Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee.

(5) The department may expend money appropriated by the Legislature to pay for expenses incurred by executive branch agencies in implementing a technology proposal that the chief information officer has approved.