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VETOES
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At present, the State has six major data service
centers:
(1) The Annapolis Data Center, operated by the
Comptroller's Office;
(2) The Baltimore Computer Utility, operated by
the Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning;
(3) The Public Safety Data Center, in Pikesville,
operated by the Department of Public Safety
and Correctional Services;
(4) The Department of Transportation Data Center,
in Glen Burnie, operated by that Department;
(5) The University of Maryland Data Centers, at
various campuses, operated by the University;
and
(6} The State Colleges Data Center, in Towson,
operated by the Board of Trustees of the State
Colleges and Universities.
In addition to these major centers, there are a
number of smaller units in various State agencies.
Clearly, the system may be characterized as
decentralized.
Coordination and control over the State's data
processing system is currently authorized by Article 15A,
Section 23B, of the Code, making the Secretary of Budget
and Fiscal Planning after consultation with the
Comptroller, responsible for planning and controlling
data processing in State government*, and by Executive
Order of the Governor, creating the ADP Management Review
Board, to (1) provide guidance in the formulation and
review of plans and policies for the development,
acquisition, and utilization of State ADP resources, and
(2) serve as an appellate body to resolve disputes
between agencies with respect to the use of these
resources.
House Bill 459 is the product of a great deal of
effort by the House Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on State Data Processing. It has generated
an enormous amount of mail addressed to me, almost all of
it from State agencies and departments which oppose the
measure.
In its current form, I consider House Bill 459 to be
neither the panacea nor the nightmare that the
Subcommittee or the agencies consider it to be.
Likewise, I am not automatically in favor of every
proposal which would centralize the functional operation
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