4819.37     PROJECT REPORTING CRITERIA 
(Revised 12/04)

Before encumbering or expending funds on, or dedicating staff resources to, any of the following reportable projects, the agency must: (1) obtain Finance's approval of an FSR for the project; or (2) obtain Finance's approval of a Feasibility Study Report - Reporting Exemption Request (FSR-RER), with the subsequent approval of an FSR by the agency director:

1. Projects whose initiation depends upon decisions to be made during the development or enactment of the Governor's Budget, such as approval of Budget Change Proposal or Budget Revision to increase the agency's existing information technology activities related to the project;
    
2. Projects that involve a new system development or acquisition that is specifically required by legislative mandate or is subject to special legislative review as specified in budget control language or other legislation; 
      
3. Projects that have a cost that exceeds the level Finance may have delegated to the agency and do not meet the criteria of a desktop and mobile computing commodity expenditure (see SAM Section 4989-4989.3); 
    
4. Projects that meet previously imposed conditions by Finance.

Agencies that seek exemption from project reporting to Finance for a project meeting any of the above criteria must submit an FSR-RER (see SAM Section 4819.38) to Finance. An agency with an acceptable Operational Recovery Plan and an Agency Information Management Strategy that has been approved by Finance may submit an FSR-RER.