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(g) Prior to the expenditure of the amounts provided in this 1 subsection, the director of the office of financial management must 2 review and approve the spending in writing. 3 (h) The legislature intends to provide additional funding for 4 fiscal year 2025 costs for phase 1A (agency financial reporting 5 system replacement) to be completed, which is scheduled to be done by 6 June 30, 2025. 7 (4) $250,000 of the office of financial management central 8 services account—state appropriation is provided solely for a 9 dedicated information technology budget staff for the work associated 10 with statewide information technology projects that at least are 11 subject to the conditions, limitations, and review requirements of 12 section 701 of this act and are under the oversight of the office of 13 the chief information officer. The staff will be responsible for 14 providing a monthly financial report after each fiscal month close to 15 fiscal staff of the senate ways and means and house appropriations 16 committees to reflect at least: 17 (a) Fund balance of the information technology pool account after 18 each fiscal month close; 19 (b) Amount by information technology project, differentiated if 20 in the technology pool or the agency budget, of what funding has been 21 approved to date and for the last fiscal month; 22 (c) Amount by agency of what funding has been approved to date 23 and for the last fiscal month; 24 (d) Total amount approved to date, differentiated if in the 25 technology pool or the agency budget, and for the last fiscal month; 26 (e) A projection for the information technology pool account by 27 fiscal month through the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium close, and a 28 calculation spent to date as a percentage of the total appropriation; 29 (f) A projection of each information technology project spending 30 compared to budget spending plan by fiscal month through the 31 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, and a calculation of amount spent to date 32 as a percentage of total project cost; and 33 (g) A list of agencies and projects that have not yet applied for 34 nor been approved for funding by the office of financial management. 35 (5) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 36 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 37 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of chapter 38 245, Laws of 2022 (state boards, etc./stipends). 39 p. 111 ESSB 5187.SL