Virginia Public Procurement Act; information technology project services contracts, behind schedule.

Virginia Public Procurement Act; informationtechnology project services contracts; behind schedule; verificationof work. Requires that all state agencies include in every writtencontract for information technology project services contracts provisions that the agency is not required to pay for hours worked on a computerand billed by the hour on a project that (i) is more than one yearbehind on any scheduled contract performance dates or actual completiondates or (ii) has costs in excess of $1 million over the initialterm of the contract, unless such hourly work is verified as legitimateby automatic billing verification software meeting certain standards.Any data collected by automatic billing verification software isconsidered accounting records belonging to the contractor; however, no contractor is permitted to sell or transfer such data or use itfor any purpose or in any manner other than to verify and managethe hours worked on the associated contract and billed to the agency.The bill exempts from the contract provision and data collectionrequirement any (i) contracts (a) between state agencies, (b) withany law-enforcement agency, or (c) with any agency that is the custodianof criminal justice information as defined in the Federal Bureauof Investigation's Criminal Justice Information Services Division'sSecurity Policy and (ii) work performed (a) by a state employee or(b) on a state-owned device.