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Regulations Modernization in Presented By: Christopher Drake Deputy General Counsel Office of the Governor

AGENDA • Presenter Introductions • Connecticut Government Structure • Connecticut's Current Regulations Process • Current Publication Process • New Solution Overview • Solution Demo • Questions

Who Are We? • Christopher Drake Deputy General Counsel Office of the Governor • David Suess Chief Executive Officer Fairfax Data Systems, Inc. • Charles Fizer Chief Architect Fairfax Data Systems, Inc. • Kim Leung Project Manager Fairfax Data Systems, Inc.

CONNECTICUT – GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE Legislative Executive (General Judicial Assembly) Independent House Senate Governor Supreme Court Agencies (149 Members) (36 Members) Agency Appellate Court Commissioners Superior Court

CURRENT PROCESS Agency Drafts Proposed Regulation Office of Policy & Management (Budget) & Governor’s Office Approve 30 Day Public Comment Period (Public Hearing May Be Triggered) Attorney General Approves for Legal Sufficiency Legislative Regulations Review Committee Approves Filed with Secretary of the State Commission on Official Legal Publications (Judicial) Publishes in Connecticut Law Journal

CURRENT PRINTING PROCESS INDIVIDUAL REGULATIONS Printed In Connecticut Manually Law Journal Styled/Edited Regulation Loaded Into Individual Typesetting Regulation Sent System Electronically to COLP (Word Version)

CURRENT PRINTING PROCESS CODIFIED REGULATIONS Regulations of Connecticut Printed Every State Six Months Agencies

CURRENT PROCESS ISSUES Regulations are online but not in a user-friendly form Manual Type Setting; Time Consuming; Old Technology Connecticut Law Journal is not widely available No central coordinator for regulations to ensure quality control and accuracy of the regulation process No official review of documents submitted to the Secretary of the State by an agency to verify changes required by the Regulation Review Committee

RECENT MODEST PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS Public Notices Posted Online Most Recent Codification Online Recently Approved Regulations Online Legal Framework In Place For Online Only Publication By October 1, 2014 Repeal Of Nearly 1,000 Pages Of Outdated Regulations

eRegulations Architecture Quark State of Connecticut Access Automated publishing requests Publishing IBM Case Manager Execute regulation XML Authoring approval workflow Create, amend & review regulations Public Users Official regulations Public Access Review & research certified as signed regulations PDFs Web Portal Application

Solution Demo

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