Enterprise System Catalog

Senate Bill 272 - California Pubic Records Act
Approved by California Governor Jerry Brown on October 11, 2015, Senate Bill 272 adds a section to the California Public Records Act requiring many local government agencies in California to create and post online a catalog of Enterprise Systems by July 1, 2016, with annual updates.

Enterprise System
An Enterprise System, as defined by Senate Bill 272, is a software application or computer system that collects, stores, exchanges, and analyzes information an agency uses that is both of the following:
      • A multi-departmental system or a system that contains information collected about the public
      • A system that serves as a 'system of record' or an original source of data within an agency

Enterprise System Catalog
1. The catalog of enterprise systems contains:
      • System’s purpose
      • Description of categories or types of data
      • Department that is the prime custodian of the data
      • Frequency that system data is collected
      • Frequency that system data is updated
2. To make the catalog publicly available upon request
3. To post the catalog in a prominent location on the agency's website

Download WETA's Enterprise System Catalog (PDF):

Enterprise System Catalog

Additional Information
California Legislative Information Site: Senate Bill 272
Enterprise Systems (Wikipedia)