Software Application Portfolio (SB272)

Senate Bill 272 - California Public 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 state and most local government agencies to create 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

To read the text of Senate Bill 272:
California Legislative Information Site: Senate Bill 272

Requirements

Create a catalog of enterprise systems containing:

  • Current system vendor
  • Current system product
  • 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
  • To make the catalog publicly available upon request
  • To post the catalog in a prominent location on the agency’s website

# Vendor Product Purpose Type of Data Primary Custodian Data Collection Frequency Data Update Frequency
1 SirsiDynix Horizon Enable standard library operations Library user and library item information SCL IT Staff Daily Daily
2 SirsiDynix Horizon Information Portal Public access to library services Use statistics, library user saved lists SCL IT Staff Daily Daily
3 SirsiDynix Enterprise Public access to library services Library user saved lists SCL IT Staff Daily Daily
4 SirsiDynix BlueCloud Analytics Reporting from Horizon system Library item and library use information, personally identifiable user information not collected SCL IT Staff Daily Daily
5 Solus Library App Public access to Library catalog and user account details from mobile devices Mobile app usage statistics, but not at a personally identifiable level. SCL IT Staff Daily Daily
6 Unique Management Services MessageBee Email, SMS, and Telephone notifications Log of notifications SCL IT Staff Daily Daily
7 Microsoft Outlook 365 Email Email SCL IT Staff Daily Daily
8 OCLC EZproxy Database access control Remote website traffic log SCL IT Staff Daily Daily
9 Today's Business Solutions MyPC Public PC Management Log of library card numbers SCL IT Staff Daily Daily
10 David Lightell Sonoma County Library Help System Technical support ticketing and inventory tracking Computer inventory and support tickets SCL IT Staff Daily Daily
11 Orangeboy Savannah Incident tracking and library user stats Incident reports and library user statistics SCL Communication Staff Daily Daily