(a) The Data and Transparency Panel is created within the Department of Information Systems.

(b) The panel shall consist of the following members:

(1) (A) Three (3) appointees from the private sector who shall be appointed as follows:

(i) One (1) appointee shall be appointed by the Governor;

(ii) One (1) appointee shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

(iii) One (1) appointee shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.

(B) Each appointee shall serve at the pleasure of his or her appointer.

(C) The appointer of an appointee who vacates his or her position on the panel shall fill the vacancy as required under this section;

(2) The Attorney General or his or her designee;

(3) The directors, or their designees, of the following departments:

(A) The Arkansas Crime Information Center;

(B) The Department of Arkansas State Police;

(C) The Department of Career Education;

(D) The Department of Community Correction;

(E) The Department of Correction;

(F) The Department of Education;

(G) The Department of Finance and Administration;

(H) The Department of Health;

(I) The Department of Higher Education;

(J) The Department of Human Services;

(K) The Department of Information Systems; and

(L) The Department of Labor;

(4)

(A) The Chief Data Officer of the Department of Information Systems.

(B) The Chief Data Officer of the Department of Information Systems shall be the Chair of the Data and Transparency Panel.

(C) The members of the panel shall select a vice chair annually; and

(5) The Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Information Systems.

(c) The panel shall:

(1) Perform a feasibility and cost study on the development of a statewide data warehouse program;

(2) Evaluate and identify data to be included in the statewide data warehouse program;

(3) Determine and recommend procedures necessary for the implementation of a statewide data warehouse program;

(4) Oversee a statewide data warehouse program implemented in this state;

(5) Evaluate and identify data that may be provided to the public in accordance with data standards and specifications developed by the Department of Information Systems; and

(6) Provide annual reports to the Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology.

(d)

(1) The panel shall meet at least quarterly in each calendar year at a time and place determined by the panel.

(2) Special meetings may be called at the discretion of the chair.

(e) Nine (9) members of the panel shall constitute a quorum to transact the business of the panel.