16.973(12)(b)4.4. A summary of repayments made towards any master lease in the previous fiscal year. 16.973(13)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), include in each contract with a vendor of information technology that involves a large, high-risk information technology project under sub. (10) or that has a projected cost greater than $1,000,000, and require each executive branch agency authorized under s. 16.71 (1m) to enter into a contract for materials, supplies, equipment, or contractual services relating to information technology to include in each contract with a vendor of information technology that involves a large, high-risk information technology project under sub. (10) or that has a projected cost greater than $1,000,000 a stipulation requiring the vendor to submit to the department for approval any order or amendment that would change the scope of the contract and have the effect of increasing the contract price. The stipulation shall authorize the department to review the original contract and the order or amendment to determine all of the following and, if necessary, to negotiate with the vendor regarding any change to the original contract price: 16.973(13)(a)1.1. Whether the work proposed in the order or amendment is within the scope of the original contract. 16.973(13)(a)2.2. Whether the work proposed in the order or amendment is necessary. 16.973(13)(b)(b) The department or an executive branch agency may exclude from a contract described in par. (a) the stipulation required under par. (a) if all of the following conditions are satisfied: 16.973(13)(b)1.1. Including such a stipulation would negatively impact contract negotiations or significantly reduce the number of bidders on the contract. 16.973(13)(b)2.2. If the exclusion is sought by an executive branch agency, that agency submits to the department a plain-language explanation of the reasons the stipulation was excluded and the alternative provisions the executive branch agency will include in the contract to ensure that the contract will be completed on time and within the contract budget. 16.973(13)(b)3.3. If the exclusion is sought by the department, the department prepares a plain-language explanation of the reasons the stipulation was excluded and the alternative provisions the department will include in the contract to ensure that the contract will be completed on time and within the contract budget. 16.973(13)(b)4.4. The department submits for approval by the joint committee on information policy and technology any explanation and alternative contract provisions required under subd. 2. or 3. If, within 14 working days after the date that the department submits any explanation and alternative contract provisions required under this subdivision, the joint committee on information policy and technology does not contact the department, the explanation and alternative contract provisions shall be deemed approved. 16.973(14)(a)(a) Require each executive branch agency, other than the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin system, that has entered into an open-ended contract for the development of information technology to submit to the department quarterly reports documenting the amount expended on the information technology development project. In this subsection, “open-ended contract” means a contract for information technology that includes one or both of the following: 16.973(14)(a)1.1. Stipulations that provide that the contract vendor will deliver information technology products or services but that do not specify a maximum payment amount. 16.973(14)(a)2.2. Stipulations that provide that the contract vendor shall be paid an hourly wage but that do not set a maximum limit on the number of hours required to complete the information technology project. 16.973(14)(b)(b) Compile and annually submit to the joint committee on information technology the reports required under par. (a). 16.973(15)(15) By October 1 of each year, submit to the joint committee on finance and the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) a report on the administration of the information technology and communication services self-funded portal. The report shall include the following information regarding the portal for the immediately preceding fiscal year: 16.973(15)(a)(a) A financial statement of state revenues and expenditures. 16.973(15)(b)(b) A list of services available through the portal, identifying services added since the previous reporting period. 16.973(15)(c)(c) Fees charged for each service available through the portal. 16.973(15)(d)(d) The activity level of each service available through the portal. 16.973(15)(e)(e) Any other information the department determines to be appropriate to include. 16.973(16)(16) No later than March 1 and September 1 of each year, submit to the joint committee on information policy and technology a report that documents for each executive branch agency information technology project with an actual or projected cost greater than $1,000,000 or that the department of administration has identified as a large, high-risk information technology project under sub. (10) (a) all of the following: 16.973(16)(b)(b) Original and updated completion dates for the project and any stage of the project. 16.973(16)(c)(c) An explanation for any variation between the original and updated costs and completion dates under pars. (a) and (b). 16.973(16)(d)(d) A copy of any contract entered into by the department for the project and not provided in a previous report. 16.973(16)(f)(f) The amount of any funding provided for the project through a master lease under s. 16.76 (4). 16.973(16)(g)(g) Information about the status of the project, including any portion of the project that has been completed.