N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-I:38

I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any provider department, excluding the legislative branch, prior to performing systems development or computer operation services for any user agency, shall obtain a written work order which: (a) Defines the services being requested by the user agency and the product to be delivered by the provider department. (b) Describes the effort which the provider department must expend in order to accomplish the services requested and, if 5 man-days or more are required to complete the work, includes a cost estimate. (c) Is agreed to by both the provider department and the user agency, as evidenced by the signatures of representatives of both parties on the work order. II. Any change or modification to the services requested by the user agency shall likewise be agreed to in writing by a supplement to the pertinent work order approved by both parties. III. The work order form shall be furnished to the user agency by the provider department. IV. As used in this section, "user agency" means any department, board, commission, institution or other agency or office of the state utilizing data processing services provided by any other department, excluding the legislative branch.