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Stacy Gibson Granfield, director of the Enterprise Project Management Office at the Agency of Digital Services, told the committee the bill's reporting requests focus on projects in the execution phase (phase 4) of ADS'project lifecycle. \"The dashboard requests in the bill really are just aligned to that phase 4,\" Gibson Granfield said, explaining that the state captures many dates and estimates earlier in exploration and initiation phases that are not execution milestones.

Why it matters: committee members said they want clearer, actionable dates and reasons when projects slip from schedule or budget. ADS staff said some information is already available but hard to present useably from the current tool chain and that changes to the dashboard without fixing underlying data and tooling risk producing an unhelpful public view.

Key details and technical limits

Gibson Granfield and ADS Chief Financial Officer Kate Slocum described the current dashboard as a Power BI front end that is manually assembled from a proprietary project management tool. Gibson Granfield told the committee the vendor data model \"does not play well with Power BI\" and adding fields requires a data analyst and tests; she said enterprise-grade tools were priced in the millions while the current dashboard solution cost about $70,000 per year.

On that technical constraint she said directly: \"Power BI just won't won't do it.\" ADS staff offered to inventory what fields exist and to confirm whether a contract-start or execution-start field can be added to the dashboard; Gibson Granfield committed to report back about feasibility \"within a few days\" and said end of next week was a realistic latest date for an answer.

Short-term reporting and oversight proposals

ADS recommended stepping up reporting before amending statute. Agency staff proposed issuing the statutorily required annual report and, in addition, quarterly committee reports (calendar quarters) to provide iterative snapshots and narratives about red/amber/green project status and change orders. Staff said they can produce a one-page project-level snapshot (percent complete, time elapsed and a change-order table) but cannot currently surface that automatically on the public dashboard.

Committee direction and next steps

Committee members and ADS staff agreed on several near-term actions: ADS will (1) determine whether a contract/execution start date field exists or can be added to the dashboard and report back by the end of next week; (2) provide the committee access to the SharePoint site that hosts project artifacts for directly appropriated projects; and (3) issue quarterly reports beginning with a March snapshot while the committee continues to refine the statutory language. The committee scheduled a formal committee discussion and markup of draft committee bill 25-0896 the following day at 1:00 p.m.

What the committee considered for the bill

Legislators outlined four response paths: pass the bill as written; pass with committee-recommended language; oppose the bill but accept agency commitments; or hold the bill while ADS and the committee refine requirements. ADS suggested holding the bill to let the department run several quarterly cycles, refine the dashboard and then return statutory language that meets legislators' oversight needs.

Ending

Members asked for an interim package of deliverables (the field feasibility check, SharePoint access and the March quarterly report) before deciding on statutory change. The committee tentatively adopted the path of further work with ADS and scheduled a follow-up markup the next day.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Energy and Digital Infrastructure 2025-02-19 9:00 am","oneSentenceSummary","The House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee on Feb. 9 heard Agency of Digital Services staff explain how the state's enterprise project dashboard works and recommended adding quarterly narrative reporting and technical refinements before changing statute.","taxTitle","Environment & Energy, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Committees, Legislative , Vermont","taxId",30749,"location","Vermont","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6323624,"Agency of Digital Services requests funding shift to reduce chargeback deficit; committee asks for details",2205,2870000,5075000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2342190-badc14f4251723953fdf317a8f1c71ac&start=2870&end=5075","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2342190-badc14f4251723953fdf317a8f1c71ac/thumbnail_2870000.jpg","/articles/6323624/Vermont/Agency-of-Digital-Services-requests-funding-shift-to-reduce-chargeback-deficit-committee-asks-for-details","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6323624-f4f8a0181bd4dbce5e60e365ef8a988d/orig.mp4?Expires=1774956523&Signature=kSzgOXjNM~gedE4U1yrHG2kbiqSLKVR-RPWrEjwBqB0kddNAGKtvFO5xpo1FnMQ5~C5ouYtVA4-ZBtkJLmdoN4f8zWMKmBu8zH7HCqBi3-5Fqoj4nV1aFPG-ycvBwENBeG6dEfjkyvfWsj6T3ttHV2Zk8yldXOBfmQpihksIMan9PYvwa6Gzxu~t8UfNvQ1TMQN04Q~~Q6xMCnS5mdGjdpkwTOIutGTCr6pAxBtZJAShyuK0nAOsz5Rbs5TS~3J4cB-YX~zQd-~NxnLdUwHO0gVGNE80N5Ta0IZArRgKtq~dPM2hh7uSNdBtZH-Rgit3piKYimjhVZlhTiITzGte4Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Agency of Digital Services (ADS) officials on Feb. 9 asked the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee to approve a funding shift intended to reduce recurring deficit spending in the agency's internal-service fund and to standardize how foundational IT services are charged to state agencies.

Kate Slocum, chief financial officer for ADS, and Stacy Gibson Granfield, EPMO director, described a two-part problem: (1) foundational enterprise services are unevenly recovered through a mixture of allocation and chargeback methodologies; and (2) a large portion of ADS work is charged to agencies after the fact under a service-level-agreement (SLA) / \"credit card\" model that leaves ADS carrying receivables and a growing deficit.

What ADS requested and why

ADS officials said they will seek new budget authority for FY26 and relevel recovery for core foundational services. They described a $15 million transfer proposed as a temporary buydown of the SLA liability so agencies are not double-billed while the new recovery model is implemented. ADS staff described a broader plan to reclassify core foundation services (network, identity, basic productivity tools and security operations) into a uniform appropriation/recovery model and to move project-specific demand back into chargebacks for individual agencies.

Budget figures and fiscal posture

ADS described the agency's spending authority request and current financial position. CFO Kate Slocum told the committee the agency seeks a roughly $138 million internal-service spending allowance for the coming year (this number represents the agency's internal-service spending authority request rather than a single new general-fund appropriation). ADS staff said the fund's deficit has grown to about $12 million in the current year. Committee members pressed for a breakdown of the proposed $15 million transfer and asked what would happen if the transfer were smaller or larger.

Committee scrutiny and technical questions

Lawmakers asked how the change would affect agencies'budgets, the timing of invoices and the risk ADS faces if federal funding tied to particular projects is reduced or withdrawn. ADS staff said the requested changes are intended to reduce the practice of \"backwards spending\" in which agencies are billed in arrears for services consumed the prior year. ADS staff said the shift would not eliminate all chargebacks for project-specific work but would move predictable, foundational services onto a stable, uniform recovery basis.

Other financial details provided on the record

- ADS staff said historically about $11 million supported an \"allocation\" line used for shared foundations and that allocation has remained roughly constant for several years.
- ADS staff said approximately 92% of ADS work is charged back to agencies, with the remaining 8% supported by appropriations/special funds used for specific items.
- ADS staff said current hourly time-sheet billing rates (time-and-materials) are in the mid-$80s per hour range, which ADS staff said exceeds practical billable capacity for some classifications and contributes to a structural mismatch between rates and recoverable hours.

Committee next steps and related actions

Committee members asked ADS for a clear line-item breakdown of the $15 million proposal and an explanation of alternatives (e.g., $10M or $20M). ADS leaders said they are meeting with the Joint Fiscal Office after the hearing and will provide additional technical detail to the committee. The committee will prepare a committee memo for Appropriations; that memo is due Feb. 26, and members signaled they want ADS to rejoin the committee discussion while the memo is drafted.

Ending

Lawmakers expressed support for a model that reduces surprise billing and creates clearer, equitable funding for foundational IT services; they pressed for detailed cost breakdowns, a timeline for implementation, and contingency planning if federal funding supporting particular agency projects is reduced.","Agency of Digital Services officials briefed the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee on a plan to change the state's IT funding model, seek a $15 million transfer to buy down an accruing SLA deficit, and relevel enterprise vs. project chargebacks; the agency said the internal-service fund deficit is about $12 million and asked the c","actionData","errors"]

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Committee and Agency Debate ADS dashboard bill, agency proposes quarterly reporting and technical fixes

Agency of Digital Services requests funding shift to reduce chargeback deficit; committee asks for details