State IT office outlines device inventory reviews, multi‑year mainframe replacement and tighter contract enforcement

The Senate Finance Committee heard April 15, 2025, that the Office of Technology Services plans quarterly device inventories, a multi‑year replacement of an aging mainframe and tougher vendor contract terms to reduce pass‑through costs.

The committee was updated by Patrick Goles, Deputy Commissioner of Administration, and Evelyn Broussard, the new state chief information officer, who began work about six weeks ago and described initial changes to procurement oversight, device inventories and contract management.

Broussard said she and OTS will work with the administration’s efficiency effort and with agencies to identify excess devices and recurring savings. “We’re going to gain a bunch of efficiencies by doing that,” she said, noting OTS will run quarterly reviews to match devices to staff counts and reduce unnecessary equipment.

Goles and Broussard emphasized that the agency’s roughly $670,000,000…