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Committee holds public hearing on bill to create Technology Modernization Fund (Senate Bill 1090)
Summary
The Joint Committee on Information Management and Technology heard public testimony and staff briefing on Senate Bill 1090, which would create a Technology Modernization Fund to award grants and loans to state agencies for replacing outdated IT and to support other technology purposes.
The Joint Committee on Information Management and Technology opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 1090 on Friday, April 4, where committee staff described the bill and an industry representative urged lawmakers to approve a fund to modernize state information technology.
The bill would require the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to create a program that awards grants and provides loans to state agencies to replace outdated IT, create an advisory board to consult on awards, and establish a Technology Modernization Fund with an appropriation to DAS, according to a staff summary read into the record.
Rachel Wiggins Emery, representing the Technology Association of Oregon, told the committee she supported the bill’s creation of an IT modernization fund. "Oregon’s IT aging infrastructure is in need of updating," Emery said. She said aging systems pose security risks…
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