Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
HHS business operations briefing: lawmakers press for clarity on IT costs, FTE block grant and underfunding choices
Summary
Department officials described recent unification work, reallocation of IT costs into program budgets, a parked $13.9 million operational underfunding and the governor’s proposed FTE block grant. Senators asked for clearer, position‑level detail before making underfunding decisions.
Department officials briefed the Senate Appropriations Human Resources Division on business‑operations changes following unification of health and human services functions, with a focus on IT cost allocation, a new FTE salary block‑grant approach and a set of one‑time carryovers from the prior biennium.
Deputy Commissioner Sarah Stoltz and Donna Auckland, who presented business operations slides, told the committee that the department consolidated many IT contracts and moved IT expenses into individual program budgets so program managers would have direct responsibility and line‑of‑sight over those contracts and expenditures. They said certain one‑time carryover items remain in a centralized section 25 request — including a $60 million child‑support IT…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
