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House Energy and Digital Infrastructure committee votes to send letter on $1 million DOC Wi‑Fi request
Summary
The Vermont House Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure voted March 20 to send an updated letter to the House Appropriations Committee regarding a reduced $1,000,000 FY26 Department of Corrections request to expand Wi‑Fi in correctional facilities after debate about access, costs and security.
On March 20, 2025, the Vermont House Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure voted to send an updated letter to the House Appropriations Committee about the Department of Corrections' FY26 request to expand Wi‑Fi in its facilities, a request that was reduced from $3,000,000 to $1,000,000 after Department of Corrections staff worked with the Agency of Digital Services (ADS).
Committee members said the request covers equipment to expand Wi‑Fi capacity for both staff and incarcerated people, but that the upgrade is being presented primarily as a workforce and operations modernization issue. Rep. Kathleen James said the committee had “asked at that time that, in particular about the $3,000,000 request from the Department of Corrections, to expand Wi Fi in its facilities,” and that DOC later worked with ADS…
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