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State IT agency seeks $10 million cybersecurity fund and funding to complete agency consolidations
Summary
The Office of Information Technology Services told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee it needs ongoing funding and a $10 million transfer to a new cybersecurity and IT resilience fund to address legacy hardware, rising cyber incidents, and to complete consolidation of several agencies into ITS.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee reviewed a request from the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) that includes a proposed $10 million transfer to a newly created cybersecurity and IT resilience fund, additional staff for a consolidation phase and short‑term one‑time spending to cover office moves and equipment.
Christopher LaHozet, budget analyst, Legislative Services Office, summarized ITS's history of consolidation beginning with House Bill 607 (2018) and said that ITS now supports a growing portfolio of executive‑branch IT services. LaHozet warned the committee that the ITS administration and accounting services fund is projected to be fully exhausted at the end of the current and next fiscal years under present plans.
Alberto Gonzales, ITS Administrator, told the committee that the proposed cybersecurity and resilience fund would let ITS centrally manage…
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