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Agency of Digital Services requests funding shift to reduce chargeback deficit; committee asks for details
Summary
Agency of Digital Services officials briefed the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee on a plan to change the state's IT funding model, seek a $15 million transfer to buy down an accruing SLA deficit, and relevel enterprise vs. project chargebacks; the agency said the internal-service fund deficit is about $12 million and asked the c
Agency of Digital Services (ADS) officials on Feb. 9 asked the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee to approve a funding shift intended to reduce recurring deficit spending in the agency's internal-service fund and to standardize how foundational IT services are charged to state agencies.
Kate Slocum, chief financial officer for ADS, and Stacy Gibson Granfield, EPMO director, described a two-part problem: (1) foundational enterprise services are unevenly recovered through a mixture of allocation and chargeback methodologies; and (2) a large portion of ADS work is charged to agencies after the fact under a service-level-agreement (SLA) / "credit card" model that leaves ADS carrying receivables and a growing deficit.
What ADS requested and why
ADS officials said they will seek new budget authority for FY26 and relevel recovery for core foundational services. They described a $15 million transfer proposed as a temporary buydown of the SLA liability so agencies are not…
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