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Committee presses agencies on Agency of Digital Services billing; approves judiciary tech fund item for now
Summary
Committee members flagged ADS'wide billing practices, debated a technical correction for a digital-services line item, and provisionally approved a judiciary core technology fund request while asking staff to reconcile ADS figures across agency submissions.
During markup of the Budget Adjustment Act on Jan. 27, the Health Professions Committee focused on how the Agency of Digital Services bills state agencies and whether midyear ADS charges included in the BAA are accurate.
Committee members asked for reconciliations after staff identified inconsistencies: a line item initially shown as roughly $405,000 was later represented in committee materials as about $168,000 after staff follow-up. Committee members said ADS uses an after-the-fact billing model and outdated billable-hours formulas, creating complexity when agencies either absorb charges or fail to submit budget-adjustment requests.
The committee provisionally approved a judiciary core technology fund item after noting House Judiciary submitted a supporting letter covering multiple judiciary-related items including state's attorneys and crime victim advocates. Members agreed the judiciary funding was important for the department's functioning and digital-service expenses tied to judiciary operations, while asking staff to confirm the ADS breakdowns across affected agencies.
Committee staff said additional memos and testimony (including prior testimony to the Energy and Digital Committee and a House Judiciary letter) would be used to inform final determinations and continued oversight of technology spending.
