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Committee reviews Department of Finance budget request, agency seeks cybersecurity-focused examiners
Summary
The Joint Finance Appropriations Committee heard the Department of Finance’s base budget review and a six‑position enhancement request focused on IT and investigative capacity. Director Patty Perkins and analysts described growing cyber‑fraud targeting older Idahoans; the governor recommended most but not all requested positions.
The Joint Finance Appropriations Committee on Jan. 21 reviewed the Department of Finance base budget and a fiscal‑year 2026 enhancement request that would add six full‑time positions, mostly focused on IT and investigative work, agency and legislative analysts told the committee.
Noah Peterson, budget and policy analyst with the legislative services office, told the committee the Department of Finance requested six new full‑time positions and $816,600 from the state regulatory fund for fiscal year 2026, including IT examiners and investigator positions, and one‑time capital outlay for field equipment and laptops. Peterson said the governor recommended all of the items except two financial investigator positions for the Consumer Finance Bureau.
The request would create an IT examiner for the Financial…
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