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State IT office asks for cybersecurity fund and staffing as agencies consolidate onto central platform
Summary
The Office of Information Technology Services told the committee it is consolidating IT staff from multiple agencies, forecasting exhaustion of current funds, and requested a $10 million transfer into a new cybersecurity and IT resilience fund plus staffing for ongoing modernization and agency onboarding.
Christopher LaHosa, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, briefed the committee on the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS), summarizing recent consolidation phases and the agency’s budget request. ITS is the state’s centralized IT management agency and has absorbed IT staff from numerous executive branch agencies as part of a multi‑year consolidation program.
Why it matters: The consolidation shifts personnel and operating costs into ITS and creates large ongoing demands for infrastructure, enterprise licensing, cyber security, and hardware replacement. LaHosa told the committee that cash projections show the agency’s primary fund will be exhausted by the end of the current fiscal year without additional resources.
Administrator Alberto Gonzales said the governor’s recommendation includes the creation of a new cybersecurity and IT resilience…
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