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State IT leaders ask lawmakers for $10 million cybersecurity fund and staffing to finish consolidation
Summary
The Office of Information Technology Services told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee it needs a new cybersecurity and IT resilience fund with an initial $10 million cash transfer, plus staffing for phase‑5 consolidation and ongoing enterprise security investments.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Oct. 24 reviewed a multi‑year consolidation plan and a governor’s recommendation that would seed a new cybersecurity and IT resilience fund with a $10 million transfer and give the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) continuous appropriation authority to spend from the fund.
Christopher LaHosa, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, described the multi‑year consolidation that began after House Bill 607 (2018) and noted ITS has absorbed IT staff from multiple executive agencies. “The first agencies that were brought into ITS were ones that the Department of Administration was already supporting,” he said, summarizing the consolidation timeline and the agency’s growth in personnel and operating costs.
Administrator Alberto Gonzales told the committee the fund would allow ITS to make enterprise investments in security, emergency connectivity and hardware replacement without forcing individual agencies to…
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