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MetroHartford Innovation Services reports security resilience, seeks infrastructure upgrades and school data support
Summary
MHIS reported no major security incidents, detailed recent technology projects including a new open‑data site and PowerSchool work, and requested upgrades to network and telephone infrastructure to support city operations and Hartford Public Schools.
MetroHartford Innovation Services (MHIS) Director Charisse Snipes presented the department’s recommended FY26 budget and recent accomplishments to the council committee, emphasizing security work, school data projects and infrastructure upgrades.
Snipes said MHIS supports the City of Hartford and Hartford Public Schools and reported it completed or advanced a range of projects in 2025, including migration work for early childhood data in PowerSchool with the Department of Families, Children and Youth, deployment of a new open‑data site that replaced a paid Socrata service (saving an estimated $78,000), and wireless upgrades for schools through the federal E‑rate program.
“Security is an ongoing task for us because it just never stops,” Snipes said, and noted that the department’s layered…
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