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Nevada OCIO outlines mainframe management, cloud support staffing and rate questions
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OCIO described managed services for the state mainframe, uncertainty about an exact decommission date, and requested new computing positions to support identity and cloud services; agency officials told legislators cloud-rate design will require further work during the interim.
At the Joint Subcommittee on General Government hearing, OCIO officials described ongoing mainframe management under a managed-services contract and flagged continued uncertainty about a firm decommission date as agencies migrate workloads.
Timothy Galuzzi, state chief information officer, said the managed-services contract obtained last session “has given us the flexibility to be able to manage the cost” as agencies modernize. He declined to set a definitive shutdown date for the mainframe, saying decommissioning timing is driven by agency project schedules and modernization efforts.
Sean Montero, chief of computing services, described a set of proposed initiatives to support cloud identity and cloud infrastructure. He said OCIO plans to add ITP‑4 positions to support a consumer-facing identity service and to add infrastructure support staff for public cloud adoption. Montero told the committee that as agencies move workloads to Azure and other cloud platforms, OCIO has insufficient current staff to onboard those services and that vendor offsets would help fund the additional FTEs.
Committee members asked whether the state would realize savings when the mainframe is fully retired. Montero said agencies project savings from modernization work but cautioned that the state’s overall savings depend on when all agencies leave the platform; until then the state may need to renegotiate contracts or adopt interim solutions. Galuzzi said OCIO can support agencies as needed and described options such as cloud-based mainframe emulation if a small number of agencies remain on legacy systems.
Legislators also asked about rate design for cloud infrastructure. OCIO said developing a durable cloud rate will require more work and recommended further interim work with legislative fiscal staff and the Governor’s Finance Office to evaluate model options — including a cost-plus approach — before a legislative budget decision.
No formal committee action was taken at the hearing.
