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Rhode Island Ethics Commission warns IT case‑management upgrade needs more funding to finish modules
Summary
The Ethics Commission told lawmakers its FY2026 personnel costs are funded but the planned case‑management and financial disclosure system upgrade may lack sufficient operating funds to finish all modules without additional appropriation or DOIT support.
Jason Granite, executive director of the Rhode Island Ethics Commission, told the House Finance Subcommittee that the agency’s personnel budget is covered in the governor’s FY2026 recommendation but that the three remaining information‑technology modules may require additional funding.
Granite said the commission has four core functions — enforcing the code of ethics, issuing advisory opinions, conducting education and training, and administering financial disclosure filings for about 4,500 public officials — and that "our phones ring off the hook in March and April" during the…
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