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DOT tells appropriations panel it needs carryover to continue mainframe replacement and traffic IT projects
Summary
Department of Transportation Director Ron Henke told the House appropriations subcommittee the agency seeks to carry forward previously appropriated funds to continue a multi‑biennium IT program that includes replacing its mainframe (RIMS), a traffic‑monitoring strategic plan and an automated vehicle‑location system.
The Department of Transportation asked the House Appropriations Government Operations Division to allow carryover of previously appropriated funds so the agency can continue a multiyear effort to replace an aging mainframe and finish other information‑technology projects.
"We would like to start off by trying to answer some of the present some information on our IT projects and then answer any questions," Director Ron Henke said as he opened the department's IT presentation. Henke said the agency has requested carryover authority for funds appropriated in prior biennia to finish projects now underway.
The largest IT program is RIMS, the DOT's mainframe replacement effort. Henke told the committee the department received…
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