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DSS outlines $40.2M IT transfer to DAS, lawmakers raise concerns about operational control
Summary
The Department of Social Services told the Appropriations subcommittee it plans to transfer $40.2 million and 65 IT positions to the state Department of Administrative Services (DAS) as part of an IT consolidation. Lawmakers pressed DSS officials on who would control day‑to‑day operations and on federal cost‑allocation risks.
The Department of Social Services told the Appropriations Committee it is proposing a transfer of $40,200,000 and 65 positions to the Department of Administrative Services for consolidation of information‑technology functions.
DSS staff said the transfer would fund maintaining and operating IT systems and equipment and move several IT positions and related fringe costs to DAS to centralize technical staff and enterprise licensing.
Agency witnesses acknowledged benefits from scale — for example, lower per‑user licensing costs for large enterprise…
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