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OITS asks committee for Unisys transition funds, emphasizes statewide cybersecurity work
Summary
The Committee on General Government Budget heard a presentation from Office of Information Technology Services officials on on‑ and off‑budget requests, including an $8 million SGF request for a Unisys data‑center transition and funding tied to enterprise licensure and cybersecurity operations; lawmakers pressed for ROI tracking and assurances against offshoring.
The Committee on General Government Budget heard from James Fisher of the Kansas Legislative Research Department and Jeff Maxson, chief information technology officer at the Office of Information Technology Services (OITS), who outlined OITS’s on‑ and off‑budget requests and recent cybersecurity initiatives.
Fisher told the committee OITS serves roughly 95 state agencies and about 19,000 Microsoft 365 users and described the agency’s on‑budget expenditures (statewide infrastructure and cybersecurity projects funded by the State General Fund and federal grants) and off‑budget revenues (agency payments for services). He said the FY2026 on‑budget approvals reflect two appropriations and that the budget incorporates federal…
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