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Department seeks to delay telecom plan updates to five years, cites $450,000 vendor cost and survey challenges
Summary
Department of Public Service recommended extending the wireless portions of the 10‑year telecommunications plan from a 3‑year to a 5‑year update cycle, proposed disbanding the Telecommunications and Connectivity Advisory Board (TCAB) as redundant, and said prior vendor work cost about $450,000; the department built a roughly $500,000 savings assumption into its FY27 budget.
Representative Kathleen James and committee members heard DPS staff explain proposed changes to telecommunications planning and governance.
"The recommendation is that we extend the renewal of the 10 year telecom plan, update from 3 years to 5 years," Representative Kathleen James said when introducing the item. Hunter Thompson, the department’s director of telecommunications, told the committee the plan update is intensive: in prior years a…
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