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Appropriations panel funds AG hearing‑protection program, expands Inspector General and approves AI procurement to detect fraud
Summary
The Appropriations Committee approved attorney general budget changes for FY2027 that include $3 million for hearing protection programs for law enforcement, $1.1 million and nine FTEs to expand the Office of Inspector General, and roughly $830,000 to procure process‑intelligence (AI) software to audit public assistance spending and identify fraud and waste.
The committee reviewed the Office of the Attorney General’s budgets for 2026 and 2027 and approved several program expansions and provisos.
For 2027 the House Committee added about $3,000,000 in SGF for a hearing protection program for law enforcement: roughly $960,000 for custom active hearing protection for investigative officers and $2,100,000 for standard active hearing protection for local law enforcement, to be procured and distributed by the attorney general’s office on a first‑come, first‑served basis.
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