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OIT says existing staff can address audit recommendations; committee plans follow-up
Summary
The Office of Information Technology told the Legislative Audit Committee it is evaluating internal staff resources to address audit recommendations — saying "we had hundreds of employees engaged- with thousands of hours" — and committee members agreed to schedule a follow-up.
The Office of Information Technology told the Legislative Audit Committee it intends to use existing staff to address outstanding audit recommendations and is evaluating how to assemble subject‑matter experts internally. David Edinger of OIT said the agency "had hundreds of employees engaged- with thousands of hours" on audit-related work but acknowledged that "we clearly have a lot of work to do in terms of the communication, documentation, etcetera."
Senator Pelton pressed for specifics about what "resources" would mean in practice and whether the committee should expect formal requests for additional funding or staff. Edinger said he had no particular resource request at this time and is "evaluating what I can do with the resources that I have in the organization," emphasizing caution about assigning too many people to a problem and the goal of addressing root causes efficiently.
Senator Weissman urged the panel to schedule another meeting — possibly in executive session — roughly 60 days out to allow the executive branch to narrow outstanding differences and report back. Committee staff offered to coordinate scheduling and to host members at OIT offices to review materials.
The committee did not take formal action on resource requests at this meeting; members agreed to pursue a follow-up meeting to assess progress.
