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Committee concurs with LBC on OITS budgets, deletes one FTE and declines data‑center enhancements

Committee on General Government Budget · January 28, 2026
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The Committee on General Government Budget approved the Office of Information Technology Services budgets for FY2026 and FY2027, concurring with the Legislative Budget Committee recommendation to delete one on‑budget FTE and not fund the $8 million data‑center enhancement; the governor had likewise not recommended the enhancements.

The Committee on General Government Budget voted to concur with the Legislative Budget Committee’s recommendation on the Office of Information Technology Services (OITS) budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, deleting one on‑budget full‑time equivalent position and declining enhancement requests tied to a new data‑center contract.

James Fisher of the Kansas Legislative Research Department reminded members that OITS’s FY2026 on‑budget request totaled about $34,000,000, roughly $31.2 million of which was State General Fund. For FY2027 Fisher said…

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