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Grants office seeks software consolidation; committee moves Casa and flags $200,000 cost-sharing appropriation
Summary
The Office of Grants Management requested shifting funds to secure a UNISolution private database module to give county departments broader access and realize first-year savings; the committee also advanced a $2.5 million recommendation for CASA Incorporated and agreed to put a $200,000 Charles E. Smith direct appropriation on the reconciliation list to preserve competitive grant funds.
The Office of Grants Management told the Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee it wants to shift funding to its base to secure the UNISolution private grants database module and give county departments universal access to both incoming and outgoing grants tools. Director Rafael Murphy said the county already pays for an instance of the software but that moving the private-database module onto OGM's base would avoid departments buying separate licenses and would increase efficiency. "We are already paying for an…
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