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DEW to use surplus-property proceeds to finance tax-system upgrade; benefit system due this summer
Summary
Stanton told lawmakers that DEW sold surplus real estate (about $9 million cited) and will use proceeds to buy a new tax system; the new benefit system is scheduled to go live this summer in a multi-state implementation with North Carolina and Georgia.
Stanton described a surplus-properties initiative and a procurement approach that relies on fixed-price, back-ended vendor contracts for IT upgrades. She said proceeds from property sales have been redirected into modernization rather than asking the general assembly for general funds, adding that "we've sold numerous more and we've sold it to the point of almost $9,000,000 coming back to the agency."
On systems, Stanton said the benefit modernization follows a multi-state approach shared with neighboring states. "That is scheduled to go live this summer in South Carolina, and then we will roll out North Carolina and then Georgia, after that," she said, adding that the contract payment structure ties payments to working product rather than time-and-materials billing.
