By the Numbers: A Breakdown of Florida's Budget IT Plans for FY 2024-25

For tech vendors targeting the Florida state government, insights from a recent Industry Insider — Florida webinar are key. Joe Morris, chief innovation officer for Industry Insider parent e.Republic, summarized the state budget signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in June.

In his 30-minute presentation, Morris outlined opportunities for vendors in FY 2024-25. The webinar available for Industry Insider members is available here; and the slide deck is available here.

Overall highlights:

• Florida's fiscal outlook is strong, with a 5 percent increase in gross domestic product since 2019
• General fund collections have increased by $2 billion year-over-year
• The state spends more than $3.4 billion annually on technology
• IT projects: $77.6 million for the Medicaid management system replacement, $100 million for cybersecurity modernization and $13 million for next-generation 911 system maintenance
• IT hot spots: modernization, cybersecurity and public safety

Administration

• $3.8 million for the corporate registry system (Department of State)
• $1.5 million for independent verification and validation services (Executive Office of the Governor)
• $1.2 million for local government IT infrastructure projects (Department of Management Services)
• $637,500 for enhancements to Miami-Dade County’s cybersecurity department (Department of Management Services)
• $411,245 for IT projects in local government (Department of Management Services)

Department of Corrections

• $12 million for security equipment
• $1 million for enhanced election security
• $2 million for search and analytics technology
• $600,000 designated for inmate curriculum and assessments

Department of Financial Services

• $1.4 million for replacing the claims processing system
• $1.5 million designated for mainframe migration
• $1.6 million set aside for a vendor registration system
• $2.6 million allocated for server and storage replacement

Department of Revenue

• $44.2 million allocated for upgrades to the child support automated management system

Department of Health

• $25 million for modernizing the Florida Safe Families Network system
• $1.6 million designated for network switches
• $850,000 allocated for a health management system

Agency for Health Care Administration

• $77.6 million for replacing Florida’s Medicaid Management Information System
• $750,000 for health-care website improvements
• $750,000 for transparency tools

Department of Education

• $10 million for safety enhancements at Florida Jewish Day Schools
• $6.5 million for school technology systems
• $3 million for a data repository and analytics
• $1.6 million for upgrading public broadcasting station equipment and facilities
• $845,000 for a safe school assessment tool

Department of Law Enforcement

• $11.8 million for crime databases
• $10 million for radio system upgrades
• $3.1 million for mobile command vehicles and command center technology renovations for local governments
• $3 million for criminal justice network bandwidth
• $2.1 million for communication tower upgrades

Division of Emergency Management

• $18.8 million for 911 call transfer upgrades
• $17.8 million for new emergency operations center equipment and installation
• $13 million for next-generation 911 maintenance
• $6 million for local government public safety communication and radio replacements/upgrades
• $1.6 million for a statewide tracking application

Department of Environmental Protection

• $10.8 million for public information portal maintenance
• $2.4 million for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and automation projects

Department of Commerce

• $800,400 for computers and a mobile computer lab
• $350,000 for a broadband Internet/digital access and education initiative at the Apalachee Ridge Technology Center

Secretary of State

• $2.5 million for voter registration system modernization

Department of Transportation

• $3.1 million for the data infrastructure modernization project

Miscellaneous

• $61.4 million for Florida’s Planning, Accounting and Ledger Management (PALM) System
• $100 million for cybersecurity modernization