The agency’s largest request is $2.5 million to provide information technology personnel services to various counties throughout the state. $1.5 million of that would be used to provide computer networks, systems and equipment, including computer hardware and software, to Miami-Dade County.
According to the LBR, the county has appropriated nearly $2 million for the current fiscal year to reimburse the State Attorney’s Office for IT costs.
Also noted in the LBR is $730,713 to provide computer network systems, salaries, and IT staff benefits to Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, and Okeechobee counties, plus $242,967 to increase the rate and budget authority for two IT positions for the Office of the State Attorney, 10th Circuit.
Other notable IT funding requests from the commission include:
- $1.2 million for Florida Planning, Accounting and Ledger Management (PALM) readiness
- $999,400 to perform, research and develop the use of artificial intelligence to review digital evidence
- $984,000 to competitively procure a replacement for the commission’s existing case management system
- $418,547 for additional Assistant State Attorney personnel positions to manage public record requests
- $291,072 to expand the commission’s Digital Evidence Management Unit
- $256,044 for IT critical needs, such as transitioning from perpetual Microsoft licenses to a subscription-based Microsoft 365 agreement
- $241,779 for two positions to provide technical and programming support for the agency
- $159,375 to replace laptops, desktops, monitors, docking stations and printers that exceed the industry-standard replacement life cycle for IT equipment
- $118,492 to recruit a data IT specialist to oversee the development of new databases
- $27,500 to address network security
- $16,752 for increased LexisNexis legal research costs
- $14,763 for the renewal of Microsoft Office ProPlus with Software Assurance for 36 months
