Before then, however, Industry Insider — Florida has combed through the Legislature’s 524-page budget to identify potential tech funding for state agencies, finding the following:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
- $6,802,399 for the legislative appropriations system/planning and budgeting subsystem
- $1,500,000 for the chief inspector general to purchase independent verification and validation (IV&V) services for all agency staff and vendor work needed to implement the enterprise cybersecurity resiliency program
- $1,000,000 for enterprise cybersecurity resiliency
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
- $17,801,230 for technology, telecommunications, audio and visual equipment, and installation services needed for the state's new Emergency Operations Center
- $8,362,000 for cloud computing services, including $2,500,000 in nonrecurring funds for the Division of Emergency Management to purchase local government subscription licenses for the state-hosted WebEOC web application
HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES
- $57,813,682 for the department’s Division of Information Services Administration
- $13,199,608 for phase two of the Motorist Modernization project, “a multi-year phased plan for re-engineering the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ driver license and motor vehicle systems to create efficiencies in the department’s work processes, enhance safety features for law enforcement agencies and streamline interactivity for customers now and into the future”
- $1,555,358 for the Florida Highway Patrol’s mobile data terminal system
- $4,824,565 for data processing services from the Northwest Regional Data Center
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES
- $337,856,542 for the department’s technology program under telecommunication services to allow agencies to purchase maintenance and equipment refresh services needed to maintain current agency telephony and call center systems
- $35,000,000 for the cost of the tools and services needed to operate and maintain a state Cybersecurity Operations Center
- Of these funds, $20,684,100 will go toward the continuation, expansion and contract renewal of the current enterprise office productivity suite and related cybersecurity software and storage licensing; $1,116,148 is earmarked for the continuation and contract renewal of current attack surface management capabilities; and $1,824,525 is set aside for logging and cloud storage to address audit findings
- $11,000,000 for the department’s web-based e-procurement system
- $2,150,000 for the department’s statewide travel management system, which “supports the more than 115,000 government travelers and managers located in the state’s executive and cabinet agencies, as well as the judiciary” through a cloud-based travel management solution
- $693,647 for the operations and maintenance of MyFloridaMarketPlace
OFFICE OF THE STATE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
- $46,138,100 has been allocated to the office overall
- $3,351,501 for IT project oversight
- $1,500,000 to purchase IV&V services for all agency staff and vendor work needed to implement the enterprise cybersecurity resiliency program and ensure utilization of best practices and seamless functionality within the enterprise
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
- $41,125,513 for the department’s information services/IT program
- $44,284,282 for the upgrade of the Child Support Automated Management System
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
- $3,814,500 for the project administration and independent verification and validation services needed to support the procurement of a proven, commercial, off-the-shelf corporate registry system to replace the current Sunbiz system that includes identity verification and paperless transactions
ELECTIONS
- $2,169,285 for the statewide voter registration system
The Legislature’s total budget can be found online.
