While four of the top five categories are aligned to IT and technology, the Contracted Services category covers a swath of industry and businesses including technology, storm recovery, health services, investigations and transportation. It is the top category for spending at $2.1 billion. The Texas Military Department (TMD) spent $569 million here, including a large portion on storm recovery services.
The other four categories are:
- IT Services, with $705 million spent
- Computer Services -- Statewide Technology Center, $705 million spent
- DIR Payments to Statewide Technology Center, $425 million spent
- Personal Property -- Maintenance and Repair -- Computer Software -- Expensed, $216 million spent
These numbers are pulled from the Texas Comptroller’s Payment to Payee visualization and are represented in the Texas IT Spending Dashboard, a Government Technology* visualization. Amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar.
Various agencies spent large amounts in each category. Below are listed the top three spenders in the additional three categories.
IT Services:
- $229.8 million by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)
- $190.1 million by the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC)
- $64.8 million by the Comptroller of Public Accounts (CPA)
Computer Services -- Statewide Technology Center:
- $77.5 million by the Texas Attorney General (AG)
- $67.8 million by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
- $65.1 million by HHSC
DIR Payments to Technology Center:
- This category reflects only DIR spending at $425 million.
Personal Property -- Maintenance and Repair -- Computer Software -- Expensed:
- $77.5 million by HHSC
- $26.1 million by TxDOT
- $22.5 million by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
Among several categories in the year’s totals are also Subscriptions, Periodicals, and Information Services at $10.9 million; Data Processing Services at $14 million; and Parts -- Computer Equipment -- Expensed at $10.9 million.
*Government Technology is a sister publication to Industry Insider — Texas, and e.Republic is their parent company.
