The Houston City Council approved a $7.3 billion budget Wednesday, increasing the total by $1.1 billion above last year.
The city still has a $192 million deficit, the Houston Chronicle reports.
Houston Information Technology Services’ (HITS) $103.3 million budget shows cybersecurity spending continues to rise along with enterprise applications.
Cybersecurity will have $7.5 million, up from $5.8 million last year, and enterprise applications will have $22.6 million, up from $20.2 million.
HITS' strategic priorities are to optimize city operations, improve data-driven decision-making, engage citizens and inspire and empower employees to do their best work.
Supporting 24 departments and about 13,000 full-time city employees, HITS has about 212 full-time positions, according to the documents. HITS is tasked with multiple programs such as city 311 services, cybersecurity, end-user computing, public safety tech, courts IT support and telecommunications support.
Projected spending can be seen at the city’s Budget Bootcamp data visualization, which has multiple ways to filter the information.
Houston City Council Passes $7.3B Budget
A Wednesday vote affirmed general fund expenditures including about $103.3 million for IT, with cybersecurity and enterprise application programming receiving boosts.
