Here is more information about the agency, including who leads its IT department, how many staff the department employs and its tech-related goals for the biennium.
FAST FACTS
Budget: TxDMV's overall budget is $362.5 million for the 2024 fiscal year with $34.3 million budgeted for information resources, plus another $13.2 million for technology enhancement and automation.
Its capital budget includes $20.4 million for information resource technology acquisitions, $17.3 million for data center and shared technology services and $400,000 for cybersecurity, according to HB 1.
Leadership: Wendy Barron is the department’s CIO.
Staff: The agency has 854 full-time employees for Fiscal Year 2024. Below are tech-related goals listed in the department’s FY 2023-2027 strategic plan:
- Build a core infrastructure and upgrade existing systems through technology enhancements and automation upgrades
- Replace the current registration and title system
- Implement a paperless registration renewal system
- Secure technology resources and customer data to better protect the public
Some of the larger DMV IT projects in the budget bill include $10.5 million for system automation, $5 million for technology replacement and upgrades and $4.4 million for replacing its registration and title system.
