Tracking the Spend: DPS Spent $8M on IT Products and Services in April

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) spent $8 million in April, $1.4 million of which was spent on computer software.

The agency is responsible for the state’s law enforcement and driver’s license and ID administration. The department also conducts "major crime prevention operations along the international border with Mexico,” according to its website.

Here are the public safety agency’s top five vendors for April, according to the comptroller’s “Payments to Payee” visualization. Amounts are rounded up:

• $1.1 million to GTS Technology Solutions, which provides services, solutions and staffing
• $1 million to the Department of Information Resources (DIR), offering technology solutions to state and local government entities
• $956,250 to Deloitte Consulting LLP, which provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management and tax services
• $723,133 to AT&T, which provides telecommunications, media and technology services
• $676,158 to SHI Government Solutions Inc., which offers software products and related maintenance, technical and training services

Regarding specific quarterly expenditures across categories in April, DPS spent $1.2 million on IT services, $765,954 on telecommunications and $745,647 on personal property maintenance and repair.

The periodic reports of spending on IT goods and services by agencies and departments in state government are compiled by Industry Insider — Texas as a way of highlighting procurements and trends.