Tracking the Spend: Texas Military Department

The agency with a mission to “provide the governor and the president with ready forces in support of state and federal authorities at home and abroad” spent about a quarter of a million dollars on its top five IT spends in the last months of 2022.

The Texas Military Department spent exactly $136,100,318 on 318 purchase orders during the final quarter.

Compared to just one month – June – the amounts for IT and telecommunications aren't as high as past purchases. According to Industry Insider — Texas’ IT Spending Dashboard, companies that sold to the department during June included Motorola, price tag of $3.9 million, and Dell Marketing, price tag of $1.5 million.

In the final quarter, the most obvious technical spends totaled close to $300,000, while the highest amount went to a storm services company that assists with recovery efforts.

Here, with rounding, is where the agency spent technical money, based on data from the Texas Comptroller’s (CPA) “Payment to Payee” visualization.

• $67,000 to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 
• $63,491 to AT&T 
• $61,635 to AT&T Mobility 
• $52,300 to C.B.K Computing 
• $43,187 to Verizon Wireless 

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.