The Department of Information Resources spent $512.75 million in calendar year 2021.
According to the Texas IT Spending Dashboard on Industry Insider — Texas, the largest spend during that time went to the Statewide Technology Center, at $401.36 million. The second-largest spend was on the statewide telecommunications network, at $92.14 million. Coming in at No. 3 was personal property — computer equipment — expensed, at $6.24 million.
Those top three categories accounted for about 99 percent of the commission's 2021 expenditures.
By comparison, the commission spent $400.3 million in calendar year 2020. The largest spend during that time went to the Statewide Technology Center, at $313.03 million. The second-largest spend was on the statewide telecommunications network, at $78.64 million. Coming in at No. 3 was real property — infrastructure/telecommunications, maintenance and repair — expensed, at $3.95 million.
Those top three categories accounted for about 99 percent of the commission's 2020 expenditures.
Tracking the Spend: The Texas Department of Information Resources
