Tracking the Spend: The Top 10 Buyers of the Fiscal Year

The 10 departments in state government that spent the most on IT goods in fiscal year 2022-23 together made purchases totaling almost $4 billion. In all, the 10 departments spent $3,679,546,207 during the fiscal year, according to the comptroller’s “Payments to Payee” visualization. The state government’s fiscal year runs from Sept. 1 through Aug. 31.

Ranked by amount of spend rounded up, the 10 departments are:

• Department of Transportation, $733 million
• Health and Human Services, $581 million
• Texas Military Department, $581 million
• Department of Information Resources, $572 million
• Department of State Health Services, $290 million
• Governor-Fiscal, $241 million
• Texas Workforce Commission, $238 million
• Department of Family and Protective Services, $215 million
• Texas Division of Emergency Management, $158 million
• Attorney General, $134 million

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.