Workforce Commission Spent Millions More in 2023 Q4

State agencies spent $1.3 billion across IT-related spending categories in 2023 between Oct. 2 and Dec. 29, 2023, with the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) spending about $82.4 million.

TWC spent with 72 vendors through about 2,200 purchase orders. Last year during the same time period, TWC spent $47.4 million.

The commission is responsible for providing workforce development services to the state’s job seekers and employers.

Here, rounded up, are the agency’s top five vendors listed under the purchased contracted services, according to the comptroller’s “Payments to Payee” visualization:

• $28.7 million to Civitas Strategies Early Start LLC, which provides management consulting
• $3.7 million to KPMG, which provides data analytics and accounting services
• $3.2 million to Curantis Group LLC, a child-care provider and consulting group
• $1.4 million to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, which delivers research-based educational programming
• $853,314 to UT Health Sciences Center Houston, a university and health-care provider

Regarding specific expenditures across IT-related categories, TWC spent $19.4 million on computer services/statewide technology center, $7.3 million on information technology services, $5 million on personal property/computer equipment/controlled and $2.3 million on personal property/maintenance and repair/computer software/expensed.