The Alcoholic Beverage Commission oversees a growing alcohol industry in Texas and is asking for $1.9 million to expand data management and enable state code compliance. IT is asking the Legislature for at least $7.1 million in its exceptional items request.
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission filled the position, which was unfilled for about 18 months.
The former CIO of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission made the announcement via LinkedIn. It is among other changes in the Department of Information Resources’ org chart so far this year.
As part of Industry Insider — Texas’ ongoing efforts to inform readers on state and local government, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with departmental IT leaders.
The department regulates the state’s alcoholic beverage industry and has an estimated annual IT budget of $1.8 million.
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission looks to replace its security incident event management system to better respond to threats.
As part of the state budget process, agencies submitted strategic planning and Legislative Appropriations Requests over the past year.
The leadership shares how planning and working ahead of budget allocations had a positive impact.
With ARPA funding set aside, the committee is to distribute monies to agencies seeking such solutions.
Modernizing alcoholic beverage sales and related processes are a part of digital strategy.
