States Keep Funding It Projects, Despite Deficits
Despite Virginia’s budget deficiency of $1.5 billion, the state expects to implement such projects as collocation services for Windows NT and Unix servers to facilitate disaster recovery; an electronic storage system for fingerprints, arrest reports, and other data for the state’s police department; a smart transportation system; and vulnerability tests for Department of Information Technology’s LAN/WAN network.
Input also reports that Gov. Mike Warner plans to merge three IT-based state bureaus and two boards into a single agency.
New Jersey, meanwhile, is faced with a $5 billion budget shortfall, but plans to go ahead with plans for a $25 million infusion for an enhanced communications system for hospitals and emergency workers, Input reports.
Other pending IT initiatives for the state include automating the Department of Human Services’ child-support enforcement system, building and implementing a better 911 network, and improving telecommunications in all state agencies by adding such technologies as voice messaging and call management.
In California, expected projects for this year include an information security initiative for the Office of Statewide Planning, automating the Department of Human Services’ child-support enforcement system, and launching an improved 911 network. The state’s budget deficit totals $34 billion.
Abstracted by the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center(NLECTC) from Network World Fusion (01/30/03); Bednarz, Ann.
