The Information Technology Division (ITD) manages a wide array of information systems: 183 data centers, 100 phone systems, 24 e-mail systems and 15 data networks - many of which are aging and no longer meeting all the modern-day business needs of state government. These vast and decentralized systems are too complex to manage efficiently and make it difficult to maintain security. In addition, these systems for the most part cannot work effectively together, preventing agencies from partnering in providing the kinds of information and services the public has come to expect in the Internet age.
The FY10-14 capital plan makes investments in major state-wide information systems as well as advancing the strategic goal of consolidating state-wide information technology to promote efficiency, effectiveness and security. The following chart shows the Administration’s total planned five-year capital investments in information technology, as compared to projected FY09 spending.
Highlights of FY10 information technology capital spending include:
$2.5 million for the Automated Licensing and Registration System (ALARS) modernization project for the Registry of Motor Vehicles, which is estimated to take five years to implement.
$9.5 million in modernizing the Commonwealth’s public safety technology infrastructure.
$9.2 million to begin deployment of the new Quest unemployment insurance system.
$5.2 million to continue the implementation the State Police digital wireless public safety radio network. The project will perform radio tower and associated site improvement work at 17 locations and install a microwave infrastructure.
$2.8 million to continue the development of MassTax2, which will be a secure, user-friendly system that will integrate all tax administration functions.
The Commonwealth has been awarded $4.25 million in ARRA funding for the development of an Integrated Child Support Enforcement System, which in turn will leverage additional federal funds. Of this amount, $1.65 million is expected to be expended in FY10.