House Energy panel backs ADS letter, endorses $14 million FY27 budget increase in straw polls On Feb. 19 the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee reviewed a draft letter to House Appropriations on FY27 Agency of Digital Services budget changes, straw-polled support for a structural split and a $14 million net funding increase, and agreed to add potential funding language tied to H.740 (greenhouse gas reporting) pending final wording.

The House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee has just signaled strong support for a $14 million budget boost for the Agency of Digital Services, setting the stage for significant changes in how Vermont budgets IT work!

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Senate Institutions hears plan to restructure Agency of Digital Services budgeting Commissioner Adam Gresham told the Senate Institutions Committee the state will shift many IT project spending authorities back to sponsoring agencies, create discrete enterprise funds to increase transparency, and add a modest direct general-fund appropriation for services that cannot be billed to client agencies.

The Vermont Senate is shaking up its budgeting process for digital services, aiming to tackle a staggering $25 million debt while enhancing transparency and accountability in IT funding.

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JFO: FY27 changes to Agency of Digital Services split CIT fund, add $9.08M recurring general fund to cover non‑billable IT work Joint Fiscal Office told the House Energy committee the FY27 proposal to split the CIT internal service fund into four funds, change CES billing to user tiers, and add a $9,080,000 recurring general-fund appropriation is credible and should improve visibility into deficit drivers; JFO warned the $9.08M creates a new long‑term general‑fund pressure and that large bespoke-project spending authority will shift to sponsoring agencies.

Major shifts in Vermont's Agency of Digital Services funding could mean greater visibility into deficits and a new $9.08 million pressure on the general fund for FY27.

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House committee hears plan to restructure Agency of Digital Services budget to shore up CIT fund Finance commissioner told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure committee that the Agency of Digital Services' pooled internal-service (CIT) fund showed multi-year deficits and the FY27 budget would break the pool into separate funds, add a roughly $9 million direct appropriation for nonrecoverable statewide functions and shift many project spending authorities back to sponsoring agencies to improve transparency and control.

The House committee is tackling a staggering $25 million deficit in the Agency of Digital Services by restructuring its budget and reallocating spending authority to improve financial transparency.

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House Appropriations committee hears Agency of Digital Services plan to apply $15 million to service-based IT budget The Agency of Digital Services told the House Appropriations Committee on Jan. 6 that it is using a $15,000,000 appropriation to shift from a transactional IT billing model to a service-based model aimed at reducing surprise bills, improving federal reimbursement eligibility and clarifying agency costs.

The Vermont Agency of Digital Services is revolutionizing state IT budgeting with a $15 million plan to eliminate surprise bills and enhance transparency in agency costs.

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Vermont General Assembly passes H.458 to enhance digital services transparency The new bill mandates detailed reporting on IT projects by the Agency of Digital Services.

Vermont just took a major step towards transparency in tech with a new bill requiring detailed reporting on IT projects!

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Vermont prepares for November launch of new driver services registration system Vermont targets November for launching a comprehensive online driver services registration system.

Vermont is set to revolutionize driver services with a new online system that promises to streamline registration and licensing like never before!

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