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Program Enhancements and Other Budget Adjustments
Critical Information Technology Projects
The Administration is committed to enhancing the Department's ability to operate efficiently, especially where automation and information technology is involved. The Budget includes funding for two critical information technology projects. One will provide the "backbone" for planned and future information technology systems and the other will enable the Department to centrally track and update inmate information.
CONSOLIDATED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
The Budget includes a net increase of $32.5 million in 2007-08 for the Consolidated Information Technology Infrastructure Project. This project will consolidate the Department's information technology infrastructure and provide the basic network infrastructure for information technology projects currently underway and others being proposed for legislative approval in the Budget. The estimated 2007-08 cost for this project is $118.5 million, but the Budget assumes GS $mart financing for the project's tangible assets. GS $mart, operated by the Department of General Services, is the state's vehicle for lease-purchase financing and offers tax-exempt rates which are usually less costly than commercial lending rates. Financing the tangible assets over time will result in up to $86 million in savings in the first year of the project. The Budget includes a savings set-aside that can be activated once vendor contracts are in place and actual financed payment amounts determined.
STRATEGIC OFFENDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The Budget includes $3.6 million in 2007-08 for the Strategic Offender Management System (SOMS), an integrated offender database that will allow the Department to centrally maintain information related to an offender's institutional and parole time, including housing, classification, sentencing information, custody status, program outcomes, gang affiliation, education, vocational training, scheduling, and revocation. Currently, the Department utilizes manual processes to track many of these variables, using an inordinate amount of staff time and creating a high probability of errors. SOMS will automate and centrally compile this information so staff time is better utilized and inmate data is available in an accurate and timely manner.
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