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Woods described a statewide approach that pairs six assistant state CIOs with agencies to develop business-linked IT strategic plans and governance, and emphasized that \"modernization is not a destination,\" meaning agencies must sustain updates after removing legacy technical debt. She told the committee the assistant state CIOs help agencies align IT strategy with business plans, improve governance, and build modernization road maps; agencies must update IT strategic plans by June 1 under the governor’s directive, and smaller agencies (under 50 FTE) will integrate IT strategy into their agency plans with assist from EIS.

James Foster, director of the Oregon State Data Center and Data Center Services, described the data center’s three service buckets—cloud brokering, colocation and managed services—and said the data center now supports over 120 cloud subscriptions and provides centralized infrastructure, 24/7 support and economies of scale. Foster said co-location services were launched after infrastructure upgrades and that co-location can act as a “stepping stone” to managed services; last biennium the data center migrated nine agencies and it is currently working with five more.

Foster addressed the state’s mainframe, which he said remains a supported platform but is at a transition point: the state now runs a single physical mainframe shared across agencies after earlier consolidation, about 50 applications remain on the platform with the majority owned by three agencies, and, citing workforce risk, \"14 of the 16 staff that support the mainframe are eligible for retirement.\" Foster said the data center has been following a consultant roadmap and is preparing a mid-2025 request for proposals for a mainframe-as-a-service procurement, targeting vendor onboarding by early 2026.

Officials and the committee discussed common modernization barriers: shortage of skilled project managers, business analysts and change-management professionals; procurement timelines; agency budget silos that complicate enterprise approaches; and the predominance of operating expenditures (OPEX) for many modern cloud and software-as-a-service models. Woods said progress requires investing in people and aligning business processes to off-the-shelf products rather than heavily customizing software, which complicates future upgrades.

Doug Robinson, representing the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), gave national context on how other states fund modernization. He described several fund models: recurring legislative appropriations, one-time capital investments, bond-funded programs, revolving/loan funds, assessments or fee-based mechanisms and competitive innovation grants. Robinson noted cybersecurity has been a primary driver for supplemental statewide IT funding in many states and highlighted examples of modernization funds in other states and their governance models, which typically place a multi-agency investment review board or cabinet-level panel in the decision role.

Committee members asked about recruitment strategies to expand state IT staffing and whether the state could recruit displaced federal IT workers; Woods said the state relies on a mix of HR outreach, network-sharing, LinkedIn and partner help and agreed to work with the chief human resources office to explore targeted recruitment approaches. Officials also noted EIS has added agile methodology to the stage-gate process to enable iterative delivery and to reduce late-stage project risk.

Presenters said the 2024 benchmark study of the data center is posted online as required by statute and includes cost and service comparisons and that DCS continues to evolve pricing and services in response to agency needs. The committee concluded the informational portion of the meeting after the presentations and Q&A; no formal committee action was taken during the briefing.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Joint Committee On Information Management and Technology 04/04/2025 1:00 PM","oneSentenceSummary","Oregon’s state CIO, data center director and a national CIO association representative briefed the Joint Committee on Information Management and Technology on state IT modernization efforts, governance, workforce challenges and a planned procurement for mainframe-as-a-service.","taxTitle","Information Management and Technology, Joint, Committees, Legislative, Oregon","taxId",18221,"location","Oregon","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6088516,"Committee holds public hearing on bill to create Technology Modernization Fund (Senate Bill 1090)",0,2021000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2880126-a0779d92ea12f71fceaae8775712be39&start=2021&end=2021","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2880126-a0779d92ea12f71fceaae8775712be39/thumbnail_2021000.jpg","/articles/6088516/Oregon/Committee-holds-public-hearing-on-bill-to-create-Technology-Modernization-Fund-Senate-Bill-1090","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6088516-040cebc62c139b7caa61f0490ba46729/orig.mp4?Expires=1770430670&Signature=I2Wad4QRMJvHfBhyh0UOegD~S4wefG1QCvTxGsijhsWsrBKFpQ7puJRy13W6n3CUbO1gwMM3CY31A7H0xeyp5YxSe2geHtM1qe6f7AIT0-8CtbskKaeL8Q24yONZocFX~EogTSZhjsIgtCYLDbhdHlDPBJnSXIaC0c8vsyvh5uLU7RfPA-XXj9MZE0ALX9cJlbp22dZuF~BRibeS9U0eBK1RR7JIMki918IZzd3YlwYxX7q4YsVQbcwKokz4AHFoJSk-P3wqW-kN4TWVyRtEVpHebsnIaqFEWVwU9e7dJwgBmYY0RmjeVwtZxRXmprEpasEHD0y-AANxM0axis9AKA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Joint Committee on Information Management and Technology opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 1090 on Friday, April 4, where committee staff described the bill and an industry representative urged lawmakers to approve a fund to modernize state information technology.

The bill would require the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to create a program that awards grants and provides loans to state agencies to replace outdated IT, create an advisory board to consult on awards, and establish a Technology Modernization Fund with an appropriation to DAS, according to a staff summary read into the record.

Rachel Wiggins Emery, representing the Technology Association of Oregon, told the committee she supported the bill’s creation of an IT modernization fund. \"Oregon’s IT aging infrastructure is in need of updating,\" Emery said. She said aging systems pose security risks to state and personal data and slow delivery of services, and praised the bill’s prioritization of funding for cybersecurity, given increasing cyber threats and a shortage of cybersecurity professionals.

Committee members asked staff about how the bill would differ from earlier state programs and about what the phrase \"for certain other purposes\" in the bill text would allow. Committee staff said Oregon previously established a productivity improvement revolving fund in 1989; that earlier fund went dormant after a statewide financial system implementation in the mid-1990s, but the statute remains on the books and envisioned grant awards and a share-in-savings model. Staff said SB 1090 is broader: in addition to replacing legacy systems it would allow grants or loans for innovation or emerging technology exploration, including possible uses of artificial intelligence, depending on program criteria set by DAS.

Lawmakers also discussed fiscal context. Staff said the state is overseeing about 71 major IT projects that require independent oversight and that agencies submitted roughly 38 policy option packages asking for new IT spending this cycle. Staff told the committee the state spends about $2.3 billion on information technology across all funds in the current biennium and estimated that roughly 75–80% of that is used to maintain and support legacy systems rather than to pursue innovation. Committee members asked whether an initial seed appropriation (discussed during the hearing as $10 million) would simply backstop unexpected needs or would supplement existing agency IT budgets; staff said the fund is intended to provide capital for projects that cross agency silos or were not funded in agency budget requests, and to create options for enterprise investments rather than leave modernization to individual agencies.

Senator Woods, the bill’s chief sponsor, was not present; the committee accepted written testimony and noted written testimony would be accepted up to 48 hours after the hearing. After oral testimony and questions, the committee closed the public hearing on SB 1090 and proceeded to an informational briefing on IT modernization and the state data center.

The public hearing record includes the staff measure summary and one in-person supporter from the Technology Association of Oregon; committee staff said additional written testimony may be added to the public record as submitted.

The committee did not take a vote during this hearing; the bill remains before the committee for further action and staff said members would continue to refine details such as eligibility criteria, governance, and fund replenishment mechanisms.","The Joint Committee on Information Management and Technology heard public testimony and staff briefing on Senate Bill 1090, which would create a Technology Modernization Fund to award grants and loans to state agencies for replacing outdated IT and to support other technology purposes.","actionData","errors"]

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State CIO and data center leaders outline IT modernization roadmap and mainframe transition

Committee holds public hearing on bill to create Technology Modernization Fund (Senate Bill 1090)