Information technology FY 2012-13 budget highlights

Fiscal Research Division _ Information Technology Information Technology FY 2012-13 Budget Highlights Fiscal Brief October 2012 The North Carolina General Assembly House Appropriations Committee and Senate Appropriations/Base Budget Committee determine the budget for Statewide, or enterprise, information technology funding. This includes funding for the Office of the State Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS), and projects or other requirements that are considered enterprise efforts. Actual Actual Actual Enacted FY 2009-10 FY 2010-11 FY 2011-12 FY 2012-13 Expenditures 203,095,063 200,156,149 192,898,868 181,007,117 Less: Receipts 199,205,701 206,774,308 191,478,601 180,424,142 Net General Fund Appropriations $3,889,362 ($6,618,159) $1,420,267 $582,975 Positions (FTE) 627.0 628.0 562.0 540.0 1 Specific fund budget and FTE information is provided in tables at the end of this budget brief. Information Technology Funding S.L. 2012-142, Modify 2011 Appropriations Act (H.B. 950), as amended by S.L. 2012-145, Modifications/2012 Appropriations Act (S.B. 187), appropriates $181 million for Statewide information technology requirements. This includes appropriations for both the Information Technology (IT) Fund and the IT Internal Service Fund. Legislative adjustments to the FY 2012-13 budget for the IT Fund reduced spending by $750,000, or 12%. Spending in the IT Internal Service Fund was reduced by $15 million, or 7.9%. Receipts from agencies for the IT Internal Service Fund cannot exceed $175 million, with a 40- day balance for contingencies. This reduction is based on Office of Information Technology Services budget estimates for FY 2012-2013 and previous year’s actual expenditures. A total of 24 out of 562 positions in the Office of the State CIO and ITS are eliminated. All of these positions were funded by the IT Internal Service Fund. Two new positions were added to the IT Fund to support Architecture and Engineering requirements. Budget Overview The FY 2012-13 enacted budget for Statewide information technology is $181 million. This includes $175 million for the Information Technology (IT) Internal Service Fund, which funds the Office of Information Technology Services through receipts from agencies. Another $6 million is appropriated for the IT Fund, which is intended to support Statewide IT Operations and projects. The IT Fund funds 33 full¬ time equivalent positions; the IT Internal Service Fund funds 507. IT Statewide Appropriations FY 2012-13 w $181 Million IT Fund 3%