Bill > H4648

This bill appropriates a total of $1,079,998,000 for information technology and cybersecurity improvements across various state agencies and municipalities for fiscal years up to 2030. * **Executive Office of Technology Services and Security:** * $750,000,000 for general information technology and data-security improvements for state agencies, with provisions for revenue generation or cost savings to offset debt service and for retaining federal reimbursements. * $200,000,000 for improving and securing technology and telecommunications infrastructure for state agencies, with similar provisions for revenue generation, cost savings, and federal reimbursements. * $200,000,000 for mitigating risks to the commonwealth's technology and telecommunications infrastructure, with similar provisions for revenue generation, cost savings, and federal reimbursements. * $250,000,000 for strategic IT initiatives, business intelligence, and modernization of governmental functions for state agencies, with similar provisions for revenue generation, cost savings, and federal reimbursements. * **Executive Office for Administration and Finance:** * $25,000,000 for the implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems for state agencies, subject to security policies and directives, with provisions for revenue generation, cost savings, and federal reimbursements. * $30,000,000 for a matching grant program to assist municipalities and tribal governments with fiber broadband infrastructure construction. * $150,000,000 for capital funding for eligible governmental entities to address information system threats, improve security, and enhance resilience. * $25,000,000 for grants to carry out the community compact information technology grant program. * $7,499,000 for various local information technology projects, including specific allocations for Gloucester, Worcester, Medford, Leicester, Hingham, Braintree, Holbrook, West Boylston, Springfield, New Bedford, Fitchburg, Lunenburg, Blackstone, Arlington, and Sharon, as well as regional entities. * **Legislature:** * $5,000,000 for necessary information technology upgrades for the House of Representatives. The bill also establishes an "Information Technology Federal Reimbursement Fund" to receive and expend federal reimbursements for IT projects related to health and human services without further appropriation, and these funds will not revert to the General Fund at the end of the fiscal year. The total amount to be financed through bonds is $1,055,000,000 for sections 2A and 2B, $175,000,000 for section 2C, and $12,499,000 for section 2D, with various repayment deadlines up to June 30, 2059.