Bill > H4889

This bill appropriates over $1.4 billion for information technology and cybersecurity improvements across Massachusetts state agencies and municipalities, with funding available through December 31, 2030. * **Executive Office of Technology Services and Security:** * $750,000,000 for general information technology and data security improvements for state agencies, including procurement of hardware, software, and systems. * $200,000,000 for improving and securing technology and telecommunications infrastructure for state agencies. * $200,000,000 for mitigating risks to the commonwealth's technology and telecommunications infrastructure and operations. * $250,000,000 for strategic IT initiatives, business intelligence, and modernizing governmental functions for state agencies. * **Executive Office for Administration and Finance:** * $25,000,000 for the acquisition and implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems for state agencies. * $30,000,000 for a matching grant program to assist municipalities and tribal governments with constructing fiber broadband infrastructure. * $150,000,000 for capital funding to cities, towns, regional organizations, and other governmental agencies for information systems security, risk management, and critical technology infrastructure resilience. * $25,000,000 for grants to carry out the community compact information technology grant program. * **Local Information Technology Projects:** * $11,989,000 allocated for various specific information technology upgrades and projects for numerous cities, towns, school districts, and public libraries across the commonwealth, including cybersecurity, network improvements, and modernization of systems. * **Legislature:** * $5,000,000 for necessary information technology upgrades for the House of Representatives. * $5,000,000 for necessary information technology upgrades for the Senate. * $5,000,000 for necessary information technology upgrades for joint legislative operations. The bill also establishes an "Information Technology Federal Reimbursement Fund" to be administered by the secretary of technology services and security for health and human services IT projects, funded by federal reimbursements. 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 $26,989,000 for section 2D, with various repayment deadlines extending to June 30, 2059.