Lee on cloud migration project discontinuation
Lee asks about $500K savings from ending the cloud migration project. Levine explains they canceled an expensive contract with CIVIS and are insourcing services with 9 new DOTS division staff for better service at lower cost.
And the budget reflects savings of $500,000 in FY27 from discontinuing the agency's cloud migration project.
So I just wanted to know what the rationale was for ending it.
Does the agency have a plan to modernize its technology infrastructure going forward?
Absolutely, and this actually reflects that attempt to modernize.
One of the things we heard loud and clear from OMB and our outstanding admin division, or excuse me, DOTS division takes this really seriously, is we are insourcing more of our services, bringing expertise in-house.
We canceled a very expensive contract with CIVIS.
We're replacing it with boots on the ground in the building, which we think is going to deliver better services for less money.
Okay, perfect.
And bringing it in-house staffing-wise, what does that look like?
I believe it's just not even very many people.
We're going to have nine new folks for our DOTS division, and that's going to be transformational, we believe, in our ability to modernize our IT infrastructure.
Okay, perfect.
Great.
And I'm going to stop there to allow for members to ask more questions, but I'm chairing.
Yeah.
Oh, yes, yes, yes.
I'm sorry.
So we've also been recognized by Councilmember Aldebal, Councilmember Wilson on Zoom, and Councilmember De La Rosa.
And with that, I'll pass it off to Chair Epstein.