COBI 2015 - Information Technology

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Sources Uses

FY 2016 Appropriation

This accounting unit is the part of the department's budget used to pay for its costs for services provided by the Department of Technology Services.

Funding History

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $34,360,400 from all sources for Information Technology. This is a 5.9 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $5,100,000 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 0.2 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time ARRA Adjustments$1,800,000$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$1,800,000$0Unemployment Compensation Fund

The Legislature expressed interest in reviewing the federal stimulus or American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) money separate from the annual review of federal funds.

Nonlapsing Balance Transfer$0$100,000

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$0$100,000Beginning Nonlapsing

No Description

Staff Analysis

For the most recent completed fiscal year, the following information represents the purposes for which the money was used:

Information Technology Detailed Purposes

Intent Language

HB0003: Item 84

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code the Legislature intends that up to $3,100,000 of the appropriations provided for the Operation and Policy line item in Item 30 of Chapter 13 Laws of Utah 2014 not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015. The use of any nonlapsing funds is limited to computer equipment and software and one-time projects associated with addressing client services due to caseload growth or refugee services.

HB0003: Item 84

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code the Legislature intends that up to $2,500,000 of the appropriations provided for the Operation and Policy line item in Item 75 of Chapter 282 Laws of Utah 2014 for the Special Administrative Expense Account not lapse at the close of Fiscal Year 2015. The use of any non-lapsing funds is limited to employment development projects and activities or one-time projects associated with client services.

SB0002: Item 77

All General Funds appropriated to the Department of Workforce Services - Operations and Policy line item are contingent upon expenditures from Federal Funds - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1, 111th United States Congress) not exceeding amounts appropriated from Federal Funds - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in all appropriation bills passed for Fiscal Year 2016. If expenditures in the Operations and Policy line item from Federal Funds - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act exceed amounts appropriated to the Operations and Policy line item from Federal Funds - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Fiscal Year 2016, the Division of Finance shall reduce the General Fund allocations to the Operations and Policy line item by one dollar for every one dollar in Federal Funds - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act expenditures that exceed Federal Funds - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act appropriations.

SB0002: Item 77

The Legislature intends the Department of Workforce Services and the Administrative Offices of the Courts provide a report to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst no later than September 1, 2015. The report shall include, at a minimum: 1) a summary of efforts to improve coordination between the Drug Court program and DWS' Workforce Development Division in order to improve Drug Court success, 2) data indicating the success of the efforts including the implementation and reporting on measures of post program recidivism, and 3) any identified savings or additional funding of drug court recipients as a result of improved coordination efforts.

SB0002: Item 77

The Legislature intends that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act appropriation provided for the Operations and Policy line item is limited to one-time projects associated with Unemployment Insurance modernization.

SB0003: Item 17

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that up to $2,000,000 of savings above $7,392,800 from savings from Savings from Higher Federal Match Rate not lapse at the close of FY 2015. The use of any nonlapsing funds is limited to upgrading technology and phone systems to voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) in FY 2016.

SB0003: Item 17

Under Section 63J-1-603 of the Utah Code, the Legislature intends that up to $350,000 of savings above $753,500 from savings from Affordable Care Act Mandatory Changes not lapse at the close of FY 2015. The use of any nonlapsing funds is limited to upgrading technology and phone systems to voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) in FY 2016.

SB0003: Item 17

The Legislature intends that the $100,000 in Beginning Nonlapsing provided to the Department of Workforce Services - Operations and Policy line item is dependent upon up to $100,000 funds not otherwise designated as nonlapsing to the Workforce Services - Housing and Community Development line item being retained as nonlapsing in FY 2015.

SB0003: Item 17

The $5,000 in federal funds appropriated for the Weber County Youth Impact program in Department of Workforce Services in the Operations and Policy line item is dependent upon the availability of and qualification for the the Weber County Youth Impact program for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families federal funds.

SB0003: Item 17

The $30,000 in federal funds appropriated for the Weber County Youth Impact program in Department of Workforce Services in the Operations and Policy line item is dependent upon the availability of and qualification for the the Weber County Youth Impact program for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families federal funds.

SB0003: Item 125

SB0007S01: Item 8

The Legislature intends the Department of Workforce Services provide to the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst no later than September 1, 2015 a detailed report on its Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) reserve amount including the current balance and any uses of the reserve since the 2015 General Session or planned and projected uses of the reserve in the future.

SB0007S01: Item 8

The Legislature intends that the Department of Workforce Services report on the following performance measures for the Operations and Policy line item: (1) Labor Exchange - Total job placements (Target = 50,000 placements per calendar quarter), (2) TANF Recipients - positive closure rate (Target = 70% per calendar month), and (3) Eligibility Services - internal review compliance accuracy (Target = 95%) by January 1, 2016 to the Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee.

SB0007S01: Item 20

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Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
General Fund	7,772,200	6,549,000	4,879,900	6,860,400	5,091,000	0	5,091,000	9,000	5,100,000
General Fund, One-time	0	0	419,600	85,000	0	0	0	0	0
Federal Funds	14,755,300	15,002,700	17,336,000	9,582,900	9,694,800	2,387,100	12,081,900	3,179,100	15,261,000
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act	0	0	22,800	1,544,400	2,000,000	(2,000,000)	0	0	0
Dedicated Credits Revenue	1,847,600	1,313,900	1,175,300	785,800	1,773,700	(799,200)	974,500	1,700	976,200
Unemployment Compensation Fund	0	0	0	0	0	37,000	37,000	1,766,600	1,803,600
Transfers - Health	0	0	0	174,600	0	280,000	280,000	(280,000)	0
Transfers - Human Services	0	0	0	6,800	0	6,800	6,800	0	6,800
Transfers - Medicaid	3,899,900	3,015,700	2,270,100	10,924,800	8,845,000	4,981,000	13,826,000	(2,852,400)	10,973,600
Transfers - State Board of Regents	0	0	0	139,200	0	139,200	139,200	0	139,200
Beginning Nonlapsing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100,000	100,000
Total	$28,275,000	$25,881,300	$26,103,700	$30,103,900	$27,404,500	$5,031,900	$32,436,400	$1,924,000	$34,360,400

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Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Personnel Services	0	0	0	12,700	0	0	0	0	0
In-state Travel	0	0	400	700	500	0	500	0	500
Out-of-state Travel	28,600	24,800	14,300	19,100	39,000	(22,500)	16,500	0	16,500
Current Expense	285,100	313,000	198,100	451,000	293,500	367,700	661,200	0	661,200
DP Current Expense	22,939,700	21,137,100	20,674,800	20,666,200	21,225,500	2,832,700	24,058,200	5,424,000	29,482,200
DP Capital Outlay	5,021,600	3,200,500	7,110,900	8,954,200	5,846,000	1,854,000	7,700,000	(3,500,000)	4,200,000
Capital Outlay	0	1,205,900	(1,894,800)	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	$28,275,000	$25,881,300	$26,103,700	$30,103,900	$27,404,500	$5,031,900	$32,436,400	$1,924,000	$34,360,400

COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.