Information Technology Services, Office of
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Mission
The Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) provides centralized technology services to customer agencies, sets the State’s technology standards, and coordinates and governs statewide technology-related initiatives improving the efficiency of New York State government. ITS’ mission is to create and deliver innovative solutions that foster a technology-enabled government to best serve New Yorkers. ITS is also charged with leading the State’s transformation efforts, by consolidating fragmented infrastructure and networks, expanding enterprise solutions, and redesigning the delivery of services – enabling agencies to focus on their core missions.
Organization and Staffing
ITS is managed centrally by the State’s Chief Information Officer (CIO), who oversees the agency’s operations and strategic direction. ITS is broken down into several program areas that provide project development and application maintenance for customer agencies, networking and end user services, and cyber security related functions. Most ITS staff are primarily information technology specialists, project managers, and business or financial analysts.
Major Programs
Data Center Services
This program supports the operation of the Statewide Data Center, including associated service costs, such as server and storage installation, disaster recovery services, hardware and software maintenance and equipment refresh. Program staff install, monitor and maintain hosted agencies’ computing platforms and physical and virtual storage.
End User Services
This program supports shared enterprise service offerings, such as device management and replacement, standard software package management, internet access, network printer access, and account management. Program staff are responsible for email, voice, and mobile support, as well as help desk services.
Computer Applications Support
This program maintains agency specific applications and IT systems. Program staff are responsible for developing, troubleshooting, installing, security patching, and maintaining agency applications. Investment requests for new applications go through a governance process to ensure strategic alignment and enterprise collaboration with standardized technologies.
Security and Quality Control
This program supports the development and implementation of cyber security policies and standards. Program staff are responsible for developing and maintaining cyber security software, policy creation and enforcement, and auditing internal controls. Additionally, ITS continues to phase out legacy hardware and software that pose operational and cyber risk to the State’s technology environment. This program will also provide services to local municipalities including endpoint detection and response, intrusion protection, vulnerability scanning and data backup services.
Network Services
This program supports hosted agencies’ ability to connect and access data and communications systems, including phones, internet, network drives, and servers. Program staff install optical fiber connections and manage the local area network (LAN), which connects workstations and devices to applications hosted in the State’s data centers.
Central Administration
This area supports the ITS Executive Office and their support staff, Finance, Legal Counsel and Enterprise Project Management.
Training
This area supports the education and development of current ITS employees by providing certification and advanced training courses deemed critical to the agency. ITS partners with academic institutions and industry leaders to offer career opportunities in key skillset areas that are pertinent to current, in-demand technologies.
Budget Highlights
The FY 2026 Executive Budget recommends $1.2 billion in all funds appropriations. This reflects a $174 million increase from FY 2025, primarily attributed to additional cybersecurity funding to further strengthen State and local defenses, as well as an FTE investment to support project development, meet increased cyber demand, and maintain mission critical systems.
The FY 2026 Executive Budget recommends a workforce of 4,158 FTEs for the agency. This reflects an increase of 295 FTEs from FY 2025.
For more information on this agency's budget recommendations located in the Executive Budget Briefing Book, click on the following link:
Briefing Book – General Government
| Category | Available FY 2025 |
Appropriations Recommended FY 2026 |
Change From FY 2025 |
Reappropriations Recommended FY 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 925,827,000 | 1,099,917,000 | 174,090,000 | 616,101,000 |
| Capital Projects | 130,700,000 | 130,700,000 | 0 | 414,160,000 |
| Total | 1,056,527,000 | 1,230,617,000 | 174,090,000 | 1,030,261,000 |
| Program | FY 2025 Estimated FTEs 03/31/25 |
FY 2026 Estimated FTEs 03/31/26 |
FTE Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office of Technology Services | |||
| General Fund | 3,813 | 4,108 | 295 |
| Capital Projects Funds - Other | 50 | 50 | 0 |
| Total | 3,863 | 4,158 | 295 |
| Fund Type | Available FY 2025 |
Recommended FY 2026 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Funds | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 0 |
| General Fund | 739,691,000 | 863,781,000 | 124,090,000 |
| Internal Service Funds | 151,636,000 | 201,636,000 | 50,000,000 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 500,000 | 500,000 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 0 |
| Total | 925,827,000 | 1,099,917,000 | 174,090,000 |
| Program | Available FY 2025 |
Recommended FY 2026 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office of Technology Services | |||
| Enterprise Funds | 4,000,000 | 4,000,000 | 0 |
| General Fund | 739,691,000 | 863,781,000 | 124,090,000 |
| Internal Service Funds | 151,636,000 | 201,636,000 | 50,000,000 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 500,000 | 500,000 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 0 |
| Total | 925,827,000 | 1,099,917,000 | 174,090,000 |
| Program | Total | Personal Service Regular (Annual Salaried) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| Office of Technology Services | 390,133,000 | 28,817,000 | 364,697,000 | 28,817,000 |
| Total | 390,133,000 | 28,817,000 | 364,697,000 | 28,817,000 |
| Program | Temporary Service (Nonannual Salaried) |
Holiday/Overtime Pay | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| Office of Technology Services | 16,331,000 | 0 | 9,105,000 | 0 |
| Total | 16,331,000 | 0 | 9,105,000 | 0 |
| Program | Total | Supplies and Materials | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| Office of Technology Services | 473,648,000 | 95,273,000 | 3,954,000 | 0 |
| Total | 473,648,000 | 95,273,000 | 3,954,000 | 0 |
| Program | Travel | Contractual Services | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| Office of Technology Services | 372,000 | 0 | 384,199,000 | 52,681,000 |
| Total | 372,000 | 0 | 384,199,000 | 52,681,000 |
| Program | Equipment | |
|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | |
| Office of Technology Services | 85,123,000 | 42,592,000 |
| Total | 85,123,000 | 42,592,000 |
| Program | Total | Personal Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| Office of Technology Services | 236,136,000 | 50,000,000 | 2,880,000 | 0 |
| Total | 236,136,000 | 50,000,000 | 2,880,000 | 0 |
| Program | Nonpersonal Service | |
|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | |
| Office of Technology Services | 233,256,000 | 50,000,000 |
| Total | 233,256,000 | 50,000,000 |
| Comprehensive Construction Program | Available FY 2025 |
Recommended FY 2026 |
Change | Reappropriations FY 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Initiative Program | ||||
| Capital Projects Fund - Authority Bonds | 130,700,000 | 130,700,000 | 0 | 312,500,000 |
| Federal Capital Projects Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87,279,000 |
| Information Technology Capital Financing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14,381,000 |
| Total | 130,700,000 | 130,700,000 | 0 | 414,160,000 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/21/2025