Gov. Baker Proposes $1.1B in IT Upgrades in Massachusetts

Government Technology: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker filed legislation on Thursday to spend $1.1 billion in capital projects for information technology upgrades across the commonwealth.

More than half of the funding, about $600 million, would go toward improving IT systems related to health care, housing, education, public safety and the state’s background records checks, among other areas, according to a news release from Secretary of Administration and Finance Michael J. Heffernan.

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