State & Local Government Policy, Business and Technology

Oklahoma’s IT Unification Nets Hundreds of Millions in Savings

Government Technology: Roughly five years after Oklahoma began to unify information technology (IT), that process is largely finished and has saved the state hundreds of millions of dollars, officials told Government Technology.

By centralizing IT under the auspices of the chief information officer, the state has saved more than $350 million in reduced “IT spend and cost avoidance,” Oklahoma Chief Operations and Accountability Officer Matt Singleton said, noting that number is based on the state’s new, final quarterly reports.

Since beginning IT consolidation, Singleton said Oklahoma technology officials have successfully completed unification at 77 of 78 agencies identified; and an additional 33 agencies that effectively volunteered.

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