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Home » Carson Estimates Update of HUD IT System Would Cost $500 Million
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Carson Estimates Update of HUD IT System Would Cost $500 Million

March 23, 2018
The Department of Housing and Urban Development may need a huge cash infusion to modernize its antiquated information technology system, but Congress does not appear eager to provide the funding. Testifying before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, HUD Secretary Ben Carson told lawmakers it would cost approximately $500 million to shift the agency’s archaic information technology system to the cloud. Carson said it is costing the department about $250 million annually to repair and maintain the legacy IT system, which is more than 40 years old. “We can keep patching and throwing away money or we can do what needs to be done and fix it for good,” he said. Subcommittee Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart, R-FL, appeared unfazed by Carson’s cost estimate but made no commitment during the ...
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