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Statewide Iowa (RI) — Governor Kim Reynolds has hired two private companies to manage and maintain all state government websites and computer systems.
Reynolds announced that all the data centers and computer servers in the executive branch will move to a cloud-based system managed by Amazon Web Services. She has also signed a contract with New Jersey-based Cognizant Government Services to manage day-to-day IT services within the executive branch.
Reynolds says the 200 state employees who currently provide those services can apply for jobs with Cognizant later this month, and on August 3rd, Cognizant employees will start providing on-site technical support to state agencies and employees in Des Moines.
The governor’s office says these moves will save the state $525 million over the next decade, but they did not disclose how much the state will pay Amazon and Cognizant under the contracts.
These contracts apply only to the executive branch and do not affect the judicial or legislative branches of state government.
