TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas plans to retire a mainframe used by four state agencies and contract with a private company to take care of the work.
The state has agreed to a five-year contract with Illinois-based Ensono for more than $14 million to replace an IBM mainframe as recommended last year in a state efficiency review. It named several opportunities for possible technology-related savings among the state’s agencies.
Kansas Organization of State Employees executive director Rebecca Proctor told The Topeka Capital-Journal that state IT workers have expressed concern they could lose their jobs.
But a Department of Administration spokesman said Wednesday he does not have specifics about possible job cuts.