We have a brand new updated website! Click here to check it out!

Kansas agrees to outsource IT to Illinois company

technology-785742_640TOPEKA, 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.

Copyright Eagle Radio | FCC Public Files | EEO Public File