MarylandMaryland technology department must study state IT staffing and pay
Starting July 1, 2026, Maryland’s technology department would hire an outside organization to study State IT staffing, skills, pay, and recruitment.
What it does
Maryland’s technology department must hire an outside organization to study Executive Branch IT and cybersecurity staffing, skills, job classifications, pay, and recruitment.
The technology department must give the Governor and General Assembly the completed staffing and compensation study by November 1, 2027.
Argument forThe study could help agencies find technology skill gaps and compare pay, which may support better hiring and retention decisions.
Argument againstThe study could use public resources without changing salaries or staffing on its own, because it makes recommendations rather than requiring those changes.
More detail
The Department of Information Technology must hire a third-party organization to conduct an independent study. The study covers information technology and cybersecurity staffing needs in the principal departments of Maryland’s Executive Branch. The study must review current positions, technology environments, staffing and skill gaps, needed job roles, staffing models, job classifications, pay scales, comparable compensation, State salary adjustments and other incentives, and ways to improve recruitment and retention. The requirement takes effect July 1, 2026, and the study must be submitted by November 1, 2027.
The Department of Information Technology must send the completed study to the Governor and the General Assembly. The report covers the independent study of State information technology and cybersecurity staffing, capabilities, classifications, compensation, and workforce recruitment and retention. The department must submit the study under the State law governing reports to the General Assembly. The report is due on or before November 1, 2027.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- May 31Enacted under Article II, Section 17(c) of the Maryland Constitution - Chapter 871Became Law
- Apr 13Returned Passed
- Apr 13Third Reading PassedPassed Senate
- Apr 13Second Reading Passed
- Apr 13Favorable AdoptedMinor
- Apr 13Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentMinor
- Mar 27
- Vote recorded On Third Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 24Hearing 4/02 at 1:00 p.m.
- Mar 23Referred Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentMinor
- Mar 23Third Reading PassedPassed House
- Mar 21Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 21Favorable with Amendments {Minor
- Mar 21Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and ElectionsMinor
- Mar 10
- Vote recorded On Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 19Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- Feb 12First Reading Government, Labor, and ElectionsIntroduced
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