New Hampshire Kicks Off Major Effort to Modernize State Government

Governor John Lynch officially kicked off New Hampshire's major three-year effort to modernize state government operations and improve efficiency. He addressed employees who will be working on the state's enterprise resource planning project, which will upgrade and unify the state's financial accounting, grants and project management, treasury, budgeting, procurement, human resources and payroll systems. Most of these computer systems are now separate and many are more than 20 years old.

When this project is completed the New Hampshire state government will have one software system for financial accounting, grants and project management, treasury, budgeting, procurement, human resources and payroll. For example, the new system will allow state government to move to a more efficient electronic purchasing system.

"Because one system will be tracking all of this data, state agencies will be better able to share information, we will reduce duplication, we will save on the costs of maintaining multiple systems, and policymakers will have access to better information," Lynch said. A study estimated the new system could save the state $6 million a year just on procurement.

"By investing in bringing state government into the 21st century, we will be able to do an even better job of keeping an eye on the bottom-line and investing more of our resources directly in to what matters to the people of New Hampshire," Lynch said.