{"id":233049,"date":"2026-06-17T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/cybersecurity-among-needs-in-proposed-new-hampshire-budget\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T17:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:45:21","slug":"cybersecurity-among-needs-in-proposed-new-hampshire-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/cybersecurity-among-needs-in-proposed-new-hampshire-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Among Needs in Proposed New Hampshire Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cybersecurity Among Needs in Proposed New Hampshire Budget<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.govtech.com\/security\/cybersecurity-among-needs-in-proposed-new-hampshire-budget<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-17 17:38:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.govtech.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

(TNS) \u2014 Two new courthouses, replacing steam lines at the aging Concord men\u2019s prison and beefing up the state\u2019s cybersecurity defenses are on the wish list of projects proposed for New Hampshire\u2019s capital budget for the next two years.As is always the case, there are more wants to shore up ailing infrastructure and add upgrades than there are available funds, Gov. Kelly Ayotte advised during the first of two days of public hearings to open the process.\u201cWe can\u2019t control everything. We have one important thing we can control \u2014 our fiscal discipline,\u201d Ayotte said in opening remarks.\u201cLiving within our means, strong credit ratings and building budgets that reflect the needs and priorities of the state will be my focus.\u201dThe current two-year public works budget (HB 25) that Ayotte signed in June 2025 spent nearly $138 million in bonds backed by state taxes and fees, another $10 million from highway funds and $23 million from \u201cother\u201d funds such as dedicated revenues.During Tuesday\u2019s hearing, agency heads from the first six departments to make presentations asked for a total of $253 million in projects.Administrative Services Commissioner Charles Arlinghaus said he operates under no delusion that the $143 million he\u2019s asked for to maintain state buildings and courthouses will win final approval.Over five of the past half dozen capital budgets, his agency received just over $25 million in projects, though in the current plan the number fell to $15.4 million.\u201cI wanted to give you a sense of the scope of the need for the state to catch up on deferred maintenance work,\u201d Arlinghaus said.Karen Rantamaki, state director of plant and property under Arlinghaus, said her staff wouldn\u2019t be able to complete all 36 projects on her wish list even if lawmakers approved them all.Her division has 220 positions but 60 of them \u2014 or 27% \u2014 are vacant, she said.The top 10 on Rantamaki\u2019s list started with $1.5 million to replenish the state\u2019s emergency fund, which is used to pay for renovations or repairs that aren\u2019t expected.These include last weekend\u2019s fire that destroyed a state building on the grounds of the former Laconia State School and two floods in the Brown Building on the New Hampshire Hospital grounds in Concord.Ranked fifth was $32 million for a new courthouse for Sullivan County that would replace a superior court and two circuit courts in Claremont and Newport, all of which the state leases privately-owned space.JUDICIAL BRANCH SEEKS NEW COURTSCourt officials have also requested a new $23 million Salem Circuit Courthouse. though it didn\u2019t make the top 10.Corrections Commissioner Bill Hart said tops on his $15.2 million request is $2 million to replace body alarms worn by corrections officers at the state\u2019s medium security prison in Berlin.The existing alarms that 110 staff and volunteers use were installed in 2000, the year the prison opened.The manufacturer no longer makes the product and the agency can no longer find replacement parts and, as a result, many transmitters are out of service, he said.The $3 million replacement of sewer lines and traps is the second phase of repairs to decades-old pipes with leaks that cause the loss of up to 18,500 gallons of water per day, Hart said.Information Technology Commissioner Denis Goulet said cybersecurity has been his agency\u2019s top capital need all 11 years that he\u2019s been on the job.The growing use of artificial intelligence by bad actors is making the task even more challenging.Hackers are using AI to launch even more sophisticated attacks, often deploying multiple robots after an initial assault to \u201ctweak things\u201d which can render government defenses even more vulnerable, Goulet said.\u201cThe pace of change is increasing, and we all need to keep up with it,\u201d Goulet added.David Wieters, chief operating officer for the Department of Health and Human Services, said its request for $47 million includes adding a kitchen onto the youth treatment center under construction on the grounds of the former Hampstead Hospital.The smaller 18-bed center will replace the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester.Wieters said the state originally intended to have a psychiatric hospital for juveniles on the property and the treatment center would save costs by sharing services such as cafeteria, laundry and pharmacy.But the state then approved a long-term lease for a nonprofit owned by Dartmouth Health to run the psychiatric hospital.Building a $3 million kitchen in the treatment complex would over time save money versus the $32,000 per month cost the state will pay to deliver meals to residents at the new facility, Wieters said.The governor elected by voters in November will have until the middle of next February to propose capital and operating budgets for the cycle that begins July 1, 2027.\u00a92026 The New Hampshire Union Leader, Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.<\/p>\n

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