Iowa Partners with AWS and Cognizant to Modernize IT
The plan offers jobs to about 200 state IT workers and is projected to save Iowa more than $525 million over 10 years, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Governor Kim Reynolds announced Iowa will outsource executive branch IT operations to Amazon Web Services and Cognizant Government Solutions, projecting savings of more than $525 million over 10 years.
- The transition modernizes legacy data systems by shifting from physical servers to a secure cloud environment, building on a strategic IT consolidation that began in October 2023.
- Approximately 200 Iowa Division of Information Technology employees will lose their positions, though Cognizant will extend "individualized, competitive job offers" to these workers later this month.
- Iowa Senate Democratic Leader Janice Weiner criticized the move as "disastrous," arguing it disrupts public employees' ties to the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System .
- Cognizant services are expected to begin August 3, 2026, as Reynolds continues the administration's yearslong effort to centralize technology operations across state agencies.
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