On October 21, 2026, Mayor Brandon Johnson released Chicago's proposed 2027 budget, slashing the Department of Technology and Innovation's appropriations by 54.9% amid a city-leading 30.6% vacancy rate and hiking the lease tax on digital tools to 20%, while channeling major funding increases to the Department of Finance (+37.1%) and the Office of Budget and Management (+23.0%), establishing an ideal environment for automated technology spend tracking, software contract rationalization, and cross-departmental cost allocation.
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