The State of Connecticut will be receiving an award of $5 120 554 to assist us in improving the administration of elections for federal of ce enhancing election technology and making election security improvements State Match Requirement We will be securing the required 5% match of $256 027 as follows We have expended $91 833 April 10 and June 30 2018 for hardware maintenance of our accessible voting system and a contracted expenditure of $99 360 00 to be completed between June and December of 2018 for a cybersecurity upgrade to our centralized voter registration system for our local election of cials The remainder of $64 834 00 will be expended in subsequent years before the required deadline We are proposing additional voting equipment security enhancements to address cyber vulnerabilities enhancements to post-election audits improvements to voter registration systems and management enhanced security training of officials and improvements to voting accessibility With respect to voting equipment replacement and upgrades given the useful life of our Accu- Vote Optical Scan tabulators with paper trail purchased in 2006 and specifically certain components of the optical scan tabulator we are proposing the purchase of 169 additional optical scan tabulators to replenish the supply of machines in the eld and to hold as inventory should any of the towns experience a failure in their machines The Accu-Vote tabulator we use in Connecticut has not been manufactured since 2007 but there is a supply of used machines on the market We are estimating the cost of that to be 1 166 000 With respect to election security improvements we are proposing comprehensive cybersecurity training for all local election of cials We will be utilizing the same online training classes that the state requires of its employees We are estimating that cost to be $10 000 In addition we are developing online modules for the training and certi cation of registrars of voters including a cybersecurity module and enhanced classroom modules We are estimating that cost to be $200 000 We are addressing any possible cyber vulnerabilities in the centralized voter registration database the online voter registration and the election management system with enhanced password protection including two-factor authentication for a projected amount of $1 892 554 as follows Application development is estimated to be $200 000 We will also conduct a review of all town network connections to ensure they meet the required capacity for a new desktop infrastructure and implement upgrades that will allow the Secretary of the State s Of ce to extend control to the town endpoints The virtual desktop infrastructure and town network upgrades is estimated to cost $1 092 554 We plan to hire a full-time cybersecurity consultant for a period of four years to evaluate our security posture as it relates to all best practices and federal guidelines In addition this resource will be charged with the development of our incident response plan as well as all other required documentation We are allocating $600 000 in total for the four year period for the consultant costs Because of the highly decentralized nature of local election administration in Connecticut we have proposed hiring a trainer to travel to perform regional training for the Election Management System and the Centralized Voter Registration System at an expected cost of $95 000 We will conduct a forensic audit of all our election vendors including PCC Technologies LHS Associates Adkins Printing and IVS LLC We are estimating those four audits to cost $200 000 We will be contracting with regional election monitors to facilitate robust post-election audits compliance with federal and state election laws and to ensure that cybersecurity measures are in place at the local level We are allocating $145 000 for this enhancement We are developing online videos for our web site for voters with disabilities to review the accessible ballot marking voting systems and for users of the online voter registration in order to assist us in improving the administration of elections for federal of ce at a cost of $75 000 We will provide for three years of hardware maintenance to assist in providing a secure ballot marking system for voters with disabilities at a cost of $660 000 We are proposing to assist small towns with grant funding to replace outdated unsecure workstations at an estimated cost of $200 000 We will be providing an additional grant in the amount of $37 000 to the State Elections Enforcement Commission for an equipment and software upgrade of their network infrastructure to secure the points of entry and the perimeter We will provide funding to the Center for Voting Technology Research at UConn to ensure there is a continued resource dedicated to resolving any security issues associated with our voting systems including the optical scan tabulators and to provide recommendations regarding the security of any implementation of electronic poll books at a cost of $440 000 2018 HAVA ELECTION SECURITY GRANT Budget Information CFDA II 90 404 Non-Construction Program Name of Organization Budget Period Start Budget Period End IOfflce of the Secretary of the State of Connecticut 3 2372018 SECTION A - 3 23 2022 I BUDGET SUMMARY FEDERAL 81 NON-FEDERAL FUNDS Match Consolidated Budget for total project term-- up to 5 years as de ned by grantee PROGRAM CATEGORIES Ia Voting In Election I I Voter Registratlon Cyber Securlty Communicatlons TOTALS Fed Total BUDGET CATEGORIES Equnpment Systems 1 PERSONNEL including fringe - - - 0% 2 EQUIPMENT 5 1 166 000 00 440 000 00 5 - 1 606 000 00 31% 3 SUBGRANTS- to Iocalvotingjurisdictions - 5 237 000 00 237 000 00 5% 4 TRAINING 145 000 00 5 200 000 00 5 10 000 00 5 75 000 00 430 000 00 8% 5 All OTHER COSTS 5 660 000 00 200 000 00 5 95 000 00 5 1 892 554 00 - 5 - 2 847 554 00 56% 6 TOTAL DIRECT COSTS 5 1 826 000 00 785 000 00 3 295 000 00 3 2 139 554 00 75 000 00 5 - 5 120 554 00 7 INDIRECT COSTS ifapplied - 0% 8 Total Federal Budget 3 1 826 000 00 735 000 00 295 000 00 5 2 139 554 00 75 000 00 5 - 5 120 554 00 11 Non-Federal Match 5 91 833 00 5 164 194 00 256 027 00 12 Total Program Budget 5 1 917 333 00 735 000 00 459 194 00 5 2 139 554 00 75 000 00 5 5 - 5 376 531 00 13 Percentage By Category 36% 15% 42% 1% 0% 0% Proposed State Match 5 0% A Do you have an Indirect Cost Rate Agreement approved by the Federal gavernment or some other non-federal entity If yes please provide the following information B Period Covered by the Indirect Cost Rate Agreement C Appmving Federal agency D If other than Federal agency please specify E The Indirect Cost Rate is l _l