Some Louisiana government offices encounter computer glitch

Some state government offices experienced a 40-minute computer network outage Friday morning, officials said.

The issue affected some executive branch offices but not those of elected officials.

“It was a minor hardware issue,” said Jacques Berry, a spokesperson for the Division of Administration.

Berry said state officials will do a routine analysis to improve how any future such events are handled.

Rodney Mallett, a spokesperson for the state Department of Transportation and Development, said his agency was one of those affected briefly. Operations were back to normal the rest of the day, he said.