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What to Know:
- The new agency is scaling from 48 full-time employees toward an anticipated workforce of 122.
- Proposed functions include threat intelligence, incident response, digital forensics, statewide reporting and 24/7 monitoring.
- Capital planning areas include managed cybersecurity services and a transition to post-quantum encryption.
What to Know:
- Members can use the combined portfolio through Civic Marketplace without signing separate interlocal agreements.
- Civic Marketplace lists the shared catalog at 279 contracts, 504 vetted suppliers and 14 service areas.
- The arrangement also extends access to participating COGWORKS agencies through the East Texas Council of Governments’ existing TXShare membership.
What to Know:
- The Fort Worth Zoning Commission voted 7-4 to recommend against adding data centers to the city’s zoning code.
- The proposal includes setbacks from homes, screening requirements for outdoor equipment, limits on lighting and a prohibition on cryptocurrency mining.
- The Fort Worth City Council is expected to consider the zoning rules, along with related water, noise and economic development regulations, on Aug. 11.
What to Know:
- Amarillo has not announced an interim or permanent replacement for CTO Rich Gagnon.
- City financial documents and the Texas Municipal League directory list Missy Laird as chief information officer, but neither identifies her as Gagnon’s successor.
- Gagnon’s work with Amarillo included cybersecurity, broadband modernization, infrastructure security and creation of the city’s digital human employee.
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