What to Know:

• County officials have not publicly identified the cause of the disruption or specified which systems were affected.
• Emergency and other essential public safety services remained available while restoration work continued.
• The Aug. 11 Commissioners Court agenda includes an IT transition update and a separate closed-session discussion of network security and critical infrastructure.

What to Know:

• The Information Sharing and Analysis Organization will oversee three centers focused on stakeholders, cyber practices and innovation.
• The structure aligns with the command’s strategic plan priorities around information sharing, workforce development, research and emerging technologies.
• Texas Cyber Command is scaling toward 122 employees as it builds functions transferred from the Department of Information Resources.

Texas government technology leaders, including the state CIO, will discuss cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, agency priorities and opportunities for industry collaboration at the Sept. 1 event in Austin.

What to Know:

• The proposal is about $3 million less than in the previous budget.
• Cybersecurity funding would decrease from the previous proposal, while data center consolidation and legacy modernization would rise.
• A $5 million advanced air mobility item includes planning for operational integration architecture, vertiport design and corridor delivery.

What to Know:

• Civix is making summer changes aimed at improving system speed, reporting and data indexing.
• The state spent about $660,000 onboarding 11 counties after VOTEC encountered financial problems.
• The Secretary of State’s Office is considering outside consultants to evaluate the system as a whole.

The biggest risk facing state and local governments is waiting too long to modernize. In a previous blog, I explored five trends shaping state and local government as AI, cloud and data change the way agencies fulfil their mission. Here, I explore one trend in greater depth: why the cost of delaying modernization now outweighs the cost of change.

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