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The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is hiring a cybersecurity leader to guide strategic planning and safeguard systems as it takes on responsibility for the state's lottery.
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- The moratorium would have rendered state AI measures, including a landmark Texas bill passed this session, impossible to enforce without sacrificing federal funding.
- A day before the vote, state Sen. Angela Paxton sent a letter to Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn urging them to remove the moratorium provision.
Industry Insider — Texas will not publish a newsletter on Friday in observance of the Independence Day holiday. The newsletter will resume on Monday morning.
The agency requires a software-as-a-service solution that streamlines the process of auditing and reporting risk-related information across all program areas.
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- Five House bills signed into law this session directly impact DIR and its functions.
- Cybersecurity responsibilities are shifting from DIR to the newly established Texas Cyber Command.
- DIR is due to receive a $1.6 billion budget and an $18 million IT capital budget.
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- Plano requires a commercial off-the-shelf solution that will automatically generate visual training guides.
- The city currently creates training materials and process guides manually due to a lack of a standardized documentation tool.
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- The tollway authority’s request for information asks vendors to describe their system’s real-time reporting, analytics and learning progress tracking capabilities.
- NTTA has released multiple solicitation requests for solutions with AI integrations.
What to Know:
- Products include emergency alert systems, mass notification systems and various sensors; services include data backup, cybersecurity incident response and business continuity planning.
- Cooperative contract purchases specific to emergency preparedness and disaster recovery accounted for about $58 million in Fiscal Year 2024.
The Republican senator has pushed the provision as a means to allow AI companies to develop more quickly so they can stay ahead of China in what is considered a critical technology for the future.
What to Know
- Senate Bill 1 includes $135 million for the creation of the Texas Cyber Command
- HHSC has an IT capital budget of $1.1 billion
- TxDOT has an IT capital budget of $393.4 million
- DPS has an IT capital budget of $134 million
The Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act was one of five AI-related bills the governor signed on Sunday.
The Legislative Budget Board predicts the agency’s abolition will have a negative impact of $126 million through the biennium.
In response to reporting that the police department hasn't been documenting its reasons for searching for vehicles, the company's CEO said it's up to the agencies how they use Flock's technology — however, it's still working to create a new method of disclosure.
The requested solution will allow the university to search for available supplier quotes to help inform its purchases, leading to savings on merchandise spending.
Contracts managed through DIR's Cooperative Contracts program generated more than $9.7 billion in sales in the past three fiscal years.
The tollway authority aims to reduce the frequency of human intervention and repetitive customer queries with AI.
The district is interested in any tool compliant with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act that can summarize reports.
TxDOT's legacy system is used for travel registration, event capacity management, data security, attendance data management and hotel room sourcing.
The university, which enrolls more than 26,700 students, requires licensing for at least 7,100 residents.
Massimo Scicali will exit his role as head of enterprise applications delivery for Dallas Area Rapid Transit after nine years with the public transit provider.
SB 6 addresses power grid challenges by requiring large load customers to comply with new interconnection planning standards.
Part of the Texas Workforce Commission’s Workforce Solutions network, GCWB serves the 13-county Houston-Galveston region.
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