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Northside, North East, Judson, Alamo Heights, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City, Southside, East Central and Edgewood independent school districts were among the Texas school systems that lost access.
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Industry Insider — Texas will pause the morning newsletter during the long holiday break in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. To our readers and friends, the staff of Industry Insider wishes you a happy, safe holiday season! We’ll see you back here with our next newsletter on Friday, Jan. 3.
Election pollbooks hung during the early voting period, causing the wrong ballots to be handed to some voters. The vendor, Election Systems & Software, appeared before commissioners to answer questions this week and said it could be a while before a fix can be certified.
The Alcoholic Beverage Commission oversees a growing alcohol industry in Texas and is asking for $1.9 million to expand data management and enable state code compliance. IT is asking the Legislature for at least $7.1 million in its exceptional items request.
The agency is currently using AI solutions for contract comparison, bid item price estimation, roadway incident detection and recruitment automation.
The Corpus Christi-based service center hopes to integrate mental health services across ESC2 while improving educational outcomes through customized educational programs.
The county has named Justine Tran to the position, which was vacant for more than a year. Her work includes IT leadership in multiple industries — from telecommunications to automotive — and for the city of Dallas.
Texas has obligated at least 98 percent of its funding, but state and local governments will be forced to return pandemic relief funds if not properly obligated by the end of December.
The Health and Human Services Commission is looking to update its means of gathering data on aging populations and has published an RFO due Jan. 23.
Airport leadership has recognized construction and design tech firm Autodesk for its part in launching automated and real-time processes.
The county added almost a month for its request for proposals seeking Universal Services contract-to-hire staff.
Selected vendors will perform multi-supplier application development, maintenance, solution design and staff augmentation services to eligible DIR customers.
Newly digitized archives date to the early 18th century and are publicly searchable. The $18 million preservation effort was supported by records fees.
A University of Texas health and learning hub is looking for an experienced vendor to build modern, accessible oncology and health-care websites.
Texas Department of Agriculture CIO Chris Bunton and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department CIO Jamie McClanahan both expressed IT’s increased importance in their respective agencies at a recent member briefing.
The Domestic Relations Office would like to implement a cloud-based system that enables scheduling, communication, identity verification and check-in/checkout processes for families, guardians and staff.
The comment, phoned in during a November City Council meeting, has prompted discussion of how to keep meetings open, transparent and accessible for city constituents while preventing future incidents.
The Health and Human Services Commission has asked experienced vendors to provide rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimates for system delivery and/or service delivery options.
The chosen MSI will assume management of DIR’s existing ServiceNow environment, integrate new services and component providers into the MSI operating model and provide program strategy management.
The agency’s capital budget request is about $3 million less than the agency was granted for equivalent items in FY 2024-25.
The goal of expanding broadband availability in Texas has been a long time coming, and local government and Internet providers across the state have been working toward rural connectivity and securing funds.
Industry Insider — Texas is pleased to welcome Ford Consulting Group to the Industry Insider family. The Austin-based consultancy works to offer strategic market insights and foster connections between public-sector agencies and technology vendors. For more information about Ford Consulting Group, contact Dawn Ford.
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