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State business and IT leaders have recently spoken out about how employee expectations of end-user tools and customer tech offerings have grown as they’ve been tech immersed in daily life, work and education.
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Chief Information Officer Anh Selissen has previously pointed to the integration of artificial intelligence as one method her agency is using to streamline manual processes.
Matthew Thompson has been named chief revenue officer, and Jordan Burris will succeed him as senior vice president and general manager for public sector.
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The agency is advertising for two senior positions with at least $162,000 and $111,600 a year pay, respectively.
The chosen contractor must also provide a minimum of two subject matter experts in audiology and newborn hearing screenings for ongoing assistance.
At a minimum, the requested solution must maintain an up-to-date database of all chemicals stored in the state’s crime laboratories.
A new development lab will work toward enhancing infrastructure needed to advance manufacturing, health care and the automotive industry.
Carter took on the data management officer role earlier in August, and she will build data governance and ensure compliance at the agency.
Talks of system automation led the discussion to data set biases and their effect on trained models. With AI having advanced to the point of automated decision-making, who — or what — will be held responsible for said decisions?
The county’s total proposed budget is $2.7 billion, and it is working to “reduce costs and increase revenues’’ in part through tech.
The proposed IT capital budget is about $26 million more than what TxDOT was granted for the same expenses in Fiscal Year 2024-25.
The school district is looking for a platform to provide performance reviews, employee training and various career management features.
One of the largest counties in Texas is looking for timekeeping, fingerprinting and identification tech for the sheriff, but adult probation is at the top of the list for timekeeping needs.
The 2024-25 proposed $3.96 billion budget includes more than $3.6 million for traffic tech.
Zayo will build Internet infrastructure in 10 ZIP codes using $27.8 million in ARPA funds.
According to the request for proposals, the cancer center’s current software-based recall management system has been in use for more than 10 years.
The system must be web-based, provide access to virtual educational courses, produce real-time program and offender reports, capture overall compliance statistics and include a smartphone application as an alternative to electronic monitoring devices.
The Office of the Attorney General has crafted an intelligent search solution for case workers that illustrates the “art of the possible.”
Digital twin technology combines data, spatial and visual information, real-time analytics and modeling — in this case to maximize scheduling and classroom use.
Amberle Carter has left the chief data and analytics officer role after a year. She has not announced her next career move.
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