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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice recently briefed its board on a portfolio of major IT projects, most of which are funded by the state’s capital budget and in early procurement stages.
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Requested system capabilities include benefits management, applicant tracking, employee onboarding, performance management, time-off accrual management and mobile platform capabilities.
Senate Bill 6 would require companies seeking to develop power-hungry facilities to pay a fee of at least $100,000 to apply to connect to the power grid, so those not serious about building are weeded out.
As of this writing, 22 tech-related bills have been referred to the Committee on Delivery of Government Efficiency, four of which deal with artificial intelligence. One would create an AI division within the Department of Information Resources.
Initially, the Energy Abundance Development Corp. data centers will run on natural gas produced in Texas, but the company plans to transition to 100 percent green hydrogen sourced from its hydrogen salt dome storage facility in the future.
AI tools will be implemented across the university system to provide advanced network analytics, improve call center services, eliminate redundancies and improve standardization.
The bond dollars would also go toward the construction of a new health sciences facility, major overhauls to residence halls, construction of a new welcome center and campus renewal and safety improvement projects.
The Department of Public Safety is searching for a system that can record video feeds from multiple cameras and export or archive feeds to external systems.
The software must be capable of identifying high rates of specific crash types by location and comparing conditions before and after countermeasure implementations.
The city’s vision for its new smart corridor involves an extensive integration of smart technology applications in each aspect of its development.
The training platform should also allow for custom scenarios and software, allow multiple users to access and communicate within the same scenario and track and record the user’s eye movement for playback purposes.
The commission requires cloud-based hosting of its archival content management system to take advantage of newer features.
As part of Industry Insider — Texas’ ongoing efforts to educate readers on state and local government, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with departmental IT leaders.
The agency has named a new interim chief deputy CIO and a deputy CIO of artificial intelligence.
The iWatchTexas app allows community members to report suspicious behaviors and activities to be analyzed by law enforcement.
TxDOT CIO Anh Selissen has spoken extensively regarding her agency's positive approach to AI implementation, with the technology first being implemented in her agency to streamline manual processes.
The county requires a solution that will optimize and manage its grant process, including application tracking, award management, financial tracking, research and reporting.
If passed, the bill would transfer the duties, funds, contracts, rights, property and records of TPWD to other state agencies.
The chosen vendor will be responsible for managing, maintaining and modernizing the official website for the state of Texas and its digital assistant.
The DIR Innovation Lab is the state’s facility for testing emerging technology, educating state agencies on technology best practices and partnering with vendors on new solutions.
The desired solution will allow the university to search for available supplier quotes to help inform its purchases, leading to savings on merchandise spending.
State agencies have asked the Legislature for funds for about 160 IT-related projects and expenses. Here’s a searchable tool compiling every one of them.
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