News
Top Story
Filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) last week show plans to spend an estimated $650 million on construction costs for the two projects.
Top News Stories
The requested capital budget is about $10 million more than what DFPS was granted for equivalent items in the General Appropriations Bill for FY 2024-25.
The City Council voted Tuesday to renew a law enforcement contract with some add-ons for a cost of $4.2 million.
The Department of Information Resources is asking for 49 more employees, in part as a response to the Sunset Advisory Commission’s advice to increase outreach.
The solution must support approximately 2,255 student accounts and 128 administrative users, with the option to purchase additional licenses for both.
Concern about data centers’ high use of both power and water grows in the nation and in Texas as the state attracts more of them while trying to figure out how to supply enough energy.
In Bastrop, the platform formerly known as Twitter joins Musk's other outfits including his tunneling operation The Boring Company and the quickly expanding operations of SpaceX's satellite company, Starlink.
The agency currently conducts online bid advertising via Bonfire in addition to Texas SmartBuy.
The Health and Human Services Commission is asking for 44 exceptional items in its legislative appropriations request; about two dozen are straightforward IT projects or have IT components. Modernizing the Medicaid Enterprise System is the top IT project.
John Barclay has worked in the Texas public sector for more than a decade and has taken that experience to Elastic.
The university's drone center in Fort Worth will offer research for students, companies and first responders.
In the agency’s 2026-27 legislative appropriations request, the Texas Department of Insurance listed $2.5 million for modernization and data enhancements, which includes the requested software services.
The agency's pre-solicitation states it will be contracting for a wide variety of services, including web page design, application software, data conversion, networking, risk management, software maintenance and more.
The college serves some 80,000 students and is looking for a vendor to provide voice and data communications cabling.
Industry Insider — Texas is pleased to welcome Canonical to the Industry Insider family. Canonical publishes Ubuntu, an open source platform used across industries including government. The 20-year-old company helps to power the cloud, Internet of Things devices, desktops and servers. For more information, contact Dane Redman or visit the Canonical website.
The chosen applicant will be a senior-level program management specialist for DIR's Shared Technology Services (STS) Vendor Management Office.
Elections staff invited the public to test voting integrity as required by law. Participants toured the elections warehouse and filled in ballots to see how the machine counts them.
Rainosek’s nearly eight-year tenure saw her implement multiple key security initiatives in the state, for which she was named one of Government Technology’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers.
A pre-solicitation notice indicates that the Department of Transportation will soon start the bids for maintenance in Dallas, Fort Worth and additional districts.
The Consortium for School Networking added the school district to its growing roster of Texas schools focused on building strong data and privacy practices around student information.
The state agency is asking for 73 full-time employees across the organization alongside money for software modernization and upkeep to support growing responsibilities.
Established this year by the 88th Legislature, the Texas Space Commission is surveying the market for a scalable customer relationship management system.
Contributed Content
Privileged Access Management (PAM) might sound like a buzzword, but it’s far more than that. Managing privileged access to sensitive data is critical for maintaining a cybersecurity defense that is robust enough to stand up against modern-day threats—especially for state, local, and educational (SLED) organizations.
Cyberattacks on Water and Electric Utilities Threaten Public Safety, Economic Stability
The European Space Agency expands its space mission operation’s capacity with Canonical’s infrastructure solutions and managed IT services
Upcoming Events
