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- As the central IT agency, DIR oversees statewide procurement vehicles, cybersecurity programs, data center services and cloud offerings.
- For Fiscal Year 2026, DIR has received $9.3 million for IT capital items and operates under a total budget of $779 million.
- DIR is shifting its focus from cybersecurity toward its Innovation Lab and new AI Division.
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The state IT department’s latest cooperative contract solicitation targets a wide range of hardware, software and related services for digital land surveying.
The A&M System’s 12 university police departments, the Texas Division of Emergency Management and the Texas A&M Forest Service will participate in the proposed solution.
Coming as the state’s coffers are brimming with more than $20 billion in unspent tax money, the requests lean heavily toward pay raises and new hires for state agencies dealing with high turnover and low pay.
The state’s third-largest county by population is seeking a Microsoft-verified partner to contract for a managed extended detection and response solution.
The 131-acre facility will house more than 800,000 square feet of data center and tech space and up to 540 megawatts of total power.
Industry Insider — Texas spoke with IBM's Worldwide Leader for Data and AI for insight on state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione’s Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act and its potential should the bill pass.
Contracts with Verizon and AT&T are among the technology spending in the state’s largest city, and various contracts for software, services and hardware will benefit multiple departments.
The oldest regulatory agency, which is responsible for the oil and gas industry, is asking for more than $27 million in exceptional IT items and $40.8 million in capital expenditures.
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The chosen vendor will be responsible for modernizing the official website for the state of Texas.
The website’s upgrades include advanced search capabilities, streamlined form submissions, enhanced cybersecurity protections and a more navigable content structure.
Among the agency’s exceptional item requests are $9 million for application modernization, $5 million for data, $3.2 million for 14 additional IT staff members, and $1 million for digitizing records.
The solution will manage work orders, equipment/assets, inventory, workforce tracking, costs and reporting.
The agency expects to publish a request for offers in late March, resulting in a cooperative contracts vehicle.
The office is looking to migrate its current call center functions to a contact center as a solution to expand its services to customers beyond inbound and outbound calls.
Per the contract, Science Applications International Corporation will assist DIR with the management of state agency networks.
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.
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.
The agency is currently using AI solutions for contract comparison, bid item price estimation, roadway incident detection and recruitment automation.
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.
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