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The department is looking to contract with one or more vendors willing to offer competitive pricing on a wide range of tech offerings.
The Texas comptroller announced last week that 24 broadband projects are being awarded connectivity funds.
The coastal county, with about 36,000 residents, was hit by a cyber attack last week and continues recovering systems and services. Among those downed are the district clerk.
PowerSchool, used in Texas public schools, has been notifying customers and state attorneys general about how a cyber attack affected student and school district data.
The city's strategic plan calls for the city to “leverage and expand the use of technology to facilitate the exchange of information,” and “harness automation and artificial intelligence technology for efficient resource utilization.”
The Fort Worth suburb is looking to identify opportunities for organizational and operational enhancement.
The chatbot adds flavor to the agency website, but Commissioner Miller’s report also points to the day-to-day work in cyber, system updates and large implementations.
The city of Frisco received a $437,000 grant from the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority at the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles for the camera system.
The city clerk told the local news that 10 City Council and mayoral candidates’ private information was exposed online for a short time.
Five approval requests for consulting, telecommunications and a CRM are among items that were on the consent agenda, moved to February.
The 2025 edition of the list, which seeks to highlight important and innovative companies across the spectrum of government technology, includes companies based in Austin, Dallas and Houston.
Budget bills filed Wednesday reflect overall spending to include $150 billion in general revenue with hundreds of millions in tech spending for some agencies.
Industry Insider — Texas is pleased to welcome Workday to the Industry Insider family. Workday provides platforms to help public-sector entities improve citizen engagement and improve integration among finance, human resources and IT functions. Workday is used by multiple large Texas cities, counties and special districts. For more information, contact Robert Bell, government account executive, or visit the Workday website.
The city's adopted budget for 2025 includes plans to adopt artificial intelligence applications with the potential to improve workflow efficiencies and provide predictive maintenance for city assets.
The September hack exposed patient data across Lubbock and El Paso, which is the health sciences center’s service area.
The agency has two pre-solicitation notices expiring in February, and a third in March.
Health and Human Services disclosed that 61,000 Texans had their information compromised after employees improperly accessed it.
The agency’s recommendations aim to address the needs of Texas’ various agencies and local government entities scattered across the state.
Industry Insider — Texas will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday and will not be publishing a newsletter. The newsletter will resume Wednesday. The staff of Industry Insider wishes our readers a safe and meaningful holiday.
The agency is out with a pre-solicitation for the project. According to the agency's Legislative Appropriations Request for Fiscal Year 2026-27, the department is requesting $22 million for telephone system upgrades.
The Lower Colorado River Authority has extended its partnership with Anterix, which provides 900 MHz private LTE networks for utilities and critical infrastructure. The two have been working together since mid 2023.
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