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AG3 Group will provide video inspections, data input, GIS and related technical assistance for preventative maintenance and repairs.
Although the 2026-27 budget estimate is 1.1 percent lower than last biennium, the Legislature convenes Tuesday with a $23.8 billion cash carry over — meaning the state remains in surplus.
The state IT department’s latest cooperative contract solicitation targets a wide range of hardware, software and related services for digital land surveying.
Nancy Rainosek has joined Signature Advisory Partners LLC as a senior consultant.
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.
Industry Insider — Texas is pleased to welcome BeyondTrust to the Industry Insider family. BeyondTrust provides privileged access management to more than 20,000 customers, including state and local government agencies from mid-size and growing cities to university systems. The company offers products that cover access from logon to endpoint protection and beyond. For more information, contact Grant Allen (state accounts), Francesca Diaz (local government accounts) or visit BeyondTrust.com.
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.
Per the contract, Science Applications International Corporation will assist DIR with the management of state agency networks.
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.
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.
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