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The Center for Digital Government recognized the city for its cyber and disaster recovery priorities, continuous improvement and fiscal responsibility.
The agency’s IT capital budget request is approximately $5 million less than TDA was granted for equivalent items in the General Appropriations Bill for FY 24-25.
The move comes after hackers advertised a sale of stolen information from the authority online — despite the organization initially believing its technology had prevented any data theft.
TxDOT intends to procure support and maintenance for the Crash Record Information System, used to collect and analyze accident details and trends.
The CPA’s Broadband Development Office is taking another round of applications for the program in support of broadband access.
The City Council has roughly $95 million earmarked for communications and software on its next agenda.
The Communications and Technology Management Department will receive a $152 million operating budget and $37 million for IT-related capital projects.
Two requests are included in the Comptroller of Public Accounts’ legislative appropriations request. The first is not as specific as the second, which addresses the ongoing costs of two legacy systems already in process.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality projects $10.9 million to be available for the New Technology Implementation Grant program.
She will take on the new role Nov. 11 after leading Midland’s IT department as managing director and CIO.
The authority declined to comment on what information was being held ransom or how much was being demanded for its release.
The Health and Human Services Commission is looking to update its means of gathering data on aging populations and will release the opportunity this month.
A year after assuming the role, Texas Department of Agriculture CIO Chris Bunton will speak about the department's IT goals at the exclusive event.
Yes, it does. Astronauts who call Texas home have been voting from outer space for more than 25 years — including during this election.
The Texas Water Development Board requires a web-based data dashboard for communicating anticipated geospatial data findings from an upcoming study.
Governing named the county Health and Human Services director as a public servant of the year for his work in making health data transparent and accessible. Hear more on The Future in Context podcast.
The department has been allocated $26.4 million for seven capital projects in 2025.
The Department of Public Safety would like to boost its legislative tracking and analysis with a cloud-based AI bill tracking tool.
The Texas Workforce Commission’s biennial spending could include $11 million for data center consolidation and a $4.2 million network modernization, according to its exceptional requests.
Officials plan to conduct an engineering schematic study to examine how the new transportation system could operate in the city, including potential routes and station locations.
The city is interested in “plug and play” hardware for system operations, railroad grade crossing monitoring technologies and pavement cooling solutions.
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