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The oldest state agency is among those asking the Legislature for funds to grow its tech workforce at a cost of about $900,000 per year.
Gov tech supplier Civic Marketplace is offering a procurement platform backed by AI for the North Central Texas Council of Governments. The deal could promote more use of cooperative purchasing, according to backers.
The center has been offline for about three weeks after a cybersecurity incident, according to officials. Few details have been released.
After a student died and the family brought attention to a nearby but non-working automated defibrillator, the school district plans to enhance maintenance and training.
The city's Information Services and Telecommunications Department has also requested $4 million in IT capital requests.
The solution must maintain an up-to-date SDS database of all chemicals stored in public safety laboratories that can be accessed statewide by more than 600 users.
The county is holding multiple online informational sessions for software providers from Nov. 12-15 as part of a request for information. Sessions are to be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Department of Information Resources has GIS and IT-based surveying tech and services on its calendar for an October competitive request for offer.
The San Antonio energy utility is requesting engineering services in preparation for an expansion of its communication systems.
The new dashboard, available on the district attorney’s website, includes millions of data points gleaned from the office’s records and presents the information in an interactive table.
The college has 80,000 enrollees across more than 200 degree and certificate programs and plans a three-year contract with a qualified vendor.
According to TDCJ’s legislative appropriations request, the agency’s IT department is severely understaffed in comparison to similar state agencies.
The agency manages the Texas Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan as part of a national program and is administering about $407.8 million through 2026.
The requested capital budget is approximately $136 million less than what TDCJ was granted for equivalent items in the General Appropriations Bill for FY 2024-25.
The city has entered a sole-source agreement worth up to $6 million with Australian-based Archistar to provide automated building permit assessment software.
The 115-year-old body seeks to make nursing safe in Texas through regulation and education, but its aging information systems need a $5.7 million shot in the arm.
The vendor will be responsible for the provision, installation, testing, training and maintenance of the requested system.
Several departments will see tech upgrades in the coming years, including the city courts with $4.4 million for a case management system replacement.
Region 7, which previously awarded 83 respondents for the same bid category, is soliciting proposals on behalf of 159 education entities and three Education Service Centers.
The agency is advertising for a savvy tech professional who is familiar with the Microsoft cloud, has a strong security knowledge and has at least eight years’ administration experience.
Health and Human Services recently held a vendor briefing, and leadership gave the audience a snapshot of its workforce and customer support responsibilities.
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