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The city’s upcoming procurement plan includes $60 million for an advanced metering infrastructure/meter data management system.
Initiatives for the coming year include an online permitting replacement, investing in financial technology and adding multilingual web features. The IT department would receive $146.5 million.
City voters approved $56 million to fund the construction of a customer service center, which will house the IT department and its primary data center.
Staff must be able to generate reports and custom ad hoc reports based on results generated by integrated analytical tools.
Industry Insider — Texas is pleased to welcome Intel to the Industry Insider family. Intel, founded in 1968, introduced the programmable microprocessor in 1971. The company is an industry leader that helps governments harness technology with fast, reliable hardware including the Intel Core vPro processor and its Xeon processor-based servers. The company is enabling smart cities technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) applications through its partnerships. For more information, visit intel.com/publicsector or contact Texas public-sector managing director Alan D. Rose.
The district hopes the implementation of a notification system will increase student performance, instructional minutes and district revenue.
The Health and Human Services Commission’s Q2 IT spending is consistent with the previous quarter, which saw the commission spend $177 million.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is looking to add generative AI and cloud products to increase efficiency and productivity.
Round two of the Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas program has been allocated up to $303.4 million, nearly 25 times more than the first round of awarded funds.
Marie Cohan has been the Department of Information’s steward for accessibility for three years, using creative ways to mentor and support 130 statewide agency leads.
The city launched non-emergency reporting tool SeeClickFix and artificial intelligence virtual assistant Ask Jacky as part of its initiative to simplify customer service for residents.
The agency manages benefits for more than half a million Texas employees and would like information on end-to-end software for its own bonus plan.
The agency’s 2025-29 strategic plan reflects actions intended to continuously improve data and analytics, cyber practices and contract management.
The city is seeking three cloud-based systems to improve its utility services provided to approximately 87,000 customers.
The North Texas Tollway Authority is seeking information on contact center-as-a-service platforms with artificial intelligence functions, such as conversational interactive voice response.
The state’s charitable bingo operations are in need of modernization, data governance and operational changes, according to the Texas Lottery Commission’s Sunset Commission Review.
Researchers at Texas State University have $500,000 to create a way to provide real-time water safety updates after a study exposed multiple days of fecal contamination on Texas beaches.
The Houston-based business professional is taking his SLED knowledge to the expanding Texas-based consultancy.
According to the solicitation, the city's current system is lacking in automation and limits the implementation of more efficient business processes.
Jordan Howard is returning to the education sector after a year as a private-sector IT manager.
The platform is near its end of life and requires a robust SaaS solution, including a complaint management system.
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