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- TxDOT has completed more than a dozen AI projects and is actively developing more than 20 others, with 200-plus use cases identified.
- The updated plan aligns with new state law and introduces a formal scoring system to prioritize AI initiatives based on readiness, risk and impact.
- Key deployments include automated invoice processing, traffic incident detection and the rollout of generative AI tools to staff.
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The planning documents, due to the state June 1, guide state budgeting and give the industry a look at what opportunities may lie ahead.
Proposed systems must record 100 percent of incoming and outbound external calls and include quality management functionalities for approximately 150 call evaluations per week.
The city uses transportation numbers to inform public planning and traffic safety projects; constituents can access and visualize related information and data online.
The Department of Public Safety’s top three expenditure categories were $1.4 million on software, $1.2 million for IT services and $765,954 on telecommunications.
The MyFW mobile app now offers Spanish language options and also has added AI and simplified ways of reporting issues.
Almost 25,000 Klein ISD students taking state-mandated academic tests were locked out or interrupted in April due to a DDoS attack.
The city requires a team of GIS professionals and stormwater engineers to review and update its stormwater GIS system.
The Bob Bullock Award winner shared his hopes for the state’s future IT investments and expressed his optimism for artificial intelligence.
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission requires connectivity assessment services for approximately 100-200 libraries in preparation for an upcoming broadband project.
The solution must be capable of supporting unlimited devices and remote access connections per user and per device, including laptops, desktops, mobile data terminals, mobile phones and tablets.
A North Texas county and a South Texas city have reported incidents in which legally protected personal information was compromised.
Parents can now more easily track student progress and state test scores, which is a “huge win” for the district.
Cooperative leadership was part of the recent Center for Digital Education’s EDUNation 2024 summit.
“I’ll put our incident response team against any adverse incident response team in the state. They are great at what they do, and what they do is they sit and watch, and they wait,” said Cody Autrey, manager of cyber risk management in the 11-university system.
The requested system must track the immunization records of approximately 4,200 students across six schools with 60 relevant programs.
The seasoned CIO will take his federal and local tech know-how and share it as an executive partner for the global company.
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Texas Department of Transportation CIO Ahn Selissen led a panel of experts on AI at the Texas Digital Government Summit Wednesday.
George Finney previously served as chief security officer at Southern Methodist University, during which he was included on CISOs Connect's Top 100 CISOs of 2023.
This year’s Texas Digital Government Summit included a panel on how agencies and vendors center their focus on the user when developing new technologies.
The rural East Texas county is set to receive Spectrum high-speed Internet as part of the company’s statewide build-out.
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