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Jeffrey Stovall, who served as CIO for Charlotte, N.C., for more than 10 years, will head up Dallas IT operations starting in January. The longtime technologist has said he places a high value on cyber infrastructure.
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What to Know:
- The budget was approved early during an Aug. 14 City Council workshop.
- The largest portion of the city’s technology spending falls under the Information Services and Telecommunications Department.
- Beyond the IT department, several city agencies will also receive technology funding.
What to Know:
- The current DEMS manages about 350 terabytes of digital evidence and processes about 9,000 cases per year.
- The county supports more than 49 law enforcement agencies and 650 defense attorneys.
- The county will hold a series of virtual vendor demonstrations in mid-September.
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What to Know:
- The approved 2026 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) includes $146 billion to be invested in Texas roadways.
- The Austin District remains the largest beneficiary of technology-focused funding, receiving about $32 million.
- Additional signal coordination projects totaling more than $2.2 million are planned for SH 71 in Travis County with earlier timelines between FY 2026 and 2029.
What to Know:
- The city's FY 2025-26 budget includes $166 million for Austin Technology Services.
- Program-level allocations include $92 million for core technology services and $12 million for information security.
- The newly adopted budget takes effect at the beginning of the fiscal year on Oct. 1.
What to Know:
- Bexar County Information Technology (BCIT) is slated to receive a $46 million budget.
- The department is also due to receive $92 million in funding for 36 capital improvements programs.
- Separately, the county’s Technology Improvement Fund allocates $6.5 million for computer-related equipment purchases across departments.
Her appointment marks a return to UT Austin, where she previously worked as a lead business analyst in the university’s IT division.
What to Know:
- The city is planning to use an AI-powered camera system to assist code enforcement.
- The plan is to gradually deploy 100 cameras in 2026.
- The information the cameras collect will be sent to Dallas’ code compliance office for independent review by humans.
The awards, which focus on contributions to AI adoption and advancement in the public sector, were presented to four Texas-based individuals and organizations.
What to Know:
- The city's IT Fund is proposed at $18 million.
- The requested IT Department operating budget totals $17 million.
- The Capital Improvement Plan includes a $10 million project.
What to Know:
- Information and Technology Services allocations total $187 million in FY 2025-26 and $202 million in FY 2026-27, spanning data, 911 and radio operations.
- Dallas Fire-Rescue and the Dallas Police Department together account for more than $74 million in public safety technology across dispatch, CAD/RMS and surveillance systems.
- Dallas plans to expand artificial intelligence in 311 and procurement.
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What to Know:
- The award marks the first time a Texas higher education institution has received funding from the state program.
- The funding will support the development of a 2,600-square-foot Austin Semiconductor Advanced Manufacturing Lab at ACC’s Round Rock Campus in East Williamson County.
- The grant will also enable ACC to build a new welding fabrication skills lab in a renovated 3,728-square-foot space.
What to Know:
- The project is located on a 440-acre site near Lytle just north of Interstate 35 in an unincorporated area of Medina County.
- The data center will provide cloud storage and artificial intelligence services for an unnamed customer described as one of the nation’s top five technology companies.
- Rowan plans to power the campus primarily with hydroelectric, solar and wind generation.
What to Know:
- The city's IT Services Department would receive $94 million.
- The capital improvement program allocates an additional $32 million for citywide technology infrastructure projects.
- Another $3 million is earmarked for department-level IT capital outlays.
What to Know:
- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's digital licensing and tagging program will now cover all hunting, fishing and combination license types.
- A mobile app enables hunters and anglers to purchase licenses online, carry them on a mobile device and tag harvests.
- TPWD CIO Jamie McClanahan has identified the agency’s digital licensing systems as a key candidate for future modernization efforts.
What to Know:
- A forthcoming request for offers will seek solutions that forecast and alert for flood events.
- DIR’s notice comes as demands to expand the state’s flood alert infrastructure have grown in the wake of deadly flash flooding in July.
What to Know:
- The city has proposed a $9.4 million Information Services and Telecommunications (IST) operating fund.
- The IST Department has proposed $300,000 in new funding.
- The Planning Department's proposed contractual services and supplies allocations total $1.2 million.
What to Know:
- The new Capital Delivery Department will focus on new, large-scale projects such as the construction of streets, drainage, parks and city facilities.
- The Capital Delivery Department will lead planning for future bond programs, which will start running on a four-year schedule instead of the current five-year timeline.
- The changes are outlined in the city’s proposed Fiscal Year 2026 budget, which will go into effect Oct. 1 pending City Council approval next month.
What to Know:
- Sen. Cruz, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, which oversees the industry, is at the leading edge of a movement to allow the country's AI companies to grow their technology unfettered.
- After a setback in blocking state regulations on AI earlier this year, the Texas Republican is now rumored to be working on a more comprehensive bill that would create a federal framework for the industry.
What to Know:
- The city of Corpus Christi’s proposed $1.27 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2025–26 includes about $40 million in technology-related funding.
- $21 million is allocated to the city’s IT Fund.
- Other allocations include $9 million for the MetroCom Fund and $159,000 for the Municipal Court Technology Fund.
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