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- AI training will be mandatory for state and local government employees starting in FY 2026 under House Bill 3512.
- DIR will certify at least five training programs that meet new criteria focused on responsible AI use, risk mitigation and accessibility.
- Submission guidance is expected by the end of January.
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The telecommunications provider expects to create 3,000 jobs in Texas during the next 10 years.
Among tech projects, the largest allocation is $119 million for data center consolidation, followed by $43 million for data center services modernization.
The Department of Information Resources (DIR) was nominated for its Regional Security Operations Center Pilot Project.
If approved by Texas voters, $1.5 billion would be used for broadband, telecommunications and 911 services.
Texas Workforce Commission CIO Heather Hall and her deputies will speak at a members-only Industry Insider — Texas briefing.
The department is working toward an RFP for its Correctional Institutions Division.
The city near Houston has hired True North Consulting to assess and implement cyber stance and planning.
As the deadline nears for governor appointments to the new council, state leaders continue to remind public- and private-sector technologists of their thoughts and concerns on AI use.
The public charter K-12 schools announced that Marlon Shears, formerly of Fort Worth ISD, will take the lead this month.
During the 2022-2023 fiscal year, the Texas Department of Transportation led the spending on IT goods among all departments.
Hershel Becker joined Signature Advisory Partners LLC as chief executive officer in August.
The Customer Care Division, with 16 front-line customer service representatives, streamlined time management in 2022.
The agency is responsible for the state’s law enforcement and driver’s license and ID administration.
The department, which focuses on rehabilitating Texas’ youth and ensuring public safety, has an estimated IT budget of $11.9 million.
The city’s health and public works departments and airport system are looking to recruit chief information security officers to oversee cyber and IT security plans.
State CIO Amanda Crawford recently gave a brief overview of the technology agency serving Texas public entities — along with some numbers illustrating its progress.
Under the new law, local governments have 48 hours to inform the state of ransomware or other suspected cybersecurity breaches through an online portal.
One gap the funding would address is city trauma centers’ lack of uniform reporting of fatal and non-fatal gun violence injuries.
The job would entail installing and maintaining IBM mainframe software packages and implementing complex software changes.
The online system has been unavailable since last Friday’s statewide closure for a scheduled Labor Day upgrade.
According to three state-level CIOs, areas in need of modernization include broadband, mainframe, applications and cybersecurity.
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