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- TxDOT’s 2026-2027 budget includes $394 million for IT modernization, cybersecurity and connected infrastructure.
- Capital funding supports facility upgrades and embedded tech to improve operations and data collection.
- Recent AI strategy shifts TxDOT from pilot projects to agencywide deployments in automation and analytics.
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The Texas Railroad Commission’s five largest IT purchases in this year’s first quarter totaled $12,205,155. Specific buys included IT services and computer software.
As part of Industry Insider — Texas’ ongoing efforts to educate readers on state and local government, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with departmental IT leaders.
If approved by lawmakers, Senate Bill 1751 would strip financial incentives for crypto miners that participate in demand response programs related to the state’s electric grid.
The 9 a.m. council meeting was canceled due to the delay and not being able to televise proceedings.
The agency preserves state history, promotes digital access and literacy, and has a $38.6 million budget.
In addition to debuting the store, GLO unveiled a new content management system to help keep track of metadata associated with its growing collection of 45,000 maps.
Two education service centers have issued bids for new software related to career and technical development, early childhood education, analytics and special education.
Information security veteran Bryce Carter looks to hit the ground running by creating an oversight committee to help establish an enterprise-wide information security program.
The agency has spent $7.7 million on 328 IT purchases in the first two months of this year and $6 million on its top five IT buys.
The four-day event for local government IT professionals hit a new attendance record.
The project aims to expand public transportation throughout the state’s capital by adding a new light rail and accessible bus system. However, recent legislation might pump the brakes on these efforts.
The plan makes several references to tech, including expanding active traffic management applications to reduce congestion and consolidating traffic management centers.
One of the state's five fastest-growing counties has $33.5 million in its annual IT budget.
Elliott Kelly joins the enterprise software company as an account executive after years of working for Oracle and Axon.
While other universities have suffered steep enrollment declines since COVID-19, the University of North Texas has experienced continual enrollment growth thanks to data analytics and a platform from SAS.
Thursday’s Texas House session saw the approval of a $302.6 billion budget bill with some tech and related funding discussed on the floor. The bill heads to the Senate.
Bills relating to information security, broadband funding and a small-business grant matching program are currently up for review by state lawmakers.
This month’s Insider Briefing in Austin will feature the CIO of the state Department of Agriculture and the IT director of the Texas Office of Court Administration.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has issued a request for information about cloud-based auditing platforms for its internal audit team.
The city of Laredo’s bridge department, information services and telecommunications department, and fire department have allocated a combined $3.7 million for new tech.
The department is seeking a vendor to supply a software application or service that can support the delivery of spatial data into an interactive map and create summary reports.
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