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- The Texas Broadband Development Office awarded the funds to expand rural broadband and flood-monitoring infrastructure.
- The project will improve ISP access to LCRA’s fiber network, upgrade flood-monitoring sites and extend fiber into underserved Central Texas communities.
- This grant follows Texas’ $1.27 billion BEAD plan approval and supports dual goals of digital equity and public safety.
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Industry Insider — Texas is pleased to welcome Verizon Enterprise Solutions to the Industry Insider family. The company provides solutions to the state and local government sector including virtual work tools, broadband and connectivity solutions, voice services, mobile devices, white papers and various support for customers. For more information, visit its state and local government page, peruse its Texas contracts page or email SOTX-TEXAN-SUPPORT@verizon.com.
Retired police commander Jason Browning joined LensLock, a cloud provider of law enforcement solutions, in North Texas as its director of transformation and integration.
The city boasts several military sites with cyber capabilities, a large number of cyber workers and robust higher ed programming.
No ransom was paid in the weekend incident, which was limited in scope.
One of the city’s top projects is an $8.2 million upgrade of its older network equipment to a more maintainable and streamlined option.
Established in 1891, the commission has primary regulatory jurisdiction over the state’s oil and natural gas industry, pipeline transporters, and coal and uranium surface mining operations.
The governor has enlisted the state's public safety and technology agencies to assist others in efforts to keep TikTok off of state-issued devices.
The system is part of capital planning listed in this year’s budget documents.
Alongside IT needs, the municipality is also building a new fire station and making camera upgrades in various departments.
A small city's budget includes plans to spend federal funds for upgrades and purchase technology with general funding.
The second-largest appraisal district is back online after a November attack, but lacks some services and data while tax season gets closer.
The agency spent approximately $13 million during the fourth quarter of 2022. One of the agency’s largest IT expenditures was information technology services.
The public policy group Texas 2036 continues to surface issues facing various state agencies. This week’s report is focused on child welfare, a topic the nonprofit regularly addresses.
As part of Industry Insider — Texas’ ongoing efforts to educate readers on state agencies, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with departmental IT leaders.
Industry Insider — Texas is pleased to welcome Socure to the Industry Insider family. Socure specializes in digital identity verification and trust, and its predictive analytics platform applies artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques with trusted online/offline data intelligence to verify identities in real time. With more than 1,400 customers across the financial services, government, gaming, health care, telecom and e-commerce industries, Socure is the only graph-defined identity verification platform that utilizes every element of identity — delivering the most accurate fraud detection and identity verification in real time. For more information, visit Socure.com or contact Mike Halas.
The law enforcement agency was formed from three others in 1989 and has the third largest budget in the state, including general and federal funds.
Both positions involve supporting IT systems, developing IT strategies, and analyzing organizations’ technology requirements.
Bitcoin miners are not seeing the return they did two years ago.
The first portion of the system is expected to launch in mid-2023, consolidating the agency’s five separate systems into one streamlined option.
BOOT, also known as Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas, will support sustainable broadband infrastructure projects awarded through a competitive grant process.
The bill intends to protect those investing in digital currency as it moves further into the forefront.
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