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When commercial networks flood, first responders can't afford lag. Verizon Frontline 5G Network Slicing guarantees secure, prioritized bandwidth when seconds count.
Cloud has become the backbone of public sector modernization. What began as a cost and infrastructure play has evolved into a strategic enabler of digital services, resilience and innovation. More than a decade of adoption has also helped organizations develop the experience and operational maturity needed to manage cloud environments with increasing confidence.
Procurement in the Age of AI — June 16, 2026
State and local governments are under growing pressure to move artificial intelligence (AI) from pilot programs to real-world operations. Legislators want measurable progress, residents expect faster and more responsive services and agencies face ongoing budget and workforce constraints.
H.R. 1 has significantly reshaped the operating environment for health and human services agencies, increasing both oversight and administrative demands across programs like SNAP and Medicaid. The legislation raises the stakes by tightening expectations around payment accuracy — placing SNAP agencies at risk of financial penalties if error rates exceed 6% by 2028 — while also expanding eligibility verification requirements, such as requiring certain Medicaid recipients to undergo recertification twice a year instead of annually.
AI is already inside your organization. The question is whether you are in control of it, or it is in control of you.
Why Traditional IT Cost Metrics Fail in the AI Era—and What Leaders Should Measure Instead
Accelerating AI-Driven Transformation for State Labor Agencies
A major new study of 250 public sector executives reveals why AI adoption in government lags the private sector, where it’s quietly succeeding, and what it will take to scale.
Attackers continuously adjust their methods. Stopping them requires a fast, flexible and always-evolving approach to identity verification.
A focused, practitioner led webinar on modernizing Oracle legacy environments with minimal risk and no disruption to mission operations.
Join our webinar on 5/14 to modernize grant management with Smartsheet. Learn scalable workflows, compliance tracking, integrations, and Control Center to reduce admin burden.
Join us for a technical workshop with a demonstration and hands-on lab designed to empower you with the technical knowledge needed to navigate the threat landscape.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption in government is accelerating, driven by pressure to improve service delivery, expand self-service and meet rising constituent expectations. But AI does not create maturity. Rather, it amplifies what already exists. Without strong content governance, AI introduces new risk rather than new value.
Modern identity solutions are key to service access and program integrity.
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What to Know:
- DIR's latest strategic plan, new this month, calls to expand AI guidance, training, pilot programs and sandbox work.
- Cloud adoption, website modernization and broader use of texas.gov, TxT and identity access management are listed as priorities.
- DIR is seeking procurement threshold changes and plans a procurement-as-a-service pilot.
What to Know:
- Spikes brings nearly 25 years of Texas state government experience, primarily supporting health and human services technology and large-scale transformation initiatives.
- His background includes enterprise agency consolidation, Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program modernization and early biometric technology pilots.
- In his expanded role, he will focus on public-sector partnerships, AI, cybersecurity and accessibility solutions.
What to Know:
- The Texas Office of the Attorney General entry says the affected information included names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial information and medical information.
- The district provided notice to consumers by U.S. mail, according to the state’s breach reporting site.
- The disclosure follows the district’s March confirmation that the ransomware incident disrupted systems across the district.
