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The forward-thinking town of Troup, Texas, attracted visitors, boosted businesses and revitalized its downtown with Verizon Fixed Wireless Access.
Move from productivity to performance with agentic AI
I’m delighted to share that BMC has been recognized as a strong performer in the new report, The Forrester Wave™: AIOps Platforms, Q2 2025, receiving the highest scores possible in the vision, roadmap, and agentic AI, advisor, and assistant criteria. For us, receiving the highest score possible in the vision criterion demonstrates our consistent leadership in addressing IT challenges with agentic AI.
BELLEVUE, WA – Launch Consulting, part of The Planet Group and a leading AI-first digital transformation consultancy, is proud to announce it has earned its fourth Microsoft Solution Partner designation – Infrastructure (Azure) – further solidifying its position as a trusted partner for public sector organizations navigating the complexities of secure and scalable cloud modernization.
Find out why public-sector organizations from police and fire departments to health-care agencies are choosing this secure, smart choice for reliable mobile communication — and new productivity.
The City of Plano, Texas partnered with OpenGov to meet the inventory requirements of the EPA’s revised Lead and Copper Rule (LCRR) and continues to provide safe drinking water for the community. Here’s how they did it.
Verizon’s whitepaper, The New Realities Driving Government Network Transformation, explores how evolving technology demands are pushing state and local governments to rethink their digital infrastructure. It emphasizes that true modernization requires not just adopting new tools, but transforming the underlying networks that support critical services. From boosting cybersecurity and public safety to improving workforce efficiency and digital access, the paper outlines how network innovation can drive meaningful change across government operations. Verizon also highlights the importance of budget optimization and long-term sustainability in navigating this shift.
Government leaders increasingly indicate that what were previously viewed as Black Swan events are now becoming more frequent — and more destabilizing — shocks.
Attackers know when government agency resources are scarce, they have an advantage. In our webinar, learn how automation helps strengthen incident response and disaster recovery. Register Today
Providing resilient services with limited budgets and staff is not easy – but the right AIOps and Observability solution can help you resolve and prevent issues and maximize resources. The BMC Helix agentic AI platform and new expanded capabilities look at your past and current data to help you optimize your future.
Learn how to see, analyze and mitigate risks for APIs in production, with insights on how Akamai can help with runtime security for APIs.
Privileged Access Management (PAM) might sound like a buzzword, but it’s far more than that. Managing privileged access to sensitive data is critical for maintaining a cybersecurity defense that is robust enough to stand up against modern-day threats—especially for state, local, and educational (SLED) organizations.
Cyberattacks on Water and Electric Utilities Threaten Public Safety, Economic Stability
The European Space Agency expands its space mission operation’s capacity with Canonical’s infrastructure solutions and managed IT services
No question, the pandemic has stress-tested every business continuity plan ever created — especially security strategies. Hackers are finding more opportunities to attack networks while businesses are consumed with changing their operating models and supporting a distributed workforce.
A New Era of Trust, Speed, and Accuracy for Government Programs
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What to Know:
- Hays County commissioners postponed a proposed 30-day moratorium on high-water-use developments, citing concerns the county may not have the legal authority to impose it.
- County leaders are urging Gov. Greg Abbott and the Legislature to give counties more power to regulate zoning, major developments and utilities as data centers expand.
- Water and power impacts are driving the debate, with officials pointing to worsening water scarcity and forecasts that data centers will sharply increase Texas electricity demand in the coming years.
What to Know:
- The department's Governing Board established an AI code of ethics with expectations for documentation, staff training, transparency when people interact with AI and processes for redress tied to AI-influenced decisions.
- Another change focused on how the data governance assessment is treated and reported by agencies and higher education institutions.
- A third action sought to align the state with the U.S. Department of Justice's digital accessibility standards.
What to Know:
- Laredo College received more than $2.2 million to launch a fiber-optic technician training program starting this fall.
- The program plans to train 150 students, with tuition and training equipment covered by the funding.
- The award is part of Texas’ $24.6 million Building the Texas Broadband Workforce Grant Program backed by the Broadband Infrastructure Fund.
