City of Brownsville
What to Know:
- A panel at the Texas IT Leadership Forum emphasized that successful vendor relationships depend on collaboration, not commodity-style transactions.
- Brownsville CIO Jorge Cardenas and state courts CIO Casey Kennedy highlighted key differences in how cities and state agencies manage procurement, especially around pricing flexibility and vendor capacity.
- Speakers urged vendors to invest in long-term partnerships through effective communication.
The city of Brownsville was given that designation in 2014. Since then, officials have made investments to change its status, including supporting the deployment of a fiber network.
The city is seeking a service with an online banking portal that allows for digital reporting, fraud protection services and collections.
The years since the COVID-19 shutdowns have seen multiple implementations get off the ground ahead of funding announcements such as this week’s $3.3 billion announcement.
The telecommunications leader will relocate to take on a multimillion-dollar connectivity project.
The announcement comes four years after the city was named the least connected in the nation.
