The Health and Human Services Commission was the top spender in this category, which includes computer programming, website design and programming, and some staffing.
The new design will include improved search, site organization and shopping cart management tools, according to the comptroller's office, which operates it.
One opportunity listed at the state human resources site is remote, although both report in Austin.
The comptroller’s allocated budget for the 2024-25 biennium is $718 million, with $5 million for broadband programming.
The biennial budget contains millions for state agencies to begin modernization projects and to purchase IT goods and services.
The late April numbers include agency spending, commodity spending and various other insights into how the state works with historically underutilized businesses.
The Department of Information Resources will be at an educational and networking event for historically underutilized businesses.
Bills aim to provide additional funding to the state's Broadband Development Office; however, each would require approval from voters before becoming law.
This agency, created when Texas was a republic, is responsible for estimating revenue for budget purposes.
The state comptroller published the final rules governing how its Broadband Development Office will decide how federal broadband infrastructure funds will be distributed.
Requirements for the software include protecting confidential data and supporting innovative platforms.
The agency’s director discussed the next steps for Texas in the broadband planning process.
The announced estimate has an “astonishing” $32.7 billion cash carryover, as outlined by Comptroller Glenn Hegar.
The state comptroller is expected to announce a historically large amount that could fuel IT spending.
Vendors seeking to do business with the state may look to two agencies for information.
The department’s five largest transactions in this area that month amounted to eight figures.
There are five areas on the group's priority list, which includes technological infrastructure and an educated workforce.
The effort will focus on unserved and underserved broadband areas across Texas.
The state has unveiled a local economic agreement database to provide data on city and county agreements.
The state comptroller issued the announcement, acknowledging broadband expansion is a “monumental task” that will take cooperation from public and private stakeholders.
After visiting communities across Texas, the director says a broadband plan release is expected in June.
