The state comptroller’s biannual report gives vendors a glance at priorities and percentages regarding employing more HUBs, and larger businesses may be able to include them as subcontractors.
Across Texas state government, Deloitte and Rackspace garnered high spending for purchased contracted services; additionally, monies for disaster response totaled at least $85 million in this spending category.
This year’s Minority Supplier Development Council expo and fair will generate millions in business for minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses in areas including small tech, construction, sales and services.
The BDO is seeking public input about broadband speeds and what threshold Texas will use to determine funding eligibility. Speed thresholds are in play after the FCC raised the national benchmark.
Vendors seeking to do business with SLED entities may look to two agencies for information: the comptroller’s office and DIR.
The Comptroller is looking to replace its Uniform Statewide Accounting System and Texas Identification Number System with a software-as-a-service option requiring minimum customization.
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.
This year’s report includes summaries of high-dollar efforts, many spearheaded in the 88th legislative session.
The position is within the agency’s fiscal management area and will oversee planning and analysis, among other functions.
The JETI Act aims to attract large, capital-intensive economic development projects that bring new capital investment and create new, good-paying jobs in Texas communities.
One opportunity listed at the state human resources site is remote, although both report in Austin.
The Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation Act provides tax incentives and essentially replaces Chapter 313.
Posted within the last week, the web applications developer posting closes on Jan. 17, while the systems analyst postings are ongoing.
Collected here is a roundup of our AI-related coverage in 2023, including expert insights, events and agency use cases.
Here is a roundup of this year’s events, with insights from the Texas Department of Agriculture, the Office of Court Administration, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Austin Transit Partnership and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
According to Jay Waldo, CIO for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, the agency’s largest upcoming project in terms of spending is a replacement for its back-end consolidated financial system.
The state comptroller will oversee the $1.5 billion fund intended to support broadband and telecommunications across the state.
The Legislature appropriated $18 million for the replacement of the Uniform Statewide Accounting System and Texas Identification Number System.
The state was allocated $3.3 billion under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for high-speed Internet infrastructure deployment through the Broadband Equity, Access and Development program.
The state comptroller’s CIO and Austin Transit Partnership's director of IT will speak during the November event.
The comptroller’s allocated budget for the 2024-25 biennium is $718 million, with $5 million for broadband programming.
The job would entail installing and maintaining IBM mainframe software packages and implementing complex software changes.
The agencies in recruitment are the Railroad Commission of Texas and the Comptroller of Public Accounts.
The job would entail programming software solutions, leading small to medium-size technology projects, and working with internal and external stakeholders.
During the year’s second quarter, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts bought goods and services from Accenture, Resource Integrators and more.
An RFP has been issued for a vendor with specialized knowledge to analyze local government broadband needs, planning and coordination across the state.
The job would entail leading the agency’s new vendor-supported applications team and monitoring various applications.
The Broadband Development Office is making regional visits, working through BOOT applications and looking toward an updated broadband map.
The comptroller’s office has published a list of companies and their applications for broadband grants.
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 biennial budget contains millions for state agencies to begin modernization projects and to purchase IT goods and services.
A request for offers regarding application and infrastructure services for the financial and human resources/payroll platform supporting 118 agencies has been extended.
House Bill 9 will allocate $1.5 billion to the Texas Broadband Infrastructure Fund to expand high-speed Internet access throughout the state.
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.
The state comptroller’s program recognizes local governments’ transparency regarding traditional finances, contracts and procurement, economic development, public pensions and debt obligations.
The Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas program funding is available to applicants who can help provide last-mile broadband.
The comptroller will award a new contract for application and infrastructure services for the financial and human resources/payroll platform that supports 118 agencies.
Bills aim to provide additional funding to the state's Broadband Development Office; however, each would require approval from voters before becoming law.
The State Comptroller of Public Accounts has published a notice of $120 million in funding availability, which kicks off the distribution of federal COVID-19 monies.
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.
The agency spent approximately $13 million during the fourth quarter of 2022. One of the agency’s largest IT expenditures was information technology services.
BOOT, also known as Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas, will support sustainable broadband infrastructure projects awarded through a competitive grant process.
Requirements for the software include protecting confidential data and supporting innovative platforms.
The top three spenders for contracted services were the Texas Department of Transportation, the Texas Military Department and the Department of Information Resources.
The agency’s director discussed the next steps for Texas in the broadband planning process.
With it comes more information about which areas might receive funding for broadband deployment projects.
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.
One of his main takeaways is that the state’s industry will remain stable.
Meanwhile, officials would like the federal government to reconsider deadlines to ensure equitable allotments.
His office requested an extension allowing for comprehensive, accurate feedback before funding commences.
The department’s five largest transactions in this area that month amounted to eight figures.
The platform serves as a one-stop shop for all state agencies’ finance, human resources and payroll-related needs.
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The Texas broadband office encourages participation by anyone with a stake in connectivity.
Before joining the public sector, he spent a year with IBM.
Agencies have filled a number of lower-priced contracts that support their employees and constituents.
There are five areas on the group's priority list, which includes technological infrastructure and an educated workforce.
Multiple users will be served by the effort that is key to connectivity funds.
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 office overseeing the Broadband Development Office announced the contract award this week.
The state official updated the North Texas Commission and guests on broadband, ending with a strong outlook on the state economy.
Updates begin on which departments will see a bump due to inflation — and which ones won't.
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.
