Texas Division of Emergency Management
What to Know:
- The session includes proposals that would require modernized emergency communications systems, improved data transparency tools and updates to public recordkeeping processes.
- House Bill 2 would establish a Texas Interoperability Council tasked with overseeing a new grant program for emergency communication improvements.
What to Know:
- Verizon has donated $100,000 to support search and rescue efforts.
- AT&T has announced that its Mobile Connectivity Center will remain at The Hunt Store for the next three weeks if weather permits.
- Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to activate state emergency response resources ahead of expected weather threats.
The A&M System’s 12 university police departments, the Texas Division of Emergency Management and the Texas A&M Forest Service will participate in the proposed solution.
The chosen contractor will work with the department's software vendor to migrate the existing system to a new environment before migrating user accounts and conducting user acceptance testing and approval.
Hurricane Beryl left the city with more than 4.5 million cubic yards of storm debris.
The agency requires a backward compatible replication of its current system, which hosts more than 18,000 user accounts.
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.
During the 2022-2023 fiscal year, the Texas Department of Transportation led the spending on IT goods among all departments.
Rolling up under Texas A&M leadership, this agency plans and coordinates the state during disasters.
The state division managing disasters is seeking an event vendor for next year’s gathering.
