Budget & Finance
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The company collects intelligence from disparate public agencies that could help suppliers craft better proposals and pitches. The funding reflects the growing role of AI in government procurement. -
Amid an overall growth projection for the market of more than $160 billion, government IT leaders at the Beyond the Beltway conference confront a tough budget picture, with some seeing AI as part of the solution.
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Paper-based procurement has long been the way governments operate, and it does help ensure security and compliance. But it also brings a cost, which digital solutions and AI tools can improve.
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The popular, free electric ride-sharing service required a funding boost last year to get rolling. City officials are concerned with another funding request from the operator.
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee criticized the response to Russia-linked hacking during the 2016 presidential election and warned similar threats are likely to follow.
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Gov. Tom Wolf said the state would offer service providers up to $35 million to push high-speed connections into underserved areas.
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The security of the state’s election systems was behind a four-year funding request aimed at modernizing potentially vulnerable systems.
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Des Moines County Information Technology Director Gina Erickson submitted her resignation after heated debate with county supervisors.
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The city of Atlanta and the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority were awarded a $12.6 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to help fund a bus rapid transit route and the technology likely to come with it.
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After complaints from citizens about unwarranted late fees and billing problems, the city is pivoting to a new software and kiosks in city hall.
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Authorities asked county officials for their help in funding the rollout of a data-sharing platform, license plate readers and personnel to fight violent crime.
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Governments at every level are looking into moving information, tools and processes to the cloud, but public-sector officials warn against writing off data centers anytime soon.
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Needing a significant investment from the city to lay new wires, the Spokane City Council is looking to explore the option of owning a public broadband network that some say could lower the cost of connectivity in town.
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A lack of space and the need for longevity is prompting a handful of local New York governments to ditch their paper files for digital records.
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A regional effort to outfit police officers with body cameras will have to wait until later this year when funding is available, officials say.
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The Baton Rouge Area Foundation is trying to raise the money needed to purchase gunshot detection software, while similar efforts are focusing on license plate readers and surveillance cameras.
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In the state’s rural areas, roughly 28 percent of people don’t have Internet. By comparison, only 2 percent of people in urban areas are without access.
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The state is moving to provide counties with necessary funding to replace aging voting machines in time for the 2019 election.
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Brown's office is requesting the money to complete a slew of projects, ranging from accounting to toughening up statewide cybersecurity.
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Chief information officers must walk the tightrope between their agency’s older systems and newer ones. If balance isn’t achieved, it can mean trouble.
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The Windham school board has increased its technology and transportation budget by nearly $550,000, almost a 4 percent increase from the 2016-2017 school year.
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