Budget & Finance
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Ensuring a smooth transition, the comptroller told a state Senate committee, is “absolutely of the utmost importance” to efficient revenue collection funding state operations. -
The combined company is building an end-to-end toolkit for public-sector finance. The new CEO of ClearGov discusses the reasons behind the merger and what comes next.
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The blockchain-based token, believed to be the first from a U.S. public entity, is for individual and institutional use. The executive director of the Wyoming Stable Token Commission is planning what comes next.
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Hennepin is the only county in the state to have had a cybersecurity resilience review and vulnerability test by a team from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Forty-two body cameras have been deployed to officers, and new in-car camera systems are coming soon.
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A 5-4 ruling overturned a decades-old decision which only allowed states to collect online sales tax from sellers if they maintained a physical presence in the state.
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In January, Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation to strengthen statewide broadband Internet access efforts, but geography and a lack of infrastructure continue to pose challenges.
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Mountain View’s city council recently placed a business tax aimed at Google on the November ballot. The move could generate $3.3 million in revenue for the city each year.
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Henderson County Public Schools created a tool to let students and parents reports threats and concerning student behavior to administrators and authorities
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The Florida police department is part of a growing movement by local law enforcement agencies to dive deeper into facial recognition technology, despite growing concerns on the part of civil rights and privacy groups.
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The small cell wireless antenna legislation has seen some success nationwide, but it has also prompted local governments to voice concern around the loss of control.
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Columbia County commissioners want to have a “community conversation” about where the power-hungry tech fits into the fold.
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From spending on the state’s crumbling infrastructure to expanding rural Internet access, both Democrat Richard Cordray and Republican Mike DeWine say they would pass the decisions to citizens.
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ConnectME, an organization aimed at boosting Internet access in the state, urged Franklin County officials to plan ahead for the day that federal money becomes available.
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The new center will be staffed during storms and other major disasters to coordinate with Nassau County, state officials and utilities.
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Council members are discussing a proposal to lease utility poles to string fiber-optic cable. The plan is a departure from previous efforts to bury the cable.
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The city's fiber-optic network extends for over 35 miles and is used to connect traffic signals, city facilities and internal city services.
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Federal law makes it hard for states to capitalize on one of their biggest assets: their highway systems. But that hasn’t stopped state officials from trying.
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Eighty-eight counties will divide the funding to replace outdated machines based on their number of voters.
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It takes a lot of energy to run a successful cryptocurrency mining operation, but the costs aren’t stopping Texans in search of digital fortune and glory.
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Having consolidated their IT, the states of Georgia and Virginia are updating how services are outsourced and are moving away from larger, longer contracts to smaller more agile pacts.
