Budget & Finance
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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. -
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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Since making the change in the spring of 2025, officials have consolidated licenses and are pushing Internet to all city sites. Both initiatives combined have saved several hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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A 65-mile section of California's bullet train through the San Joaquin Valley has become another costly chapter in the ongoing high-speed rail project, a Los Angeles Times investigation found.
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House Bill 2 is aimed at reducing the financial barriers associated with extending high-speed Internet to rural parts of the state. Some 300,000 households currently have no high-speed options, according to the governor.
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With many workers remote as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, some cities and states are putting even more emphasis on the programs meant to attract new workforce talent away from the urban hot spots like Silicon Valley.
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The accounting, payroll and HR tech company sees its new offering as the future version of its current products. Here's Springbrook's plan for building up the solution and giving customers an easier path to the cloud.
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Maryland made history last week, becoming the first state in the country to codify a tax on digital ads. The move would have a significant financial impact on big tech, but the bill will probably face multiple legal challenges.
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The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved the framework and platform for Gov. Kim Reynolds' priority to deliver $450 million over three years to companies applying for state money to extend broadband service.
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The hacker sent a ransom note demanding 50 bitcoins, or about $2.4 million at the current exchange rate, a spokeswoman for Chatham County, N.C., said Tuesday, and the county refused to pay the ransom.
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Through a new county program, 300 low-income families will have access to free Internet service. The program is similar to a Wi-Fi project that launched in San Rafael's Canal neighborhood last year.
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Plus, the Federal Chief Data Officers Council has launched a new website with an absolutely perfect URL, the U.S. Treasury tapes artificial intelligence to help parse spending bills faster and more.
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New leadership in the White House and at the U.S. Department of Transportation could signal renewed interest in projects centered on improving mobility around cities, as well as larger rail capital projects.
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After Gov. Kim Reynolds was blocked for trying to use CARES Act funds for the new ERP system, senate lawmakers voted in favor of the overhaul through the project’s original vendor, Workday.
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Officials with the Department of Job and Family Services report that fraud and identity theft cost the state a staggering $330 million in December. New tools are being deployed to stop unemployment fraud.
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According to a 10-year study, the municipally owned broadband utility of Chattanooga, Tenn., has brought about economic benefits in the billions. The research could play an important role in future political debates.
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In addition to $10 million for statewide body camera grants, the budget plan also includes funding for gunshot detection technologies and other local efforts to reduce gun violence.
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Officials in Tucson, Ariz., are working on an ambitious community wireless program to expand connectivity for teleworkers and virtual students. The pandemic has helped highlight glaring gaps in digital equity.
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The proposition of pursuing funding for broadband can seem unwise when a short timeline is involved. Here are lessons learned from counties that had to spend CARES dollars in the face of a fast construction deadline.
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The startup UrbanLeap, now about four years old, has made a name for itself helping local governments try new things. Now it's launching a new solution to help the public sector make purchases as well.
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The report by State Auditor Elaine Howle found that some key anti-fraud systems were not put in place until months after the Employment Development Department was initially warned about $1.2 billion in potential fraud.
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