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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As state subsidies for Internet and phone service access for rural Texans hang in the balance, rural telephone service providers are staring down the barrel of substantial funding cuts.
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Like many public school districts with limited resources, Duncanville ISD officials had to think creatively to tackle the digital divide amid the pandemic.
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Some 1,500 cameras will be given to police officers in July, along with one week of training. A public engagement campaign will be launched to ensure that residents are aware of the technology.
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The pressure applied to the state’s legal system by the COVID-19 pandemic has forced courts to make a number of costly and disruptive operational adjustments.
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Some $200,000 in state funding will be used to purchase new computer equipment for code enforcement operations and to hire a consultant for a comprehensive technology assessment focused on the code enforcement office.
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After Congress left state and local governments out of its massive pandemic relief package last month, new numbers are showing that employment in the hard-hit public sector has continued shrinking.
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The assessor is used to looking over fences. But now that process is going high-tech, with images from the air available over subscription-based software and fed through AI algorithms to recognize new property additions.
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The government software company is launching a new online real estate auction service at no up-front cost to cities, after netting more than $4 million in real estate sales during a pilot in New Jersey.
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A recent survey found that 69 percent of respondents believed access to broadband was critical, and 60 percent of respondents in rural areas felt access to broadband was a problem in their communities.
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The Fayetteville-Cumberland County Economic Development Corp. announced this week that MetroNet, an Indiana-based Internet service provider, would be adding service to the region.
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A ransomware attack against the Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority Sept. 30 forced the public utility to spend roughly $500,000 after access to “vital” sewer and water data was cut off.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2021 State of the State agenda includes the establishment of a high-speed Internet guarantee. Internet service providers would be required to offer $15-a-month broadband to low-income households.
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Taking some of its cues from the federal vendor verification portal FedRAMP, StateRAMP aims to simplify and fortify the vendor selection process at the state and local level.
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Bus, train and trolley riders across San Diego County, Calif., could face the second fare adjustment in two years under a proposal to be outlined at three online meetings beginning Saturday.
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Working on their first full day of the 2021 legislative session, Missouri senators decided to axe an ongoing bid to reduce the amount of paper used in the Legislature, doing so in part to uphold traditions.
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Every two years, the Texas Department of Information Resources prepares a Prioritized Cybersecurity and Legacy Systems report for state legislators. The latest report includes a request for just under $900 million.
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SponsoredSaaS budgeting software helps public sector organizations improve the budgeting process by providing powerful and cost-effective systems that can be accessed online at any time, and from any location.
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County commissioners have approved a $650,000 grant to No Limits Broadband LLC for wireless Internet services in designated unserved or underserved areas of the county.
