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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North Carolina has $30 million of federal money to spend on expanding broadband Internet to the state's rural areas, but there's a chance it might not be spent, depending on an approaching deadline.
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Acquiring Vendor Registry two months after a public rebranding, mdf commerce inc. adds hundreds of buyers and tens of thousands of suppliers in the United States to its procurement platform.
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A committee of the Vigo County, Ind., Council Wednesday voted to recommend a $2.84 million request to expand broadband service in the area, with funding from the county's Economic Development Income Tax fund.
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Plus, Seattle IT is now accepting applications for its long-standing Technology Matching Fund grants program, Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center wins TIME 2020 invention award, and more.
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A data center is looking to move to Cheyenne, Wyo., and the Laramie County Board of Commissioners and Cheyenne LEADS are hoping to make it easier by applying for a $2.25 million grant from the Wyoming Business Council.
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The fourth annual CoMotion LA conference opened Tuesday with leaders imagining how the Biden administration could guide the nation and world toward transportation solutions that are more advanced and sustainable.
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A $6.1 million federal grant will allow Sacred Wind Communications to deploy a 271-mile fiber-optic network to connect about 1,600 people who live in zones where many residents lack access to high-speed broadband.
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The city’s 12-year-old licensing and permitting system was taken offline after suspicious sites were discovered on the server. The ongoing repairs come at a time when the city is looking to replace the system altogether.
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The University of Wyoming is now one of a few universities in the country to have a blockchain-focused educational center. Stakeholders believe it will attract even more blockchain businesses to the state.
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The number of people working in local government continues to rise at a slow pace, and remains well below last year's level. However, the incoming administration has promised to prioritize state and local government aid.
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Butler County Job and Family Services is expanding their online capabilities to improve accessibility for their clients.
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The county council is reviewing a $2.84 million appropriation to expand its fiber-optic network to township fire houses, community centers and parks. The project piggybacks on efforts started in the Vigo County School Corp.
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A coalition of businesses is gearing up for a fight over Maryland’s first-in-the-nation attempt to tax online advertising, which lawmakers passed earlier this year to fund education by taxing Big Tech.
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The pandemic is having real impacts on the government budget picture. Here’s what technology leaders should be doing now to make smart decisions today and retain the ability to innovate in the future.
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The Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments staff in that region of North Carolina are using grant funds to address food insecurity, broadband inequality and the daily challenges senior adults face.
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As the presidential election drags on, many election officials say more state and federal money, coupled with new laws to create a more efficient and expansive mail-in voting system, would shorten future counts.
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On Election Day, large gig economy companies like Uber or Lyft got their way, when Proposition 22, a ballot initiative that they aggressively bankrolled, was approved by the voters of California.
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The technology modernization strategy adopted by Pittsburgh nearly two years ago helped to guide the city as it was faced with unprecedented operational challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
