Budget & Finance
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The chair of the City Council introduced a measure last month that would mandate using online software to enable better visibility into city and county budgets and finances. The bill passed its first of three Council readings. -
The renewal of a state grant program for local public agencies focuses on cybersecurity and other areas that involve gov tech. Officials encourage governments to partner on projects that could receive funding.
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Dinkler’s prior experience includes leadership of a software supplier for the energy industry. He replaces Robert Bonavito as the government technology company moves deeper into the cloud and AI.
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The Task Force on Broadband Access will advise state leadership on the actions and policies needed to promote high-speed Internet access. The group includes representatives from the private and public sectors.
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Jacksonville, Illinois city leaders are looking to establish a citywide fiber-optic network to expand Internet access.
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The software company VeriToll proposes to help transportation departments find faulty equipment by automatically crowdsourcing data from the smartphones of drivers who use toll roads every day.
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Waterford, Conn., has agreed to allocate about $110,000 to buy body cameras, servers and video redaction software, agreeing to waive the bidding process and award the contract to a Texas-based company in the space.
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When researchers at Code for America went looking for ways to help low-income workers stabilize their lives and begin climbing career ladders, they found the biggest need, unsurprisingly, was cash.
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As Congress debates a police reform bill, law enforcement agencies across Polk County, Fla., are mulling the purchase of body cameras for their officers should such a bill include federal grants to pay for them.
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The Federal Communications Commission has completed the disbursement of $200 million across the nation to pay for telehealth systems to help doctors examine patients via Web conferencing platforms.
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Plus, the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative announced its fourth class of participating mayors, the Code for All Summit 2020 will feature opening remarks from Code for America’s CEO, and more.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar proposed new legislation, called the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act, this week aimed at closing the digital divide in unserved and underserved communities across the country.
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If the council moves forward with the initiative, it would send a request for proposals to Internet providers to get the best deal, possibly offering it for free. Staff are preparing a plan for a citywide fiber network.
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For several years, Arizona has sought to improve how it manages federal dollars across agencies. This work is especially critical now given that COVID-19 is disrupting the economy and could continue for some time.
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Having announced updates to its hardware and software in June, Texas company Olea Edge Analytics has followed up with a program to install 100 units on municipal water meters at no up-front cost.
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The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the trend toward a cashless economy as people limit their contact with one another. Many businesses have been conducting operations online or by phone.
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The program, dubbed Chicago Connected, will provide more than 100,000 Chicago Public School students with the Internet at home, and officials say the goal is to make sure those students are never without broadband again.
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City commissioners on June 23 unanimously approved a $3.95 million project to reconstruct a portion of roadway. Part of the project would entail installing "dark fiber" to facilitate the expansion of Internet access.
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The nearly $1.7 billion IT bond passed last week in Massachusetts funds upgrades to software, equipment and databases across the state, also setting aside money to improve remote learning and cell service.
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Plus, how human-centered design helped city officials in Seattle massive increase testing for COVID-19, the U.S. Senate introduces a new $100 billion broadband infrastructure bill, and more.
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The Amarillo City Council has recently approved a $54,654 contract with Trinity Innovative Solutions to provide the Amarillo Police Department with 35 GETAC body-worn cameras for officers.
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