Budget & Finance
-
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.
-
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.
More Stories
-
Partnering with a cloud company and professional organization for distribution, the machine learning company says its business intelligence tool can find and flag redundancies in technology contracts.
-
Budget cuts are coming, but uncertainty surrounds them. So now experts are weighing in on how much money states might lose, what it will mean for technology work and what we can learn from the Great Recession.
-
Though work is moving forward on the rail project in the San Joaquin Valley, Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing dramatic cuts to 88 consultant positions. The cuts would save around $30 million annually.
-
The Texas transit agency VIA faces a deficit of $126 million over the next five years, even including the $93 million it will receive this year in federal stimulus funds through the CARES Act.
-
Officials with Harford County are extending the reach of public Wi-Fi so that residents can access the Internet while social distancing from their vehicles. The total cost of the expansion was approximately $17,000.
-
If completed, the proposed hyperloop project connecting Ohio and Chicago could generate over $19 billion in direct transportation benefits and $300 billion in economic gains, according to a new feasibility study.
-
The county has racked up nearly $590,000 in expenses recovering from the cyberattack to date. Most of the expense has been for experts required to unlock data and restore databases damaged by the attack.
-
Years ago, Gonzales, Calif., couldn't get a good broadband deal for its residents. After aggressively taking initiative in a variety of ways, the city can now connect any household to high-speed Internet.
-
South Carolina’s COVID-19 task force is proposing that state and federal funding be allocated toward a broadband plan. It proposes $80 million to go toward infrastructure improvements and $20 million for mobile hot spots.
-
Because some unemployment insurance cases require human intervention, even states with updated technology can barely keep up with the surge of unemployment insurance claims caused by COVID-19.
-
The move comes after a private equity firm acquired Ontario Systems, giving the company an infusion of capital to spend on mergers with other vendors. Now, it's bringing SwervePay into the fold.
-
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has inspired the birth of new state broadband programs, but it has also raised questions about funding and the longer term future for other programs aimed at bolstering connectivity.
-
The Federal Communications Commission grants follow an earlier round of funding aimed at buttressing telemedicine efforts as coronavirus-related social distancing spread across the country this spring.
-
Plus, Google’s $100 million investment in COVID-19 recovery may have community tech implications; Code for America helps Louisiana rapidly scale gov tech crisis response applications; and more.
-
The hearing was convened this week as the Federal Communications Commission prepares to distribute some federal money earmarked for the construction of additional broadband infrastructure in underserved areas.
-
Electric vehicle advocates hope to see federal aid focused on more structured incentives to expand the growth of the technology as the nation seeks to recover from the economic damage wrought by COVID-19.
-
With coronavirus concerns leaving questions about how school will return after the summer break, education officials are now preparing to improve available technology to students who need it.
-
New numbers from the federal government show that government — and local government in particular — has not been immune from the current economic havoc. And because of budget cycles, the job losses might increase.
