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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The nonprofit and nonpartisan national civic tech group is working to help individuals and families that are eligible to receive the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, doing so by creating digital tools and more.
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Maine Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved two pilot projects that would give $500,000 in incentives toward 120 electric vehicle charging stations for consumers throughout the state.
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U.S. stocks plummeted this week, hitting Silicon Valley technology companies hard, after an explosion of new coronavirus cases was reported around the world, subsequently increasing fears of a pandemic.
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In what is billed as a pilot of the company’s AI technology, SAS worked hand-in-hand with the Wake County, N.C., tax administrator to determine how much every one of the county’s 400,000 properties should be valued.
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The head of Maine’s broadband agency says accessing federal dollars and convincing communities of the importance of high-speed Internet could prove to be impediments to expanding infrastructure to rural areas.
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Orangeburg County officials approved the purchase of the body scanning devices for the new jail building. The $118,750 scanner is similar to the technology used in airports, officials say.
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The amount was related to a series of unpaid invoices for services that included Internet and phone, with some of the bills dating back as far as 2011. The money to pay these bills came from a department surplus.
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The Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project will provide $44 million in funding to transition heavy-duty off-road equipment to electric. The plan could help prompt innovations and lower vehicle costs.
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States are increasingly turning to machine learning and algorithms to detect fraud in food stamps, Medicaid and other welfare programs – despite little evidence of actual fraud.
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The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday released funding for an Illinois company's broadband program in Missouri, a day after U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley raised questions about progress on the projects.
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Texas software firm Tyler Technologies finished 2019 with $1.1 billion in revenue, a 16 percent jump from the previous year. The company’s customers include schools, cities and counties, and the federal government.
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Federal money to bring fast Internet to a rural community has arrived in a $4.4 million grant, the first time the government has picked a Georgia project to receive a share of $600 million worth of funding.
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More than 2,000 New Mexicans lost roughly $17.9 million in 2019 as victims of Internet crimes, according to a newly released report from the FBI, despite there being 100 more victims in the state a year earlier.
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Conversations about the need to improve rural broadband in the United States have been happening for many years, and as they do, towns in Kansas continue to struggle with speeds that make business and life difficult.
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The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles has seen significant decreases in wait times for walk-in customers with the use of a lobby management tool that provides near-real-time data that allows staff to adjust to demand.
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The city wants to overhaul approximately 2,000 parking meters and add hundreds of stations to newer parking districts. The upgrades would tack on an additional $16.1 million to the existing Cale America contract.
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New software tools could help states collect sales tax revenues on all products purchased online thanks to a Supreme Court ruling. The change will generate billions in new revenue.
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Some states don’t collaborate with cities and counties to improve cybersecurity.
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