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 nation’s governors are delving into their varied policy priorities for the coming year, but a new shared reality is emerging: Governors are committed to ensuring that everyone has access to the Internet.
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Due to new technology’s inherent likelihood to leave segments of the population behind, experts and stakeholders say government must work to ensure small-cell network rollouts benefit the whole of communities.
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With cyberthreats growing, staffing the West Virginia Office of Technology is more important than ever. Comparatively low pay and better opportunities in the private sector contribute to the vacancies.
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The Howard County, Md., Police Department has purchased three drones costing $33,800, with the procurement made possible in part by a $20,000 contribution from the Howard County Police Foundation.
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Illinois is quickly approaching a fully functional and modern enterprise resource planning system optimizing financial data and HR processes. As of Jan. 1, the system can accurately track 90 percent of the state budget.
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NextLight, the municipal broadband service for Longmont, Colo., offers a community-driven program that puts low-income families with school-age children on a path to high-speed Internet for no charge.
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The project will roll out more than 200 miles of fiber-optic cable to help 2,609 homes, 12 businesses, and 16 farms in Iberville, St. Landry and Pointe Coupee parishes reach faster speeds.
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City officials voted this week to begin drafting a new general employee headcount tax that could bring in as much as $10 million annually. Mountain View recently implemented a similar business-focused tax.
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The bill comes on the heels of a new broadband plan developed by the ConnectME Authority earlier this month. Under the proposal, the money would come from the state’s general fund.
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Research released earlier this month from Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Forensic Accounting showed the losses related to cybercrime jumped from $95 million in 2015 to $178 million in 2018, an 88 percent increase.
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With an unexpected $818 million of extra tax revenue headed their way, Wisconsin legislators are contemplating what to do with this new windfall, and one of the ideas under discussion is broadband expansion.
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Most Wisconsin households could save approximately $90 a year and slash energy use by selectively unplugging devices that draw power even when not in use, according to a recent study.
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A $362,087 federal grant from the United States Department of Agriculture will be used to implement telehealth and remote patient technology throughout a six-county health coverage area in rural Tennessee.
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The $1.2 billion budget the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved has the county ready to spend $17 million to beef up IT infrastructure and cybersecurity, a major issue for metro Atlanta governments.
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According to officials, the state is risking disruptions to operations with its legacy human resources system. Gov. Gina Raimondo has asked legislators to approve the funding to modernize the necessary systems.
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Charlton, Mass., has won a new $90,950 state grant that will be used to set up a secondary data storage facility, after malicious software hit the town government's computer network in August.
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As with many jurisdictions across the country, the financial toll of cybercrime in Florida has jumped from $95 million in 2015 to $178 million in 2018, according to a Florida Atlantic University analysis of FBI data.
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Following the lead of other state and local governments, the city is rethinking its website and opting for an open-source solution. The agile process will mean a more user-friendly portal and better access to services.
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