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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Plans call for investing $9 million in a facility to be located at Griffiss International Airport in Oneida County, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to highlight the project in his upcoming state of the state address.
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Outsourcing gov tech through mega contracts was gaining steam in the early 2000s. Now, as states and localities turn toward more agile methods, GT looks back at what led to the demise of those large-scale agreements.
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The new tax, which targets large employers, is expected to generate an estimated $6 million a year for a city cash-strapped to deal with hundreds of millions of dollars in transportation and housing needs.
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In Colorado, Fort Morgan invested $6 million of its own money to build a fiber-optic network after years of hearing from residents and businesses struggling to make do with inadequate Internet service.
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As preparations for the first primarily digital U.S. Census ramp up in communities across the country, experts continue to caution that there will be misinformation campaigns designed to deter participation.
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The new software will be implemented in January. The revenue department spends approximately 1,300 hours annually processing business licenses, payments, and transient occupancy tax information.
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Ohio lacks the zero-emission-vehicle requirements of states like California and it does not offer a tax incentive for electric cars, but a bill proposed in the state this month has the potential to change that.
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Earlier this month, the commission approved nearly $13.92 million in funding for satellite provider Viasat, which over the next 10 years will service 18,795 remote and rural homes and businesses in 47 counties.
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The total cost of the cyberattack that brought down New Orleans' computer systems almost a week ago and how long it will take to bring them back online both remained unclear as of late last week.
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The new fees are necessary to comply with Oregon's constitution that requires everyone who uses the roads to pay their fair share, and electric car owners can avoid costs by allowing the state to track their mileage.
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Under a new proposal from the Douglas County Public Utility District, cryptocurrency mining operations would see an immediate 20 percent rate hike. The money will go toward a $500 million dam repair project.
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Congress sends the White House $7.6 billion for the Census Bureau and Facebook revealed that it would remove incorrect or misleading census information from its platform in the new year.
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City auditors reviewed Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) projects in 2016 and 2017 costing at least $250,000. The audit, published Thursday, stated that DoIT processes may have raised costs and delayed projects.
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Officials in the Florida city struck by ransomware earlier this month say the professional services firm will help them determine whether any data was compromised during the attack and, if so, what data.
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Grappling with a nationwide concern about a wave of cyberattacks that have been targeting local governments, Barton County, Kan., has approved new purchases to bolster its IT security protections.
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State Auditor Elaine M. Howle raised questions about the ongoing Financial Information System for California project, saying that it costs too much, underdelivers and could imperil the state’s creditworthiness.
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The county is also experiencing a continued implementation delay that is set to last about six months as it monitors how the software it has already paid $7 million to develop works in neighboring Tarrant County.
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Henry County has spent more than $600,000 restoring its computer network in the five months since a cyberattack crippled the county government’s online operations, according to figures provided by the Atlanta community.
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