Budget & Finance
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Cities sometimes sign contracts for technology like digital twins after they've been presented a best-case-scenario pitch from software vendors. Here’s a guide for procurement officers who want to avoid common pitfalls. -
The state has made a new investment to secure better web access for rural and other underserved residents. The state earlier this year announced it had gained a big federal grant for such work.
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who took office in January, wants more public safety tools to protect stops and stations, and a better user experience. She has ordered officials to come up with a plan.
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The Columbus Public Safety Department, whose staff makes up roughly 75 percent of the city's full-time payroll, is seeking to increase its budget by 3.42 percent next year to $647.4 million, with some of that going to tech.
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Wisconsin has received the second-highest marks in the nation for economic development-related transparency and online access to information, according to a new report from a pair of advocacy organizations.
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Stakeholders both inside and outside of the federal agency attended a recent demo day at the bureau's headquarters, discussing the roll that data maps, human-centric design and more will play in next year’s count.
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States have made progress with budget portals that allow citizens to see how tax dollars are spent, but a new report shows they remain lacking in online transparency about economic development subsidies.
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High-speed Internet could come to all area addresses without a tax increase if a two-thirds majority of voters sign off. Residents attended a recent town hall meeting to learn more about the project.
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Creation of a new Minnesota computer system for vehicle registrations and titles is on track to replace the much-maligned current one, according to a report, but some risks related to schedule and budget still remain.
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The city’s police and fire departments have finished a multi-year project to update the public safety dispatch system. The initial cost of the overhaul was $3 million, with $2.8 million due each year for the next decade.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its first round of rural broadband funding awards as part of its ReConnect Pilot Program. Alabama got a huge slice of that pie to fund four major efforts.
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East Baton Rouge Parish schools are considering improving backup systems to protect its data from the kind of ransomware attacks that recently hit other school systems and shut down parts of the state government.
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Lakeland, Fla., has entered into agreements with two private Internet service providers that may be willing to strike a private-public partnership to offer gig-speed Internet at Monday's city commission meeting.
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A tax advisory council has recommended adoption of a $32 million tax on Internet sales and the imposition of a $30 million sales tax on digital products including cloud-based applications, video games and more.
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A Kentucky development district will be the pilot for a state and federal project, where regional agencies identify vulnerabilities to critical infrastructure such as water utilities, power companies and transportation.
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Historically black colleges and universities are closely linked to their surrounding areas, including rural places on the other side of the digital divide. The Minority Broadband Initiative wants to take advantage of these connections.
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The $1,125,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation will help Bloomington, Ind., Transit upgrade its fare payment system with the goal of making it easier and more convenient for riders.
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The Monongalia County Commission approved a bid totaling nearly $400,000 from the Maryland-based company Mavenspire Inc. on Wednesday that will streamline the county’s information technology setup.
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The Heflin, Ala., City Council voted unanimously to buy new computers for the police department during a recent meeting, with the current computers soon to be obsolete once Microsoft discontinues support for Windows 7.
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The Livingston, N.J., school district’s payroll system was still not fully functional after a ransomware attack, which forced a delayed opening of schools earlier this week, officials said Tuesday.
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The Heflin, Ala., City Council voted unanimously to buy new computers for the police department during a recent meeting, with the current computers soon to be obsolete once Microsoft discontinues support for Windows 7.
