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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Officials said Tuesday that plans call for replacement of aging computer-aided dispatch equipment and installation of a new transmission tower to provide better radio service in this area of the state.
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The state Executive Office of Technology and Security awarded the town the grant, which will now enable town employees to receive cybersecurity training, assessment and simulation tools as part of security preparations.
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The College of William & Mary committed to producing 930 more graduates with degrees in computer science over the next 20 years, with the state allocating more than $1.3 million a year to help the college reach its goal.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed a record $91.4 billion state budget for the next fiscal year, which is more than $400 million higher than the current year and includes spending millions to protect election systems.
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Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative has a $2.5 million fiber project grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization Initiative.
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A new apprenticeship program aimed at filling vacant information technology jobs in California state government offers a chance for many public employees to boost their pay, according to SEIU Local 1000.
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Dual participation in public assistance programs, which include Medicaid and SNAP, has been a long-standing and costly problem that can now often be fixed by deploying today’s new technology.
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Cedar Falls, Iowa, has set utility rates for 2020. Prices are not changing for business or residential Internet and phone service. However, Cedar Falls Utility broadband Internet is expected to get faster soon.
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A municipal Internet service run by the city could increase bandwidth 10 fold and drop prices to consumers by about 30 percent, according to the CEO of a company seeking to bring the service to Quincy, Mass.
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A recent Connecticut Superior Court decision has given cities and towns in that state the right to use existing utility infrastructure within to create municipal networks to deliver cheap, fast Internet.
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A municipal Internet service run by the city could increase bandwidth tenfold and drop prices to consumers by about 30 percent, according to the CEO of a company seeking to bring the service to Quincy, Mass.
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The Knight Foundation is looking for projects that will take the unprecedented amount of data now available and translate it in a way that will strengthen community engagement and engage community challenges.
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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced a $20 million award for Lake Nona to develop a driverless bus system, one of many Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development grants nationwide.
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The state’s Cyber Operations Center is seeing the benefits of a $15.4 million funding boost. The investment will allow for the hiring of new staff and the deployment of new cybersecurity tools, officials say.
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The county has received a $20 million federal grant to expand its autonomous shuttle system at Lake Nona as part of a combined $62 million in transportation awards to three Florida cities.
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The disclosure of criticism for the previous administration came during testimony from the county’s acting director of information technology, Charles Henderson, in a budget hearing last week with the County Council.
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A newly completed drone testing corridor between Syracuse International Airport and Griffiss International Airport in Rome, N.Y., is seeing additional state investment in a facility that will allow for indoor testing.
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A newly completed drone testing corridor between Syracuse International Airport and Griffiss International Airport in Rome, N.Y., is seeing additional state investment in a facility that will allow for indoor testing.
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