Budget & Finance
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The blockchain-based token, believed to be the first from a U.S. public entity, is for individual and institutional use. The executive director of the Wyoming Stable Token Commission is planning what comes next. -
From the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf Coast, local governments are taking a strategic approach to sustain operational continuity in the face of IT department layoffs caused by budget constraints.
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The company has bought GrantExec, a young company that uses artificial intelligence to help match grant providers with recipients. The deal is not Euna’s first foray into grant administration technology.
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The new facility will house the latest public safety communications technology, making Lafayette Parish the first in Louisiana with an advanced 911 cloud-based CAD system, officials say.
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OnePhilly was designed to replace the city’s antiquated timekeeping, payroll, pension and benefits systems with one linked platform. The launch the software in March, however, caused problems for workers across the city.
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The Maryland departments of Information Technology, and Budget and Management applied their respective strengths to develop a modernized website that reports government spending facts and trends.
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Cumberland County commissioners are taking a second look at the agreement for new voting machines after discovering it would come with interest. They initially believed the five-year lease would be free of interest.
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Savannah’s portion — nearly $62,000 — of the larger pot of $200,000 will fund new portable fingerprint scanners, surveillance cameras and GPS tracking systems for the city’s police department.
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Rockford Public Schools experienced trouble with its phone and Internet services following a ransomware attack Friday morning. Now, school board officials will vote on spending $376,300 for IT upgrades.
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The Louisiana Economic Development department’s goal moving forward is to tap databases about major investments by international businesses every few years to keep the business intelligence information fresh.
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The switch to a new payroll software has been a challenge for the city since July. Files from the old system are not compatible with the new one, and IT staff are working to find an alternative solution.
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In the wake of two recent announcements about Maryland's efforts to connect rural citizens to online services, state leaders dissect the challenge of closing the urban-rural technological divide.
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Bang the Table and Balancing Act are selling their software together, offering local government customers a platform to get citizens involved with detailed, do-it-at-home budget simulations.
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation CIO Joe Mandala presented to legislators about the dire need to replace the state's Automated Fingerprint Identification System by 2022 or risk a complete failure.
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The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been tapped by the U.S. Department of Energy as the new site for a national research effort around grid stability, energy storage and system security.
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Residents in November overwhelmingly approved the $2.7 million bond ordinance that will replace the low-band radio system with one that piggybacks onto the existing state police version. Now, the project is moving forward.
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The first American city to have public streetlights is moving ahead with a plan to convert its existing infrastructure to LED. The move is expected to cost as much as $80 million, but will save an estimated $6 million a year.
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The move is part of a state mandate requiring local governments to make information regarding building permits and inspections available online. The city budgeted $872,643 for the project.
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The money will pay most of the costs of monitoring sensors in a high-crime area of the Ohio city’s Fourth Police District. More than 3,000 gunshot calls were reported in those three square miles over the last three years.
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The U.S. Labor Department, in total, gave $183.8 million in grant funds to 23 academic institutions to develop the apprenticeships nationally. Texas has the second most IT-related jobs in the country.
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The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement approved the renewal of software used to track migrants at the border, documents made public this week show.
