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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From Barcelona to New York, cities have figured out how to leverage technology and solve some of today’s most formidable socio-economic challenges. CIOs can now adopt these lessons learned for their own municipalities.
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The city plans to offer speeds of up to 4 gigabits through its forthcoming HiLight service. Backers of publicly funded Internet say municipal projects are necessary amid the federal rollback of net neutrality protections.
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In a memo to the board of commissioners, CIO Carl Wilson said nearly all technology infrastructure in county government “has reached the end of its useful life and is no longer supported by the manufacturers.”
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Local governments might come under fire from cyberattackers targeting “bigger fish,” such as important figures who live there or larger agencies. Iowans, in particular, could be perceived as easy marks.
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Thursday launched a $420 million statewide broadband expansion project and appointed 25 public- and private-sector individuals to the broadband advisory council.
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The city council could vote next week to accept a grant for the program from the Cleveland Police Foundation, which would provide $250,000 in the first year and another $125,000 in the second year.
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Already this year, the Oklahoma college opened a cybersecurity testing site for students and professionals seeking certifications and received a $96,000 grant to build its Self-Paced Cyber Security Laboratory.
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Believing it was working with a trusted contractor to change banking information, Cabarrus County, N.C., paid scammers $2.5 million. The incident highlights yet another way cyberthieves are targeting government.
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The city has used ShotSpotter to detect gunfire since June 2013, but officials are now heading in a different direction, opting for a less expensive solution that can be more widely deployed throughout the city.
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Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg announced an $80 billion plan Tuesday that aims to expand high-speed broadband coverage to underserved areas. He is expected to discuss the proposal Friday in Atlanta.
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With a dizzying array of actions that could and should be taken, states face a quandary of where to spend the limited dollars that help governments wage the fight against cyberattacks.
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Efforts to fill gaps in access to high-speed Internet service in the region will require significant funding. Officials are in the process of gathering public input to determine the best area to target this work.
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Alarm bells should ring over a global currency that is run by an exclusive club that serves its investor-owners, not the public good.
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Plus, Pearland, Texas, launches a new hyperlocal mapping tool; Baltimore issues water bills for the first time since ransomware attack; California courts system looks to hire technologists; and more.
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In an effort to make the eight zones more attractive for investment, the city council approved a professional services contract to bring wireless Internet service to those areas as soon as Dec. 31.
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Legacy network bottlenecks during the testing phase of the data and application migration to a Unisys-owned hybrid cloud center, in Eagan, Minn., have pushed back state plans to go live until early November.
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A $700,000 grant from the Texas Education Agency will see a South Texas College Regional Center for Public Safety Excellence classroom converted into a lab to better prepare students for cybersecurity careers.
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Officials are discussing a special pricing agreement to make electricity more affordable for the data center. Under the terms, the facility would pay roughly the same rate as the city — less than 5 cents per kilowatt.
