Budget & Finance
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State governments are expected to deploy AI in 2026 with an increased focus on returns on investment as they face complex policymaking restrictions enacted by a recent executive order signed by President Donald Trump. -
The chair of the City Council introduced a measure last month that would mandate using online software to enable better visibility into city and county budgets and finances. The bill passed its first of three Council readings.
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The renewal of a state grant program for local public agencies focuses on cybersecurity and other areas that involve gov tech. Officials encourage governments to partner on projects that could receive funding.
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The plan to connect roughly 2,200 homes and businesses through a $3.3-million city-owned network was voted through the city council Tuesday. Some in the community question whether the project is worth the risks.
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UC San Diego has struck a partnership with local startup group EvoNexus, hoping to funnel more of its students and alumni into Evo’s new incubator for startups working on financial technology, or “fintech.”
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The city has authorized its police department to apply for federal Justice Assistance Grants, which will fund half the costs, and the city is on the hook for the rest.
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A transformation two years in the making is about to change Gov. Asa Hutchinson's cabinet and state government as a whole. CIO Yessica Jones says the shift should make it easier to drive IT projects forward.
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Rep. Mary Whiteford, R-Casco Township, was appointed to the five-member group, which is tasked with investigating spending inefficiencies on state information technology projects.
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According to the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, up to 75 percent of the funding would be used to hire a staffer to oversee public information programming. The rest would be used for videos and printed material.
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The county will spend more than $800,000 to purchase the new voting system from Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems. Officials say the switch to centralized vote counting will cut the cost of the new system by half.
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The city of Waterloo has approved a development agreement that will clear four dilapidated houses to make way for two data centers. The city is donating the land and will be demolishing the homes.
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A newly passed incentive could exempt companies willing to invest $250 million in facilities and hire at least 20 full-time employees over five years from state and local taxes — assuming the governor signs it.
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The new tool will provide a monthly look at tax allocation information, while improving the communication between the state Department of Revenue and local government entities, officials say.
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The 35 hearings Georgia Judge J. Wade Padgett held from January through March saved the prison system nearly $6,000. Video-conferencing equipment was set up at two of the state's 34 prisons.
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A newly signed law requires the current transparency website to include not just the central government, but “all government instrumentalities,” the Legislature, the local courts and all semi-autonomous agencies.
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Before the 2000 census, the Supreme Court banned the planned use of statistical sampling. Problems with handheld electronics during the 2010 census required the bureau to reintroduce paper enumeration.
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The move came as part of a $6.2 million upgrade to more than 1,300 radios including, cars, portables, consoles and desktops. The new radios replaced equipment that had exceeded its shelf life.
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The Department of Technology and Information signed a contract with Maryland-based broadband company Bloosurf to expand broadband access to 127,000 rural residents and businesses.
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Gov. Kate Brown has proposed capping taxpayer rebates — or kickers — at $1,000 to free up roughly $500 million for public pension costs, rural housing and improvements to rural broadband.
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Not all legislation is written with the intention of having it signed into law. Occasionally, it’s meant to serve as a lever to align lawmakers and state agencies. In Oklahoma, that’s just what it did.
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So far, the city’s information technology office has spent $4.6 million on recovery efforts since the ransomware struck May 7 and expects to spend an additional $5.4 million by the end of the year, officials said.
