Budget & Finance
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The company collects intelligence from disparate public agencies that could help suppliers craft better proposals and pitches. The funding reflects the growing role of AI in government procurement. -
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.
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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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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.
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A report from the Congressional Research Service released a report looking at the national decline in cash usage while looking ahead to other currency options, like bitcoin and other digital assets.
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Technologies both mainstream and emerging promise to improve government service delivery. To reduce costs and increase efficiency, jurisdictions are working together to get what they need.
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A total of $5 million from Connect South Dakota will be split between Internet service providers in the hopes of expanding access in underserved parts of the state.
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The city, Cal State Long Beach’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and investment company Sunstone Management are partnering to launch an accelerator aimed at bolstering new tech companies.
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The state collects more than $7 million annually from prison calls, but House Bill 6714 would end that funding stream. Some have testified to spending as much as $4.87 for a three-minute call with an incarcerated loved one.
