Budget & Finance
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Like freeways, major technology systems can be multiyear endeavors. Procurement expert and columnist Daniel C. Kim asks: If that’s the case, why are we funding them like annual operating expenses? -
Cities sometimes sign contracts for technology like digital twins after they've been presented a best-case-scenario pitch from software vendors. Here’s a guide for procurement officers who want to avoid common pitfalls.
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The state has made a new investment to secure better web access for rural and other underserved residents. The state earlier this year announced it had gained a big federal grant for such work.
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The new ePayroll mobile app, developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, makes real-time management of highway workers' payroll and time sheets easier from work sites. Officials estimate it could save $7.5 million annually.
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With the 2020 Census deadline growing closer, the city will use its digital inclusion grant-making program to educate citizens about the importance of being counted, and to help train census workers.
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According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the state must repay nearly $5 million in misused grant money. A 2017 report alleges that Frontier Communications padded costs related to overhead.
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The incubator has worked with several gov tech companies in the past, but this is the first time it's formally and explicitly called for startups in the space. It doesn't, however, want to "replace government."
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Wyoming Department of Transportation estimates the cost to replace the Revenue Information System at around $68 million over the next decade. State agencies are in the initial phases of weighing all of the options.
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Everyone benefits when government budgets are more transparent and can demonstrate success through measured outcomes. But to achieve that, public leaders and agencies need to change how they operate.
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The Florida city has issued an RFP to bring on a consultant to help the city develop an in-depth smart city roadmap and strategy.
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Gov. Laura Kelly announced the termination of two contracts, signed under the previous administration, for nonperformance issues. The bidding process was also criticized for being secretive and counter to state procurement procedures.
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On Tuesday, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the Governor’s Empower Rural Iowa Initiative, which passed in the most recent Legislative session, could help communities get one step closer to being eligible for the ReConnect funds.
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Some people haven't been able to pay taxes they owe to the city because a ransomware attack has stopped Baltimore officials being able to access their own systems. Normally, those people would face penalties.
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More high-speed Internet service is coming to much-needed areas of rural North Carolina after two state grants totaling $415,000 were recently awarded to Eastern Carolina Broadband of Pink Hill.
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DOT was supplying the state with billions of dollars in grants, showering the project with political affection and later making repeated amendments to its funding deals to help the state weather construction delays.
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The state annually ranks counties by greatest need. This year, it is giving out $10 million to 19 rural counties to help them boost their efforts to bring high-speed Internet to their residents.
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Replacing the Medicaid system is required by the federal government, analysts said, but the state has repeatedly missed targets for awarding contracts and encountered staffing problems since the work began in 2014.
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Under a collaboration scheme, Dallas County, Texas, has effectively lost all control over a court-case tracking software project that has already cost taxpayers $30 million with nothing to show for it, commissioners say.
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Gov. Jim Justice announced that the state has secured federal grant funding that will be used to improve broadband and high-speed Internet connectivity in Mason, Pocahontas and Wayne counties.
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State CIOs discussed not only the risk-taking and strategy involved in making major enterprise-wide changes, but also the people skills and communication tools necessary to create transformation.
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The New York City-adjacent county now has a number of initiatives and other new systems in place aimed at bolstering transparency and accountability following years of questions related to integrity.
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