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 gaping divide between the digital haves and have-nots in Syracuse is one of the most critical and least discussed inequities plaguing a city beset with generational poverty. Solutions to the problem are complex and costly.
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Officials in Luzerne County, Pa., are trying to put hard figures to a migration away from an outdated emergency communication system — support for existing transmitters and receivers will end in late 2020.
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A law signed by Gov. Jim Justice last week creates a new cybersecurity office within the Office of Technology to assess the vulnerabilities of state agencies and unify security policies.
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The University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University are calling on state legislators to fund access to the Northern Tier Network, which connects the schools to other research universities.
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The software, provided by Data Scout, LLC, allows for current and historical Faulkner County tax roll information to be accessed by the public free of charge.
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Officials in the Indiana county and the U.S. Economic Development Administration have pointed to the job opportunities that would come from a 24-mile fiber-optic loop. But will the project actually mean an employment boom?
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The city’s proposed $2.9 billion operating budget is expected to have a $33 million surplus thanks to increased revenues. Officials say that surplus will be split between technology upgrades and improvement projects.
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Orange County officials approved the funds, citing a need to upgrade the nearly 30-year-old voter registration database. All but three of the 67 counties use a software system designed to interface with the state voter-registration system.
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The measure exempts data center equipment and most electricity used at the facility from business personal property tax as well as the state's sales tax, as long as the developer invests up to $150 million in the project within five years.
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Expensive and unreliable access to the Internet is driving the port to apply for millions in grants to extend three fiber-optic routes into underserved parts of Whatcom County. If funding comes through, construction could begin in 2020.
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The county’s current system relies on physical employment history cards, typed on an IBM typewriter. Human Services Director Christopher Boulio is calling for a cloud-based, digital system.
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With state-mandated deadlines looming, Guilford County officials are trying to delay the replacement of 1,400 touchscreen voting machines — a replacement slated to cost around $8 million.
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A recent influx of funding was meant to fix the state’s struggling Licensing and Registration System. Now, lawmakers are grappling with whether to pull the plug and start from scratch.
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Under the three-year deal, the California Department of Technology will accommodate the city’s data center needs as it shifts applications away from its 30-year-old legacy mainframe.
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Dun & Bradstreet has provided the proprietary identification system to the federal government for decades. Now, the General Services Administration has picked a new contractor to move to a government-owned system.
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Officials with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services say the agency needs $7 million by April 1 to avoid serious disruptions in service. State lawmakers are hesitant to hand over the funds without a closer look at agency finances.
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Aging technology and hard-to-find replacement parts have prompted the call to replace the city’s 13-year-old voting machines with new optical scanners ahead of the 2020 presidential elections.
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Forty-five states use voting equipment that is no longer manufactured and 12 use electronic-only machines, and researchers are concerned adversaries could find new ways to exploit these weaknesses.
