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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Lawmakers in the state think that as much as $10 million a year could come from new fees on cellphone services. The money, proponents say, would go a long way to connecting underserved parts of the state.
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Because ads are illegal on state and federal roads, some of Philadelphia’s digital kiosks that have ads on them might put federal funding in jeopardy, according to the state's transportation department.
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Now that they have the go-ahead to provide Internet from the Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act, electric co-ops are exploring different funding and business models which will allow them to continue the process.
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The five-year contract calls for the department’s 84 officers to be equipped with two cameras, so one would always be available while the other is uploading video via a docking system.
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The New York county’s executive announced Wednesday that officials will be receiving nightly reports detailing potential issues with vendors during an 18-month pilot program with Manhattan-based technology company Exiger.
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Though a tax on streaming video services was taken off the table by lawmakers, a 4 percent tax on most other online products, including e-books, iTunes music and video games is moving forward.
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The state controller is working on tweaks and changes to make the financial lives of the state’s 250,000 workers, plus University of California employees who are paid through the system, a little easier.
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Taxes on gasoline could decline as electric vehicles become more popular. While they are still the minority on the U.S. roads, sales of are growing as travel range increases and prices fall.
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A city's purchasing threshold can determine whether buying something involves calling up a few people for quotes or spending a year trudging through a rigid contracting process. So where's the line?
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Suggestions that the state’s 28-cent gas takes should jump another 18 cents started the search for other alternatives. Some think Oregon’s tax plan on mileage in non-gasoline vehicles looks promising.
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The legislation would direct regulators to find new ways of overseeing the virtual currency market. Many lawmakers have gotten on the fintech bandwagon, but questions remain as to how to regulate and secure it longer term.
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The House and Senate are streamed live on YouTube, but committee hearings are only available through online audio recordings, which are not always audible. Advocates want to see that changed with video and audio in every committee room.
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Rep. Jerald Raymond wants to remove the requirements that IT purchases above $100,000 be advertised in the official paper of record for a given tax district, instead giving the option of putting a notice in the newspaper or on their website.
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After missed deadlines and ballooning costs, Dallas County is taking a step back from a project aimed at developing and implementing court case-tracking software.
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States that undercount them risk losing everything from seats in Congress to billions of dollars in federal funding. The trick is to find them and get them to respond.
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With a former county executive currently on trial for financial malfeasance, the New York City area county’s new comptroller is using technology to promote transparency and establish open data best practices.
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Two attempts were made to increase the property tax that finances the city's bus service, and both were rejected. The first one proposed a hike of $11.50 a year for homeowners and the second for $5.75 a year.
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Madison County, Ind., is considering spending up to $800,000 in upgrades. That's because computers in all of its offices use Windows 7, a decade-old operating system that Microsoft is ending support for.
