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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In 2014, OhioCheckbook.com became the first resource aiming to make all state spending information available online. Since that time, local governments have joined the transparency effort.
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The proposal originated in the House and seeks to raise the monthly fees on 10-digit phone numbers from 60 cents to $1.03. The increase, lawmakers say, is necessary to fund critical system upgrades statewide.
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The 30-year-old, analog dispatch system currently used by Thurston County is “weak and needs to be replaced,” officials say, but those changes are expected to cost around $30 million.
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The grant, from the New York Power Authority, will allow the city to begin work on replacing all streetlights with energy-efficient, connected models. The change is expected to save $3 million annually.
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Ohio set aside $114 million to be used to upgrade voting machines throughout the state. In Clark County, the voting infrastructure has not seen an update in about 13 years and several machines failed during the last election.
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The city has $192,000 in tax increment financing funds and some residents argued that it would be most effective to spend the money on updating Internet infrastructure. The council has yet to make a decision.
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Porter County's new equipment will allow voters to insert a paper ballot and make their choices on the screen before the machine marks the selections.
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Until recently, staff had relied heavily on outside consultants to manage the modernization of the city’s outdated technology. Now, an internal team will take over to manage the risk and move the project forward.
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The new technology will come in the form of updated in-car camera systems, body-worn cameras for all uniformed officers, new computers and video systems for department interview rooms.
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The police department is asking for the funds to purchase the stun guns and body cameras that activate when a gun or Taser has been fired.
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County officials are expected to select Dominion’s direct-recording electronic (DRE) system because it is familiar to voters. Board members said the choice would limit the potential for human error.
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Cities deemed financially distressed by the state’s Department of Community and Economic Development have access to grant funds intended to promote “fiscal stability.” Hazleton will use the money to upgrade its computers and software.
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The Department of Finance has delayed the embattled agency’s request for the money as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s DMV Strike Team prepares for a top-to-bottom overhaul.
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Microsoft is ending its technical support of the 10-year-old Windows 7, which is forcing Crawford County, Pa., government leaders to approve an operating system upgrade for 56 computers and a replacement of 145.
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Election officials in the county say the new machines, which could be ready before the primaries, will incorporate digital and paper-based verification methods.
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The county is taking cues from state government's electric car program, which already has several hundred hybrid vehicles in use.
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Traverse City, Mich.’s plan to build its own fiber-optic broadband network is prompting criticism from Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist, who says municipal undertakings are “really stupid ideas.”
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State and local government leaders say that for now some collaborative efforts are facing the potential of individual delays, but the effects are likely not to be noticed by most of the general public.
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