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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A new report from the Data Foundation and Workiva makes a case for Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR) as the preferred method of publicizing state and local government financial info.
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Operation Underground Railroad and doTERRA donated a $300,000 mobile forensics unit to the Mesa, Ariz., Police Department that allows them to analyze digital forensic data much faster than previous technology.
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Gov. Ralph Northam announced a proposed $50 million installment to expand the state’s Virginia Telecommunications Initiative in fiscal year 2020. In total, Northam hopes to infuse as much as $250 million into the program.
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A five-year contract with provider AXON Enterprises will see the city’s police department outfitted with updated cameras, software and ancillary equipment.
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Doug Burgum, the former Microsoft executive turned governor, is asking for $174 million for 24 IT infrastructure projects and $16.4 million for cybersecurity consolidation efforts in his budget proposal.
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Commissioners selected Dominion Voting Systems to fulfill a $5.8 million contract to provide voting machines with a verifiable paper trail.
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A cut fiber-optic cable in the Bitterroot Valley last week brought down the Internet, cellphone and landline communications — including 911 — and made the case for redundancy in the large and sparsely populated state.
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The new software system, approved last week, will streamline access to information and digitize the work done by case workers through the New York county’s Department of Social Services.
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A computer system dating back to the 1990s is being replaced at a cost of $71 million, but the transition from legacy equipment to more modern technology is necessary to keep up with the rules.
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The state’s treasurer alleges the company hid a breach that affected 52.5 million users and investors. The Rhode Island pension fund is listed as the lead plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit.
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An error caused 60 of the city's 108 employees to have a year's worth of taxes retroactively taken out of a single pay stub.
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The city will add wireless infrastructure to its public buildings with the help of a nearly $200,000 grant from Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito's Community Compact Information Technology grant program.
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Plans to add a surcharge to text messaging in the state could be hampered by a Federal Communications Commission decision labeling the messages as “information services” rather than telecommunication services.
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Nine communities are nearing an intergovernmental agreement to streamline the operations of their emergency dispatch into one regional 911 center.
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Two failed attempts to broadcast and record county commission meetings are the driving force behind the technology upgrades.
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Sharing services won’t be a cure-all, but it could help control costs, eliminate overlaps or streamline processes, officials said. One area the two are considering consolidating is technology purchasing.
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Recent observations by Oregon public records advocate Ginger McCall reveal the difficulty citizens have in obtaining public documents due to prohibitive fees and delays in the system processing their requests.
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The city installed a 235 kilowatt-hour-sized battery that predicts when demand charges occur. The building can then draw from the stored energy in the battery, rather than the grid, thus saving money.
