Budget & Finance
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Negotiations have stalled over a state Senate proposal to repeal a sales tax exemption on data center equipment. Gov. Abigail Spanberger raised the possibility of a data center electricity consumption tax. -
The program, designed for water and wastewater systems, builds upon plans released last year by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The move comes amid increasing worries about cyber attacks linked to the ongoing and widening war in Iran.
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Plus, Maine is looking for partners for its middle-mile network, New Mexico has enacted a law establishing a broadband affordability program, fiber infrastructure expansion is continuing, and more.
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After years of putting off the purchase of body cameras because of funding gaps, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office is set to deploy 125 of the Axon devices to patrol deputies and officers in the warrants division.
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The roughly year-long assessment, which began in December 2017, highlighted issues with inventory accuracy and complying with cybersecurity discipline, and prompted nearly $560 million in remediation and system fixes.
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Chembio Diagnostics Inc., maker of rapid tests for HIV and other diseases, is looking to replace 45 production jobs with robots in the consolidation of its Suffolk County, N.Y., operations.
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The addition of Sinclair Community College to a regional fiber-optic partnership is bringing much needed state grants funds to a project officials say will boost connectivity and business opportunity.
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Aging voting machines in Palm Beach County are struggling to keep up with the recount demands, so much so that they overheated and stopped working, requiring election officials to recount 174,900 early-vote ballots.
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A county in South Dakota has discovered one weird trick to avoid fees and penalties — make systems talk to each other so that payments are made on time and the government doesn't incur fees.
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The Chicago-based aerospace company has chipped in to fund the university’s Student Innovation Center, which will focus on building hands-on engineering and technology experience.
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The county legislature transferred the ownership of a building to an economic development entity, a major step in plans for a $2 million artificial intelligence center backed by IBM, Microsoft and others.
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The implementation of a district-wide enterprise resource planning system in Manatee County started with a budget of just under $10 million in 2016 but has more than doubled in cost, amid technical problems and staff turnover.
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Beginning in January, Oneida County will be updating its emergency communications infrastructure at a cost of around $500,000.
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The outdated servers that house thousands of police records — including murder investigations — are crashing on a daily basis and officials believe a catastrophic failure is coming.
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Congestion and medians have increased fire trucks' response times in one part of Springfield, Ill., so high that they're about double the city's average. So the council has turned to technology to help solve the problem.
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The city has made concrete additions to a previously vague plan, such as declaring the need for new cars and a new computer-aided dispatch system. The police department has resorted to pen and paper for routine work.
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State lawmakers acknowledged the lack of Internet access in underserved areas and called for bipartisan cooperation to close the gap.
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The credit monitoring service enlisted after the 2012 breach of the state’s tax agency lapsed Oct. 31, but a decision was made not to renegotiate the contract.
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The Minnesota health insurance exchange opened for enrollment Nov. 1 and came equipped with enhanced shopping tools thanks to new software from California-based GetInsured.
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Baltimore County, Md., added GPS to 850 vehicles and saw county vehicles drive 817,000 fewer miles than in the previous year and save nearly $300,000 worth of fuel, according to the Regional Research Bureau report.
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The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has awarded a $1 million dollar grant to Luminant for the construction of a large battery project in the western part of the state.
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