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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Some 150 smart signals will be deployed across so-called “smart spines,” which lead in and out of the downtown area. The project has $11.3 million earmarked for 2019, and $15.1 million for 2020.
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Through a newly launched portal managed by Treasurer Josh Mandel’s office, businesses can register to pay their taxes using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
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With just more than a year left to replace the equipment, county officials are under the gun to make the switch — estimated to cost around $8 million.
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City officials signed off on the use of new software that would give residents insights into city spending habits, but in a separate vote decided not to allocate the funds needed to actually implement it.
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Commissioners authorized the purchase of the new system to streamline hiring and retention as well as reduce the technical complaints to the human resources department.
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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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