Secure Communities is scheduled to be deployed in all U.S. counties by 2013, By Kevin McCaney. Government Computer News, October 18, 2010. "Texas is going statewide with a Homeland Security Department program that searches the fingerprint records of inmates in local jails in search of illegal immigrants wanted for serious crimes..."
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By Stephanie Overby. Computerworld, August 4, 2010. "Two weeks ago, the CIO of Texas penned a seven-page letter outlining the "chronic failures" of the state's nearly four-year outsourcing relationship--a deal the Texas governor had briefly suspended in 2008 citing service delivery problems that he said put the state's agencies in danger..."
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by Luke Fretwell. GovFresh, June 9, 2010. "The official Texas government Website, Texas.gov, has a new makeover, including prominent search powered by Google, 24/7 live help, activity stream, open datasets, subscription notifications, social media directory, crowd-sourced customer service powered by GetSatisfaction and a mobile-accessible version..."
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By Andy Opsahl, Features Editor. Government Technology, June 8, 2010. "Texas officially launched its new Web portal, Texas.gov, on Tuesday, June 8, after a brief soft launch. The site's design is strikingly different than the state's previous Web portal, TexasOnline. New features include lots of white space, plain columns of data and a large search field at the top-center of the homepage..."
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by Matt Stiles and Niran Babalola. The Texas Tribune, February 15, 2010. The Texas Tribune has developed an app from open government data containing information on 340,000 employees of the state's largest agencies, universities, cities, school districts, and mass-transit operators.
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By Paul W. Taylor. Government Technology, November 19, 2009. "... Texas recently rebid its TexasOnline portal contract to NIC. Procurement officials worked closely with the lead agency, the Department of Information Resources (DIR), to run a competitive procurement that protected and promoted the state's interests, while adapting to the realities of contemporary technology business models..."
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By Matt Williams, Assistant Editor. Government Technology, August 13, 2009. "The Texas Workforce Commission has launched a new blog called Texas2Work.com. The commission says the blog is one-of-a-kind in Texas state government..."
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By Steve Towns, Editor. Government Technology, August 3, 2009. "Texas awarded NIC a seven-year contract to operate the state's multi-billion dollar TexasOnline Web portal on Friday, capping a 17-month procurement process... Launched in 2000, TexasOnline is self-funded. The costs of managing the Web site and developing new features are covered by transaction fees attached to electronic services provided by the portal..."
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By Patrick Michels. Government Technology, July 22, 2008. Texas has met the federal deadline for eliminating paper ballots and streamlining the technology behind voter records by using the Texas Election Administration Management (TEAM) system. This is a Web-based tool which has replaced paper ballots in Texas and other parts of the country.
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Government Technology, March 24, 2008. "The Texas Commission on State Emergency Communications (CSEC) recently began planning for the migration to statewide Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1), an advancement expected to provide enhanced services to the public, and new capabilities for emergency responders in the state of Texas. L. Robert Kimball & Associates, a firm with local offices in Dallas/Fort Worth, was awarded the contract to assist CSEC in planning for the phased-in deployment of the system..."
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Government Technology, October 15, 2007. "The Center for Digital Government will honor selected public agencies and leaders for their outstanding information technology (IT) innovations and contributions at the 2007 Best of Texas awards on Oct. 23..."
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Government Technology, May 8, 2007. "The majority of Texas emergency call centers now receive 911 calls from customers whose telephone service relies upon Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. In a recently released report, the Texas Commission on State Emergency Communications (CSEC) provided a status of statewide efforts to provide 911 service to VoIP telephone subscribers..."
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Government Technology, March 8, 2007. "The North Central Texas Council of Governments today announced the launch of its Law Enforcement Analysis Portal (LEAP), a potential statewide multi-jurisdictional crime analysis system designed to concurrently analyze incident and offender information from the more than 2,500 law enforcement agencies across the state of Texas.."
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Government Technology, November 7, 2006. "On Monday the City of Arlington, Texas, officially launched the new Citizen Notification Service. The program is a free subscription e-mail service that allows the public to receive timely information notices from the City of Arlington..."
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Government Technology, September 25, 2006. "An increasing number of Texas municipalities have launched sophisticated on-line programs that are transforming how they provide services to their constituents. From business owners trying to get permits to moms signing children up for swimming lessons, more and more citizens are able to access their city government services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In some cities, even reporting a pothole can be accomplished with the click of a mouse..."
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