Sylvia Hernandez Kauffman will rejoin the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) as chief information officer (CIO). Kauffman was the agency’s inspector general for five years, the last government role she held before launching her own consulting company. Kauffman’s career in government spans 26 years, starting as an intern with the Washington, D.C., Office […]
Welcome to the future! Public transportation is evolving so rapidly that it feels as if travel options are changing faster than ever thought possible. New ride options are abundant, and everything is being done to provide convenience. In many parts of the country, affordable housing and new communities are being created near transit loading stations. […]
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will spend $174 million in state funding on local road improvement projects over the next five years The state’s final 2023-25 biennial budget provided an increase of more than $4 million for WisDOT’s Local Roads Improvement Program, providing a 4% increase each year of the biennium. The final budget also […]
Two Missouri cities have received a combined $32.2 million for projects to improve pedestrian access and road safety. The grants were awarded through the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) competitive grant program, which earlier this year awarded $1.8 billion to 148 projects across the county. The city of Springfield received a $24.8 […]
Ohio – Stephanie Wernet has been named Cleveland’s new chief innovation and technology officer. Wernet joins the city following eight years as chief information officer, vice president of information technology and vice president of purchasing for a public charter school. She holds an MBA from Stanford University College of Business and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from […]
The nearly 20-year absence of an Amtrak line on the Gulf Coast connecting New Orleans, Louisiana to Mobile, Alabama, is poised to end following action taken Tuesday by the Mobile City Council. The council voted 6-0 with one council member absent to fund passenger train service for three years. Completion of the line would mark […]
Technology is changing the world as we know it! It seems new technological advances are emerging at the speed of light – and the world shifts a bit with each new development. Sensors and advanced technology now monitor public officials’ activities in hundreds of ways, and artificial intelligence is already providing them with the assistance […]