Pennsylvania officials announced numerous changes to how the state is buying new technologies, including shrinking time-consuming questionnaires agencies must submit.

One North Carolina official said AI is helping the state speed along certain parts of its procurement processes.

Officials have long complained of companies that offer products in search of a problem. New procurement strategies are cropping up as a result.

An analysis by Deltek researchers shows a roughly 20 percent decline in IT bid solicitations in the first part of the new fiscal year.

A new report from Onvia suggests that state and local agencies are increasingly handing out deals to guide GIS and IT modernization efforts.