Tag Archives: Communications and Technology Management Department

laptop showing the city of Austin website, austintexas.gov

Council OKs $5.5M contract for website redesign, expected in late 2026

City Council has approved a six-year contract, valued at up to $5.55 million, for the redesign of the city’s website, AustinTexas.gov. The contract, awarded to TW Lrw Holdings LLC, doing business as Material Holdings LLC, has an initial three-year term…

City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Nov 26, 2024

Council to consider $5.5M contract for redo of city's website

The city’s primary website is slated for a comprehensive revamp from a California-based vendor, due in part to staff’s assessment that the work needed to properly improve the site exceeds their resources and abilities. An item on next week’s City…

City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 31, 2024

Audit finds fault with city's tech purchase system

City procedures for purchasing technology are not coordinated, timely or sufficiently clear and do not ensure that city resources are secure and protected, according to a report from the Office of the City Auditor issued this month. Auditors also said…

City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Nov 1, 2021

Convoluted audit tale shows conflicts of interest, but no harm

Two city employees violated city conflict-of-interest rules when one of them routed funds meant for the city through a nonprofit he set up. However, according to an audit conducted by the Office of the City Auditor, the funds were sent…

City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Apr 27, 2021

The Austin Monitor thanks its sponsors. Become one.

City faces challenge in managing software licenses

The city does not have complete information on what software licenses it has or how much those licenses are costing, according to a report from the city auditor’s office. Auditors reported Wednesday that the city spent $7.4 million in Fiscal…

City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Nov 19, 2020

CTM’s Office of Design and Delivery: Corporate workshops should not be awful

As Austin grows and city officials begin to question how their jobs are evolving to meet the demands of the tens of thousands of new residents every year, it stands to reason that the city of Austin would ask for…

Austin • By Jessi Devenyns • Mar 13, 2019

Subscribe to our newsletter