Hope Osborn, Director of Government Affairs

hope.osborn@texas2036.org

Posts

Texas’ IT Systems Need an Upgrade

August 24, 2021

For far too long, our state government has relied on outdated and archaic IT systems that inhibit efficiency and undercut the quality of services that the government provides to taxpayers. If Texas is going to maintain its competitive edge, we need to upgrade our IT strategy. Fiscal recovery funds made available by the federal government provide...

Modernizing State Information Systems

March 24, 2021

Pervasive underinvestment and neglected IT infrastructure is keeping Texas from functioning at its best capacity. Texas agencies are working with antiquated systems that can’t speak to each other and very few customer services are online. Cybersecurity is also a huge concern for state agencies, as they block 2.46 billion communication attempts from known bad actors...

Texas Legislature needs to focus on workforce

January 12, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has completely overturned our way of life and its impact on our workforce has not stalled. First-time unemployment claims have continued to increase for the last two weeks, with 46,300 new claims in the week of January 2nd alone. Since March 21st, 2020 we have 4.1 million Texans unemployed, according to the Department...