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Work on the new portal began in 2023, with the next phase scheduled for 2026. Nevada joins other states in setting up such portals for a variety of tasks, including accessing services such as unemployment benefits. -
EY, the global accounting and consulting firm, wants to provide “peer learning” and other educational services to public agency tech leaders. They face a potentially turbulent new year, given upcoming elections.
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The money is a bet that more airports and cities will use the company’s computer vision technology to help manage increasingly busy curbside spaces. Automotus traces its roots to two college buddies in Los Angeles.
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As protests shine light on racial inequities in the U.S., tech firms that serve law enforcement are evaluating ways to avoid creating, rather than solving, problems — and at least one has pledged not to support policing.
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During the pandemic, the city has stood up services fast and cost effectively in-house, with low-code tools, then tweaked them with customer feedback, as opposed to spending millions and years on consulting.
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Buffalo views its 311 line as a way that it can be a good neighbor to its residents. Here's how the city leveraged partnerships and tech to ensure that citizens could call their government for anything during COVID-19.
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iProov, an identity verification company that works with government, is integrating its technology with Acuant. The idea uses a unique, one-time color stamp to prove that a person is really there.
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The San Francisco-based data company will build out its products and features to accommodate fast-changing transportation dynamics, as cities and DOTs deal with uncertain schedules and funding.
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Raycap says its new product will allow governments and telecommunications firms to put small cells necessary for 5G in places where existing infrastructure is installed without dominating the cityscape with gray boxes.
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The Israeli company announced its largest funding round yet at a time when local governments are having to weigh controversial responses to unfolding disasters, from the coronavirus to unemployment.
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In order to meet growing demand for government apps, such as those for telework or contact-tracing, Copado has created a new set of tools with scale, compliance, security and other needs in mind.
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Evolv, which has worked with Oakland International Airport and a transit authority in Southern California, has also started offering technology to screen people for elevated temperatures associated with COVID-19.
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Building on prior investments in the market for first responder technology, Verizon is giving public safety agencies a chance to hear from its advisory council on pressing issues in the field.
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The security systems retailer has seen a rise in demand for versatile gunshot detection technology at the same time the CARES Act is offering money to local governments for security upgrades.
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The new "Triggers" feature gives government workers a tool to automate the kinds of requests and notifications — "needs more information," "review complete," etc. — that crop up over and over again in their daily work.
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Already New Jersey’s chief innovation officer and director of NYU’s Governance Lab, Noveck is joining the Belgian company as it develops new products and an expansion strategy to serve U.S. cities.
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Known as Cityflag until its rebranding in April 2020, Irys says it will use the new capital to recruit more city, military and private-sector customers, and add AI tools to its citizen engagement software.
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Preferring not to wait for sweeping federal action to transition the U.S. to renewable energy, an Obama adviser and Yale scientist have created an investment platform, Raise Green, to fund local projects.
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Hawaii airports will award a $37.5 million contract to NEC Corp. and its partner Infrared Cameras Inc. to install technology meant to identify and locate travelers showing symptoms of COVID-19.
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In the wake of three acquisitions in the past five years, two of which had remained separate subsidiaries, Civix will have separate divisions for government, grant management and transportation.
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While the world waits for vaccines, Kando hopes that by collecting and analyzing sewage samples, it can help government isolate problem areas to more effectively and precisely contain COVID-19.
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