GovTech Biz
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The city recently launched the first phase of an online permitting portal, reflecting a larger, nationwide gov tech trend. An official leading that effort tells what the city has learned so far. -
The company, one of the few publicly traded gov tech suppliers, reports revenue growth and gains from AI and an acquisition in its latest financials. More such deals seem almost certain as Via vies for more market share.
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The world’s biggest sporting event, set for the U.S., Canada and Mexico, is months away, and that means gov tech suppliers are preparing to make sure everyone stays safe. Drones are a main area of concern.
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A new partnership between ZeroEyes and RapidSOS aims to automatically identify weapons in video feeds, then alert local 911 systems in order to hasten police response to potential mass shooters.
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The company, Carbyne, describes a quick-to-deploy solution where its technology would send a text with an activation link to a caller, and upon clicking the link, it would create a live-streaming video session.
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Working with regional law enforcement in Northern California, the San Francisco Bay Area cloud software company is rolling out a new platform for police to communicate across jurisdictions in real time.
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Having announced updates to its hardware and software in June, Texas company Olea Edge Analytics has followed up with a program to install 100 units on municipal water meters at no up-front cost.
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Cartegraph, a GT100 company that provides local government agencies with tools to manage physical assets, has acquired the space planning and facility management software company, PenBay Solutions.
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NYPA and Signify, formerly known as Philips Lighting, are working together on a program to offer hardware, low-rate loans and technical support to put more smart lights in cities across the state of New York.
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As the lights turned off, the frantic calls started coming in — and NIC, the digital services company, started working to help government solve some of its most urgent problems in the middle of a pandemic.
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Specifically mentioning the killing of George Floyd, the startup hopes to use its records management software to create reports to inform police, city officials and citizens what officers are doing on a day-to-day basis.
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In the face of unprecedented unemployment, prior investments in digital operations and a data trust allowed the state, with data analytics company Qlarion, to fast-track a job referral website.
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Guests from Microsoft as well as other private- and public-sector speakers advocated for data-driven organization, inclusive development and thoughtful implementation in a variety of contexts.
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The company's new product, Image Logger, can recognize "assets" in and around roadways to help government compile catalogs of what they own, using video taken from vehicle-mounted smartphones.
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Since its inception in 2017, California-based software company Binti has been attracting government clients to its SaaS model to replace decades-old custom solutions with a more mobile, automated workflow.
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The company's inclusion is a sort of official recognition that it's one of the largest publicly traded corporations in the U.S. That's not common for tech companies who devote most of their business to the public sector.
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Govlaunch, the free “innovation wiki” resource for government, has teamed up with the recently formed civic tech startup accelerator CivStart to promote and support new businesses in the gov tech space.
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Be Heard started out making tools to verify constituents who wanted to talk to elected officials, then released a mobile app to store identity verification information. Now, it's moving past the public sector.
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By combining a county’s tax rolls with machine learning and more than 80 different data sources, The Exemption Project creates a ranked list of properties likely to have unqualified or unclaimed homestead exemptions.
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Deloitte's new GovConnect software suite, built on the Salesforce platform, is meant to help governments set up contact tracing programs, manage business reopenings and support remote work, among other things.
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The California-based permitting software giant has released its eighth civic application, designed to help fire departments automate aspects of safety and prevention such as permitting and inspection.
