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The newest Transit Tech Lab competition focuses on such areas as data modernization, infrastructure management and workflows. Finalists have a chance to work with city officials and enter procurement. -
The largest city in Kentucky recently hired a public-sector AI leader, and marked the first AI pilot for the local government. Louisville, in need of affordable housing, wants to build AI leadership.
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The company supplies digital licensing, lien and other automotive-documentation tools, and works with state agencies and other gov tech providers. CHAMP has raised more than $100 million since 2018.
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With basic telework software and a relationship with a company — Citrix — already in place, the state was able to expand remote work capacity for 10,000 employees in a week, and 27,000 to date.
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The San Francisco-based startup launched a new tool today to give city planners faster access to data on who will be affected by road closures, route changes, reduced service hours and other transit decisions.
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Olea Edge Analytics, based in Austin, Texas, is putting various sensors on old water meters to flag when they’re under-charging and need to be replaced. The results, say the company, can be big.
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The move comes after a private equity firm acquired Ontario Systems, giving the company an infusion of capital to spend on mergers with other vendors. Now, it's bringing SwervePay into the fold.
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A professional network of physicians, scientists and entrepreneurs has formed the StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force, a collaborative group focused on government outreach and fast-tracking urgent technology.
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With the CivicOptimize suite and its centerpiece, Productivity, the Kansas-based integrated software provider is offering governments its first “low-code” software tool to speed up the adoption of digital services.
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Ubicquia, a Florida-based company that makes sensors and software for light poles, bought competitor CityIQ from GE Current to improve its offerings for traffic optimization and public safety.
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As Intel continues moving away from processors and desktops toward emerging technologies, its purchase of the Israeli mobility-as-a-service company signals a long-term interest in mobility data and self-driving cars.
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After two and a half years of development and less than a year after unveiling a $3.9 billion (Canadian) master plan, the New York-based Google affiliate has cut its losses and put Toronto’s smart-city project in limbo.
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The company, reporting a spike in activity from customers during the coronavirus pandemic, is adding to its investment total. CoProcure's software is meant to facilitate cooperative government purchasing.
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The state’s secretary of digital information says Oklahoma is prepared to handle hundreds of thousands of claims and billions of state and federal dollars through Granicus’ digital services platform.
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Acquisitions and partnerships seem to be the go-to strategy for major companies to stay competitive in the law-enforcement market, with so many competing to be a one-stop shop with interoperable tools.
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The director of the company’s U.S. state and local government division says Intel is inviting domestic sales staff to focus on public-sector support, given the changing market and impending needs of government.
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With technology it originally used to detect opioids, the Massachusetts-based startup will expand its efforts to give health departments a more accurate picture of the prevalence of the coronavirus in local populations.
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Following others for budgeting and permitting, a third software suite rounds out the OpenGov ERP Cloud, which proposes to allow state and local governments to manage ERP-related tasks remotely.
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The Australian company SenSen won a five-year contract to introduce two hardware tools and 80 mobile app subscriptions for the automation of parking and traffic enforcement in the city of Las Vegas.
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Along with Apple, Google and other entities around the world, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is developing mobile software and an online tool for governments to trace and publicize COVID-19 cases.
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A little more than a year after launch, Cleveland-based CHAMPtitles has enticed some investors as a digital alternative to in-person transactions, a selling point that could gain traction after COVID-19.
