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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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.
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Software for planning and managing capital projects now works more closely with software for designing them, in an effort to make construction more efficient and manageable as the economy tanks.
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Right now, governments are navigating decades-old systems through an unprecedented crisis of demand. To help, IBM has started a three-pronged project to assist them in keeping COBOL-based systems up to speed.
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The startup out of San Antonio gained enough clients and attention over the past few years that it felt a new name and mission statement were in order. It also announced two free tools for COVID-19 response.
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New data from technology companies Cloudflare and ZenCity help to illustrate when, how and to what extent interaction with government online has changed since COVID-19 led to widescale shutdowns across American society.
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Shut down in 2018 and revived a year later by the Linux Foundation, the open source mapping platform has a new home with developers under the umbrella of the UCF, which suggests a closer relationship with urban work.
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Six months after CSDC rebranded itself as Calytera, the company has announced another public-facing change with the appointment of Zeynep Young from the venture firm Next Coast Ventures as chief executive officer.
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The Australian company continues to build out its EngagementHQ platform by partnering with adjacent technologies, following similar integrations with Balancing Act, Granicus, Konveio and Auth0.
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David Zolet, who sits on the board of FirstNet and is the former CEO of Logistics Management Institute with experience at several technology companies, will lead an executive team largely appointed last spring.
