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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With beta testers in the private sector and interested parties in the southeastern United States, Public Bloc wants to encourage infrastructure spending by offering employee-level focus on project accountability.
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The company is going to bring automated license plate recognition to its in-car dash cameras. But first, its independent oversight board issued recommendations for the technology to address ethical concerns.
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Governments often contend with many issues when attempting to link public dollars to real-world outcomes captured by data in disparate systems. EY claims its OpsChain Public Finance Manager will reduce those struggles.
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Motorola Solutions is touting what it calls the first virtual assistant for law enforcement, available through a new two-way radio that also includes a rugged touchscreen and LTE connectivity.
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A set of APIs provide fine-grained data on the movements of demographic populations to analytics companies, who in turn can generate insights that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive for small governments.
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The company has been expanding in recent years. Its most recent move, which is based on the technology of a U.K. acquisition, puts it in a particularly competitive segment of the gov tech market.
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A collaboration between industry partners and regulatory agencies has yielded a software platform whereby drone pilots will be able to identify and communicate with other drones in their vicinity.
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CivicPlus, already well established in gov tech, has several other services, including meeting agenda management, 311 tools and website content systems, that can integrate into mobile apps for the public sector.
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The company previously offered data about bike and pedestrian travel patterns as part of a larger package. Now users can access only that information, as well as collisions, demographics and "inferred trip purpose."
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The technology giant has made changes to a platform made for the public sector that will, among other things, recommend actions for caseworkers to take and suggest possible benefits programs for citizens.
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City Innovate published more than 50 challenges from state and local governments across the country. Tech companies will now have the opportunity to propose solutions for the governments to try out.
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The rebranding follows a change of headquarters in 2017, leadership changes in 2018, a few new software tools and a transition away from professional services and toward full-time software development.
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Cityworks, which serves utilities and local governments, has been doing business independently since the late 1990s, but it is now joining the publicly traded multinational software company Trimble.
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CivicPlus has added another competitor to its ever-expanding suite of integrated communications software in SeeClickFix, a tool that has offered citizens ways to use mobile devices to report issues à la 311.
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Absent funding, a San Francisco-based startup’s meandering, seven-year history courting various technologies — from bond-sale software to blockchain to broadband networks — has reached an impasse.
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The city has joined the national Startup in Residence program to partner with tech startups and find new solutions to problems like missed trash collections and communicating the dangers of possible flooding.
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New tools from one of the nation’s top police-tech companies, a new body camera and a cloud-based RMS, debuted last month at several police departments in California trying to address a few 21st-century concerns.
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CentralSquare and Genetec are integrating their public safety software together in the latest of a long string of gov tech company partnerships this year. This move is meant to improve awareness of emergency responders.
