GovTech Biz
-
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.
-
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.
More Stories
-
The data analytics company’s new software suites align problem diagnosis, countermeasure options and design. They also have a tool to expedite information sharing, to cut down on FOIA response time.
-
The New York-based startup’s software sends location and other data automatically from enabled devices to emergency responders. The latest funding round brings its total amount raised up to $65 million.
-
A group of several giant technology companies has complained that the Trump administration is holding up and delaying H-1B visa applications for highly skilled foreign workers at a much higher rate.
-
Amazon, Facebook and Google have lofty goals for their effects on global society. But people around the world are still waiting for the positive results. Here's what the tech giants could do.
-
As much activity happens on the sides of streets every day, it's not easy to log the features of a curb. So a company backed by Sidewalk Labs — a subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet — is looking to crowdsource the information with a new mobile app.
-
Transit, a startup based in Canada, wants users to find all their car-free travel options in one place. Now they've got a big chunk of money to continue that work, and a lot of it came from car companies.
-
The company has many contracts with the government and military, and is also positioned to win subsidies for rural broadband initiatives in the next decade.
-
With millions of their users eligible to vote but preferring to sit out elections, Silicon Valley companies are pulling out all their technological stops to help educate their customers on ballot measures and candidates — and then get them out there to do their civic duty.
-
The firm will collaborate with Sunstone Technology Ventures on deal-sourcing, review and investment overseas.
-
A text or a ping preceding lights and sirens could save lives.
-
The strange bedfellows are pushing legislation that would put a year-long moratorium on new for-hire vehicle licenses.
-
Counties and cities look fairly distinct from one another.
-
The company, Acivilate, has been working with Gwinnett County for a while.
-
The two companies are aiming to close the deal in 2019.
-
Many workers at the office will still work remotely from California.
-
RADAR helps users document damage and qualify for government assistance.
-
The disclosure comes as Amazon’s product and similar tools built by other companies come under scrutiny from civil liberties groups, legislators and even some of their own employees because of the technology’s potential for misuse.
-
County governments devote much more of their budgets to staff, and less to services.
