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CoreTrust, which launched about two decades ago and serves multiple markets, is expanding its public-sector business. The new deals with two of the largest U.S. cities focus on cooperative contracts. -
The gov tech market expert breaks down a "strong first half," including major deals in the public safety and property tax spaces, and forecasts an increase in activity for the remaining months of 2025.
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The project, a collaboration between the North Central Texas Council of Governments' TXShare arm, the Alliance for Innovation and Civic Marketplace, provides an AI tech purchasing platform with already vetted vendors.
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U.S. Sens. Gillibrand and Schumer, both of New York, are asking questions about why their state was entirely shut out of $20 billion recently allocated by the FCC in support of nationwide broadband efforts.
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A new report from Deloitte highlights the degree to which state and local governments are being targeted by ransomware attacks. These attacks prove profitable for hackers, who are increasingly having their demands met.
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The gov tech startup, which helps governments create digital versions of forms, is now offering all customers the ability to put customizable payment fields into those forms, including popular gateways like PayPal.
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Local election officials spent one decade and $300 million to design an innovative voting system many experts thought was the future of elections, yet some Angelenos waited for more than three hours to cast ballots.
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Modernization, cybersecurity and transparency will drive major tech investments in cities, counties and states across the country. In Washington, D.C., experts broke down how an estimated $111 billion will be spent in 2020.
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Louisiana didn’t pay a ransom demanded by hackers who launched a cyberattack against the state government last fall, but it has paid $2.3 million responding to that and other cyberattacks across the state.
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California is already a world leader in the embryonic electric vehicle industry but needs more government help to flourish, according to a new report from the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation.
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Lee County, Ill., is using ChangeFinder, a software that identifies changes to building structures by comparing historical aerial photography to current photography, and it has spotted hundreds of new code violations.
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The Southern Alleghenies Planning and Development Commission is leading the new effort, representing Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fayette, Fulton, Huntingdon, Somerset and Westmoreland counties.
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If both Barrington and Dover, N.H., ultimately purchase the body cam devices, they'll join the likes of camera-equipped Lee, Milton, Northwood, Strafford and the University of New Hampshire.
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The Atlanta Regional Commission Board approved the allocation of $173 billion over three decades to address transportation issues. The list of involved projects includes major highway expansions and new transit lanes.
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The state's governor has been spending millions on broadband but still can't get high-speed Internet on his farm. Rural broadband access remains low, so the governor wants to spend $25 million next year on expanding it.
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The nonprofit and nonpartisan national civic tech group is working to help individuals and families that are eligible to receive the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, doing so by creating digital tools and more.
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Maine Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved two pilot projects that would give $500,000 in incentives toward 120 electric vehicle charging stations for consumers throughout the state.
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U.S. stocks plummeted this week, hitting Silicon Valley technology companies hard, after an explosion of new coronavirus cases was reported around the world, subsequently increasing fears of a pandemic.
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In what is billed as a pilot of the company’s AI technology, SAS worked hand-in-hand with the Wake County, N.C., tax administrator to determine how much every one of the county’s 400,000 properties should be valued.
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The head of Maine’s broadband agency says accessing federal dollars and convincing communities of the importance of high-speed Internet could prove to be impediments to expanding infrastructure to rural areas.
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Orangeburg County officials approved the purchase of the body scanning devices for the new jail building. The $118,750 scanner is similar to the technology used in airports, officials say.
