GovTech Biz

The company has raised $87 million since its founding in 2013. Its technology helps emergency dispatch centers get a better fix on calls — and helps power the new 988 suicide prevention hotline.

The company, fresh off a private equity buyout last year, is merging with a business that offers both public-sector procurement tools and software for administering special education programs.

A private equity firm will take over the Canada-based software provider that sells incident response, case management and other tools to law enforcement. Magnet then will combine with another company.

The new tool is designed to help make it easier for suppliers to meet local and state government procurement requirements, boost local business and other tasks. Pavilion recently rebranded.

The move provides delivery workers with immediate access to emergency dispatchers with tools already used by public agencies. RapidSOS hopes to win other such deals within the gig economy as it continues to grow.

The GovTech 100 company sells process management software to U.S. and Canadian public agencies and has a growing business in the FOIA space. A private equity firm bought the company in 2021.

Government Technology writer Thad Rueter joins Dustin Haisler and Joe Morris to discuss the companies named to the GovTech 100 list for 2023.

The product launch from the firm comes as local and state governments focus more on accessibility and compliance issues. People with disabilities face significant challenges online, where many services have moved.

The two startups will join forces on a push to make it easier to view and engage with public documents, including feedback-gathering exercises. The companies become closer via a local gov tech innovation hub.

The gov tech provider is working with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to analyze dangerous intersections in the area and help officials forecast risks. The effort involves the HxGN Connect real-time data tool.

Futurist and author Michael Mascioni examines how political entrepreneurship has emerged as an important driver of political innovation and has the capability to accelerate government transformation.

Managed services and platforms promise to take on more work in the coming year as investors seek the safe haven of government from looming uncertainty affecting other sectors.

The urban tech accelerator, backed by the automaker MINI, has focused on the U.S. in the past. Now it’s starting up a new program aimed at the international market, with four initial investments.

The Nebraska company, focused on small public agencies, announced two recent deals designed to increase its reach and product offerings. gWorks now owns Softline Data and PubWorks, two U.S.-based gov tech providers.

After stepping away from a decade of public safety technology leadership, Davis will write about challenges in law enforcement while eyeing a return to the industry. He describes what the public safety future might hold.

TikTok, the popular social video platform owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, has been banned on government-owned devices in several states for security concerns. The latest governors to ban it are in Michigan, Nevada and Arizona.

Rave Mobile Safety offers such services as incident alerts and emergency preparation, and will boost Motorola’s own public safety tech offerings. Rave is used by governments, schools and other public agencies.

The Michigan-based company, whose founders also include former state CIO David Behen, launched in July and offers a FICO-like cyber score. The funding comes as governments get more aggressive about digital defenses.