TOP NEWS
CityBase Acquires Department of Better Technology The deal brings together two GovTech 100 companies focused on digitizing services and processes with an emphasis on local government.Neighborly Tries Out a Different Kind of Pay-for-Success The typical use of pay-for-success is for programs that benefit certain segments of society: orphaned children and the homeless, for example. This startup, with a little help from its friends, is tweaking the idea and applying it to hard infrastructurein an attempt to help cities go green.
Northern Virginia Smart City Accelerator Looks for Fall 2017 Candidates The Smart City Actuator is expanding its portfolio.
Verizon Aims to Compete for FirstNet Customers AT&T won the contract to build a national public safety network. That isn't stopping Verizon from offering the same services.
Georgia County Hopes Smart Water Meter Data Can Help Other Utilities Gwinnett County, Ga., is installing 500 smart water meters in an effort to improve data collection and respond more quickly to leaks. But in the long term, it hopes sharing the data can help other utilities as well.
Software Engineering Firm Acquires Enterprise IT Company Data Systems Analysts Inc. is purchasing Project Performance Co. Both focus on federal government, but also have sub-federal customers like the state of Virginia in their portfolio.
MARKET SPOTLIGHT
Where Do Cities Get Vehicle Revenue From? The revenue source is key for many local governments, especially smaller cities.
WATCHLIST
GovTech companies on our radar this week:Solodev: A company that helps non-technical users, including governments, build and manage websites.
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WHAT WE'RE READING
The Problem with Government Keeping Algorithms Secret(Wired)A Startup Founder's Perspective on 500 Startups' Elephant in the Room (Medium)
NYC Wants to Brand Itself as the More Diversity-Friendly Silicon Valley (Politico)
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