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Startup Crowdfunds App to Permit the Lemonade Stand

Plus, ShotSpotter Moves Into Predictive Policing with Acquisition, Startup Raises $865k to Turn Facebook Into a Constituent Feedback Tool and more...

TOP NEWS

Tired of Kids Getting Fined, Startup Crowdfunds an App to Permit the Lemonade Stand CityLife, formerly called AppCityLife, wants to make it easier for kids — or their parents — to apply for whatever permits they need via cellphone.


ShotSpotter Moves Into Predictive Policing with Acquisition The shift puts ShotSpotter into a competitive and controversial arena

Startup Raises $865k to Turn Facebook Into a Constituent Feedback Tool The startup, which came from two brothers attending Stanford University, is looking to make it easier for citizens to let their representatives — at the local, state and federal levels — know how they feel on specific issues.

Elections Management Company Raises $1.5M The company, EasyVote, got it all from a single investor.

Passport Acquires License Plate Reading Company NuPark The company offers technology to scan license plates, find their records, log traffic or parking violations and even send the drivers a fine. The acquisition follows a $43 million investment in Passport last year.

Tech Company Uses AI to Weed Out Irrelevant Government Bids The company, Periscope Holdings, is also looking to artificial intelligence as a way to help government buyers figure out if they can purchase something through cooperative procurement.


MARKET SPOTLIGHT

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Here's How States Spend their IT Budgets It's pretty hard to get a simple answer about how government IT budgets break down. So the Center for Digital Government came up with an easier way to do it: Ask a bunch of governments to estimate, using standard categories.

WATCHLIST

GovTech companies on our radar this week:

Cithaeron: Maps noise across cities using camera and microphone arrays that feed into data analytics software.

Run a GovTech company? Get on our radar here.

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BIZ NOTES

>Callyo has launched a new product, i911, which allows first responders to find the location of 911 callers who are using a mobile phone.
 
>RedMane Technology has won a contract to implement its mCase software to help child welfare caseworkers at the Virginia Department of Social Services manage their work.
 
>Accela announced six new Software-as-a-Service customers: Anne Arundel, Md.; Jurupa Valley and Santa Barbara, Calif.; Pinellas County, Fla.; West Port, Conn. and New Haven, Ind.
 
>Granicus has named 14 local, state and federal agencies as winners in its 2018 Digital Strategy Awards.
 

WHAT WE'RE READING

How Rethinking Rideshare Fees Could Help the Transportation Network (Jascha Franklin-Hodge/CommonWealth Magazine)
 
United Nations Releases Policy Recommendations for Mass AV Adoption (U.N. News)
 
Amazon Created an AI Algorithm to Vet Job Candidates, and it Learned Not to Hire Women (Reuters)
 
Here's a Map of Every Building in the U.S. (New York Times)

GovTechBiz is our weekly newsletter covering the companies, deals and trends in the business of gov tech. Got a news tip? Other feedback? We're listening. Send it to GovTechBiz Writer Ben Miller at biz@govtech.com.

Ben Miller is the associate editor of data and business for Government Technology. His reporting experience includes breaking news, business, community features and technical subjects. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Reynolds School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, and lives in Sacramento, Calif.