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Security, Screening Key to Delaware's Mobile Driver's License Pilot
The state of Delaware, which launched its Real ID program nearly a decade ago, is strengthening one of residents’ most frequently used forms of identification with a new mobile driver’s license (mDL)...
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The Anatomy of a Gov Tech Pitch
We have been following gov tech startups for more than three years — from their co-working spaces to their meetings with venture capitalists — and tracking their progress as they close funding rounds,...
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How Many Government Apps Are in App Stores? (Editorial)
Over here at Government Technology we like to keep track of the companies that offer technology to government. Given the name, it’s kind of our thing. And we’ve found some pretty good ways to do that....
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Atlanta Pivots to Recovery Post-Ransomware Attack, Officials Say
Now in its fifth day, the city of Atlanta’s comprehensive effort to overcome a ransomware cyberattack is pivoting to focus on restoration, the head of a security company brought on to assist the...
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SeeClickFix Launches New App, Reflects on 10 Years in Gov Tech
In 2009, the Apple iPhone was only a year and a half old and the App Store had been in existence for less than a year. The Android OS had only been out for a few months and was available on just a...
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Cities that Fail to Become Smart Could Be the Next Digital Rust Belt
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a decade, there may not be Smart City conferences like the one unfolding this week in Kansas City, Mo. In 10 years this “movement,” — as it is often referred to by government and...
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UrbanLeap Wants to Shake Up City Tech Testing – and Some Big Names Are Helping
What would happen if governments consistently put technology into real-life situations before buying it? That’s the question at the core of a new Silicon Valley startup called UrbanLeap. The company,...
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FirstNet, Verizon Launch Dedicated Public Safety Networks
The nation’s two dedicated first responder networks are going live this week with private core services for members, representatives of both entities said. In a news release, officials at AT&T,...
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Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers of 2018: Honoring the Innovation Ecosystem
Nobody gets into government IT for the money or the glory. Many share a desire to leverage their technology expertise for the public good: maximizing taxpayer resources by helping government to...
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Big Data Can Help Solve Big City Problems, but Watch for the Potholes
Evaluating how well a parking meter is operating in San Diego may be a question for a streetlight. Overlaying data from a multitude of connected, intelligent components was the focus of one of the...
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Superion Acquires the Market's Main 911 False Alarm Technology
Superion, a major software provider for local government formally known as SunGard Public Sector, has acquired the main solution on the market for emergency responders to track false alarm calls to...
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LA Councilmember Proposes Municipal Broadband Feasibility Study
A Los Angeles councilmember has introduced a motion to study the feasibility of a municipal broadband network that would provide at-cost high-speed Internet to the city's local businesses and...
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West Virginia Becomes First State to Test Mobile Voting by Blockchain in a...
West Virginia has become the first state to allow Internet voting by blockchain, offering the technology to deployed and overseas military service members and their families in two counties. The pilot...
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San Francisco Aims to Close the Digital Divide with Citywide Fiber Project
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — San Francisco plans to narrow its digital divide with a new network of high-speed fiber connectivity. The city is scheduled to begin the first phase of a three-year buildout in the...
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Chicago, Indianapolis Bet Big on User-Centric Design
Paying a water bill or filing a business license fee in Chicago is getting easier. The city has organized payments under one platform and launched the application on 50 new kiosks to be arranged...
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Sensor, Drone Research Will Paint a More Accurate Picture of California’s...
The University of California Natural Reserve System has received a more than $2 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to monitor water moving through wild areas of the California...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: Sunlight Foundation Workshop Will Help Residents...
The number of cities who publish large volumes of open data on their municipal websites has grown drastically in recent years, and as it has increased, so too has discussion about how best to get...
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One Legislation Management Software Maker Invests $1.5M in Another
Propylon, which provides city council meeting and legislation management solutions, has invested $1.5 million in PrimeGov, a startup playing in the same space. Propylon offers largely document-focused...
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Bryan Sastokas, Long Beach CIO, Hired as L.A. Metro's New Tech Leader
Bryan M. Sastokas, top technology official in Long Beach, California’s seventh-largest city, is taking on the same job at the nation’s third-largest transit agency. Sastokas, who became Long Beach's...
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Incubating Innovation: Bloomberg Mayors Challenge Profiles, Part 4
In applying for the 2018 Bloomberg Mayors Challenge — a philanthropic contest that encourages cities to come up with innovative solutions to shared problems — South Bend, Ind., took a new approach to...
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