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Exclusive: Camino Lands $3M as Digital Permitting Rises Digital permitting software is one of those niches that became very relevant as social distancing became the norm in 2020. Camino, a startup in that space, saw massive growth and used it to raise an investment round.

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Local Gov Leader Rebecca Woodbury Launches Consultancy After stepping down as digital services chief for the city of San Rafael, Calif., Woodbury is continuing her work at her new company, Department of Civic Things. Her focus: Helping small jurisdictions change.

Two Companies that Help Government Fight Fraud Merge Fraud can cost government programs such as unemployment insurance millions. Two companies that help the public sector identify it, LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Accuity, are merging their products and data together.

US Ignite Selects Three Cities for Augmented Reality Challenge Three augmented reality projects have been awarded $20,000 each by US Ignite to develop projects that use AR technology to address city concerns like transportation, education or health care.

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UPDATED: Analyzing Governors' State of the State Speeches We continue to search governors' annual addresses for mentions of technology policies, initiatives and strategies as they come in.

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BIZ NOTES

>Maximus has acquired the federal government division of Attain, LLC for $430 million.

>The CivStart Accelerator is now taking applications from startups wishing to join its third cohort.

>Mark43 has signed a contract to provide its technology to the New South Wales Police Force in Australia.

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WHAT WE'RE READING

COVID Vaccine Websites Break Accessibility Rules (KHN)

Virus Did Not Bring Financial Rout That Many States Feared (New York Times)

America’s Political Roots Are in Eutaw, Alabama (The Atlantic)

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