| MOST POPULAR New Year, New GT100 List The 6th annual GT100 hit the Internet this week, which is the 2021 version of the 100 companies making the biggest impact on state and local government with innovative technology deployments. Along with seeing who’s on the list itself, make sure to take a spin through Associate Editor Ben Miller and Staff Writer Andrew Westrope’s feature story, which includes in-depth profiles of four companies on this year’s list: online sentiment-mining company Zencity, digital services provider Granicus, wastewater analysts Biobot Analytics and mobile transaction and payment platform PayIt. Closing out our coverage of the 2021 GT100 for the moment, Editor Noelle Knell helps quantify the maturity of this market, noting total funds raised by this year’s companies is more than $3.2 billion, and that the group boasts nearly 200 acquisitions among them. Health Department Websites Need a Shot in the Arm With Americans in vulnerable groups lining up en masse to get their COVID-19 vaccines, many counties are using online scheduling tools to help manage the influx. But as GT’s Katya Murari reports, a handful of Florida county health department websites were knocked offline by the surge. Struggles across the country to connect vaccine needs with available doses suggest this may be an ongoing problem. Meanwhile, gov tech companies are moving in to help government smooth out the process, offering tools to fight online misinformation, proactively communicate with residents and facilitate the sharing of proven strategies between jurisdictions. .Gov Domains Boosted in New Spending Bill Widely regarded as a step in the right direction for government websites, one facet of the omnibus spending bill moves the management of the .gov Web domain program to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security. Previously under the General Services Administration, the legislation also tasks CISA with helping local governments, both with support and resources, who want to make the switch to .gov from a .com or .org domain. | 