Plus, examining the vendors behind Colorado's digital ID, report finds election vendors lack oversight, two New Jersey gov tech companies to merge and more...
GovTech Biz

TOP NEWS

Granicus Buys Short-Term Rental Compliance Software Company The sixth acquisition in two years by the private equity-backed Granicus will add the ability to monitor short-term rental properties to govService, a citizen engagement platform launched last month.

Three Vendors Partner on Digital ID Mobile App for Colorado Ping Identity, ID DataWeb and ProofID worked with the Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology to create a back end for the myColorado app, which aims to modernize state IDs and improve residents' security.

Report: Oversight of Election Vendors Is Sadly Lacking A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice argues that there is not enough transparency between election vendors and the governments they work for. The authors argue that more needs to be done to protect the process.

Gov Tech Company Spatial Data Logic Acquires Website Builder Two New Jersey companies, Spatial Data Logic and GovSites, are merging into one, following a recent trend of consolidation among businesses that build websites for state and local governments.

Accela Releases Apps for Business Licensing, Alcohol Control One of the top retailers of permitting and licensing software for government is gradually releasing turnkey versions of its longstanding, more custom-built line of civic solutions. Two new apps bring that list to seven.

Road Rules Street Design Platform Now Open to All Users The system, created by transportation technology and consulting firm INRIX, offers a digital map portal to fill in all the parameters and “rules” making up streets, such as signage, signals, streetlights and more.

Sen., Experts Say Blockchain App Voatz Needs More Auditing Election officials in a few states have used the mobile app Voatz to improve voting options for overseas citizens. Critics, however, continue to urge caution and skepticism about the blockchain voting method.

MARKET SPOTLIGHT

Digital Cities 2019 Winners Announced! The winners of this year’s Digital Cities Survey from the Center for Digital Government are those making smart investments in technologies from infrastructure and citizen engagement to data storage and cybersecurity.

WATCHLIST

GovTech companies on our radar this week:

Tactile Mobility: Generating data about vehicles and the roads they drive on, and then using it to present government and other customers with information about — among other things — the conditions of roadway.

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BIZ NOTES

>Peabody, Mass., has launched a new citizen-facing app through My Police Department.

WHAT WE'RE READING

18F Will Need a New Executive Director Soon (Angela Colter/Twitter)

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