TOP NEWS

In This Town, the Assessor Uses Tech to Look Into Backyards The assessor is used to looking over fences. But now that process is going high-tech, with images from the air available over subscription-based software and fed through AI algorithms to recognize new property additions.

GovPilot Launches Free Service for City Real Estate Auctions The government software company is launching a new online real estate auction service at no up-front cost to cities, after netting more than $4 million in real estate sales during a pilot in New Jersey.

911 Startup Carbyne Announces $25M Seed Funding Round The largest fundraising round yet for the 911 call-handling platform comes on the heels of significant growth in 2020, and years of adding functions and integrations through corporate partnerships.

$100M Contract Is Largest in Tyler Technologies’ History The company has signed a five-year renewal for court technology with the government of the state it’s headquartered in. It’s the biggest contract in Tyler’s history, and one of a few milestones it’s achieved lately.

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MARKET SPOTLIGHT

Local Government Shed Jobs in December, Still Awaiting Aid After Congress left state and local governments out of its massive pandemic relief package last month, new numbers are showing that employment in the hard-hit public sector has continued shrinking.

WATCHLIST

GovTech companies on our radar this week:

Proof: A Canadian approval and workflow company whose product includes e-signatures, digital forms and more.

Run a GovTech company? Get on our radar here.

BIZ NOTES

>TRAXyL, makers of a product that glues fiber to the ground and protects it, is opening a new headquarters in Gainesville, Va.

WHAT WE'RE READING

Moderna Finds Vaccine Still Works Against New Coronavirus Variants (Moderna)

In the Face of Racist Death Threats, Hank Aaron Beat Babe Ruth (CNN)

Data: Unionized Workers Lost Fewer Jobs During Pandemic (Heidi Shierholz/Twitter)

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.

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