TOP NEWS

MIT, Apple, Google Build Apps to Trace COVID-19 Contact Along with Apple, Google and other entities around the world, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is developing mobile software and an online tool for governments to trace and publicize COVID-19 cases.

Las Vegas Awards Contract for Parking Enforcement Automation The Australian company SenSen won a five-year contract to introduce two hardware tools and 80 mobile app subscriptions for the automation of parking and traffic enforcement in the city of Las Vegas.

Drones Become Part of Local U.S. Responses to COVID-19 A number of U.S. police departments have utilized drones as part of their efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, though public safety agencies differ in the way they employ the emerging technology.

Traffic Data Useful in Monitoring, Planning Around COVID-19 Movement data pointed to an increase in vehicle activity on Easter Sunday in several U.S. counties. This revelation comes as many states urge residents to avoid nonessential travel to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

MARKET SPOTLIGHT

Tracking the Rapid Rise in Unemployment Insurance Claims Every state in the country is currently going through a historic, gargantuan rise in unemployment insurance claims. Numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor help to show when, where and how much.

WATCHLIST

GovTech companies on our radar this week:

Applied XL: A "machine intelligence" platform whose focus areas include health, cities and infrastructure.

Run a GovTech company? Get on our radar here.

BIZ NOTES

>Elucd has created a data dashboard tracking attitudes about the coronavirus in the U.S.

WHAT WE'RE READING

People of Color are Disproportionately Losing Their Jobs to the Coronavirus, Too (NPR)

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