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1 week ago | 
govtech.com | Thad Rueter
Prepared, a 911 tech supplier focused on , has raised $80 million in a funding round involving one of the biggest venture capital firms in the world. Prepared has now raised more than $130 million as it brings more AI power to 911 operators, part of the nationwide push to upgrade emergency dispatch technology. Prepared launched in 2019.
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1 week ago | 
govtech.com | Thad Rueter
It’s the latest development in a controversy attached to one of the newest products on offer from the public safety technology supplier. A report from 404 Media said that some of the data that powers the Nova platform from Flock come from data breaches. On Friday, Flock said that it will not supply data from the dark web — meaning data bought via “known data breaches or stolen data,” according to the statement. Flock Safety has said “no” to data sourced from the so-called dark web.
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1 week ago | 
govtech.com | Thad Rueter
As public safety technology turns more precise, concerns grow about privacy and the sources of data used by police via all the new tools. The latest example of such controversy involves Flock Safety. The Atlanta-based company, probably best known for its license plate reading technology, or LPR, has a new product called Nova.
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3 weeks ago | 
govtech.com | Thad Rueter
The free-to-use AI Policy Wizard comes from Darwin, a startup that recently raised $5 million. The company focuses on AI adoption, governance and compliance for public agencies, and its new tool will help officials craft “practical, compliant, and customized AI policies from the ground up,” according to a statement from Darwin. Artificial intelligence, like so many new and advanced technologies, can seem almost magical.
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3 weeks ago | 
govtech.com | Thad Rueter
As the threat and continue to increase, geospatial platform supplier Forerunner is putting more trust into the hands of AI. The move is another reflection of the progress of technology in an area of government vital to public agencies — dealing with natural emergencies and other potential disasters. Much of that progress involves new geospatial and mapping tools.
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4 weeks ago | 
govtech.com | Thad Rueter
Better location accuracy could come to 911 calls under a proposal recently released by the Federal Communications Commission. The agency is seeking comments on a proposal to “strengthen wireless 911 location accuracy rules and to put more actionable location information in the hands of Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) and first responders.”The FCC says it will accept comments until June 6, with reply comments due no later than July 7.
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1 month ago | 
govtech.com | Thad Rueter
Esper, which sells policy management software to local and state governments, along with major police departments, is building what amounts to a government policy library. It’s the latest example of de facto consultancies and so-called innovation labs helping to fuel growth and advancement in the industry.
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1 month ago | 
govtech.com | Thad Rueter
Neilitz serves as CIO for the Sokaogon Chippewa Community in Wisconsin, a job that gives him responsibility for tech activities for 20 tribal departments. It puts him in the front seat for cybersecurity, telehealth, distance learning and other areas that make up so much of government technology. Infrastructure is the main need, he said, and that opens the door to bringing in tools already used in relatively wealthy urban areas. “Tech can create an equilibrium,” he said.
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1 month ago | 
govtech.com | Thad Rueter
AI isn’t the only cool-kid tech commonly known by its abbreviation. A new deal shows how GIS is gaining more popularity, too, even as it does so in a comparatively quiet manner. Avolve Software, a supplier of digital planning technology to local and regional governments, has integrated its plan review platform with tools sold by Esri, known for its GIS — geographic information system — products. Esri partner GEO Jobe will facilitate the integration, according to a statement.
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1 month ago | 
govtech.com | Thad Rueter
Chamberlain is the COO, assistant secretary for security and operations for Massachusetts, and during the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) 2025 Midyear Conference in Philadelphia on Tuesday, he offered his view of the growing fight against generative AI fraud in the public sector. Chamberlain said his state sees AI as it saw life sciences about a generation ago: A way to boost the economy and prestige of Massachusetts via governmental guidance and encouragement.
