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How the New StateRAMP Process Will Work for Gov Tech Vendors StateRAMP is aiming to bring the federal process for vetting the cybersecurity of tech companies and products to the state and local government level. Recently, the organization outlined how it will work for vendors. Shutterstock/hywards StateRAMP, which is aiming to transpose the federal government’s process for certifying the security of technology to state and local government, will soon start assessing IT companies...

Granicus, which has a wealth of data on the performance of emails sent from government to the public, has released statistics on which kinds of emails about the COVID-19 vaccines do best. Here are the big takeaways.

The move brings Zencitys sentiment monitoring tools together with Elucds polling technology, which the companies hope will give public officials a better way to see how the public responds to their actions.

Local Gov Leader Rebecca Woodbury Launches Consultancy After stepping down as digital services chief for the city of San Rafael, Calif., Woodbury is continuing her work at her new company, Department of Civic Things. Her focus: Helping small jurisdictions change. Eyragon Eidam/Government Technology Rebecca Woodbury, the digital services chief for the city of San Rafael, Calif., who made a name for herself as an outspoken advocate for innovation in local government, has started her ...

An Apology to COBOL: Maybe Old Technology Isn’t the Real Problem COBOL is a 50-year-old programming language that some say government should get away from. But it could still have a place in modern IT organizations. Shutterstock.com In April 2020, New Jersey’s governor, Phil Murphy, stepped up to a microphone and told journalists that he was amazed the state still ran its unemployment system on COBOL — a 60-year-old programming language. The state was having trouble keeping...

Exclusive: Camino Lands $3M as Digital Permitting Rises Digital permitting software is one of those niches that became very relevant as social distancing became the norm in 2020. Camino, a startup in that space, saw massive growth and used it to raise an investment round. Shutterstock/TuiPhotoEngineer Camino, a startup that makes permitting and licensing software for government, had a big year in 2020 as governments scrambled to move paper-based, in-person work online. The company ...