Town of Wolfville

MinnPost | February 03, 2020

A joint legislative committee has taken the first small steps toward considering what a handful of cities and states around the country have already done regulating or banning the use of facial recognition software by business and government. It was such a small step considered by a subcommittee of the relatively obscure Legislative Coordinating Commission that the chair corrected a witness who called a proposal a “draft of legislation.”...

Reuters | January 21, 2020

The Trump administration is snubbing Congress by refusing to turn over a report detailing an investigation into national security risks potentially posed by imported vehicles and auto parts, citing pending international negotiations and executive branch deliberations. Congress inserted a provision in a spending bill last month demanding the White House turn over the long-secret government report that U.S. President Donald Trump used to declare in May 2019 that some unnamed imported autos pose ri...

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Qualtrics | October 12, 2022

Qualtrics (Nasdaq: XM), the leader and creator of the experience management category, today announced the availability of the Government Web Experience solution for federal, state and local government organizations. By asking government website users about their experiences and targeting improvement efforts such as content, web design and web performance optimization, the solution enables government organizations to take action and improve the customer experience. Accessing govern...

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

OpenGov | June 24, 2021

OpenGov, the market leader in modern cloud ERP software for our nation's cities, counties, and state agencies, today announced the acquisition of ProcureNow, the industry's fastest-growing, top multi-tenant SaaS software provider for government procurement and contract management. ProcureNow, like OpenGov, allows government leaders to serve stakeholders with the most effective solutions intended to simplify critical processes, enable data-driven choices, and openly communi...