Cox Enterprises to buy software firm OpenGov for $1.8B
Cox Enterprises is purchasing OpenGov for $1.8 billion, one of the largest acquisitions in the history of public sector technology.
Cox Enterprises is purchasing OpenGov for $1.8 billion, one of the largest acquisitions in the history of public sector technology.
Bringing city technologists together with non-technical staff is generating new ideas and projects in the local government.
The company said the acquisition will add procurement and contract management to its stable of cloud-based services.
The company will use the funding to further develop its performance management tools for government agencies.
State Controller Brandon Woolf says he has plans to encourage data reporting across the state and regain trust from a disillusioned public.
New survey results show that managing the data and expectations of their communities is often more than than government officials are ready for.
Its creators say the website, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, is the first of its kind.
A new report says many civic tech startups are risking bankruptcy by ignoring financials and pursuing offerings that don’t answer critical problems.
OpenDataSoft is presenting the portals to demonstrate how cities can “use open data to inform decision-making.”
Performance management and government transparency software company OpenGov is growing its tools with the acquisition of a civic engagement platform.