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Digital service team within the Administration for Children and Families (HHS). Builds and improves technology for federal child welfare, TANF, and human services programs. Verified active with 11-15…

Federal digital services firm founded in 2014 out of the healthcare.gov rescue. Work includes VA.gov (consolidating 500+ sites), Medicare Plan Finder, and Search.gov. Builds agency capacity through…

St. Louis-based impact investor whose InState Partners line (est. 2013) invests in govtech, pairing capital with a 50-state government affairs network to navigate procurement. First investor in…

Public benefit corporation delivering human-centered digital services to federal agencies. Primary focus on VA digital services and benefits delivery, CDC pandemic readiness, and CMS Medicare…

Statewide IT strategy and digital services division of the Arizona Department of Administration. Closed 90 on-premises data centers, migrated 2,900+ applications, and runs the Office of Digital…

Sacramento-based family office and early-stage VC with an explicit govtech focus, founded by principals who ran a national govtech consulting firm for 18 years. Invests across HHS, transportation and…

Child welfare software covering foster family recruitment and licensing, placements, case management, and prevention, usable as modules or a full CCWIS system. Sold to county and state agencies; used…

City of Boston's enterprise technology organization (~150 staff) serving 18,000+ city employees. The City Council codified DoIT in May 2025, giving it formal authority over citywide technology…

Boston-based middle-market PE firm with government technology as a named sector. Made a minority investment in CivicPlus in 2019 and scaled it before a $290M exit to Insight Partners in 2021.

Pre-built, low-code AI platform for health and human services agencies covering child welfare, child support, SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, and workforce programs. Serves 11 agencies in 5 states, reaching…

Public benefit corporation, originally incubated by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, building case management software for child welfare, foster care, juvenile justice, and behavioral health agencies.…

Citywide technology department created in late 2023 to consolidate and rethink Chicago's IT. Maintains the Chicago Design System and coordinates technology across city departments to reduce…

Twenty years delivering digital services to federal and state agencies - open-source by default and outcomes-focused. Current portfolio includes healthcare.gov, medicare.gov, cms.gov, nsf.gov, and…

Unified cloud software for law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts covering records management, digital evidence, and case management. Adopted statewide by the Tennessee District Attorney General…

Digital services team within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Responsible for healthcare.gov recovery, 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, and the first federal open source program office…

Federal digital services firm with strong portfolio in healthcare and civic technology (healthcare.gov, VA, USDS partnerships). SBA-certified.

AI response management platform for utilities and public works departments that triages incidents such as water main breaks and dispatches crews. Serves utilities in 38 states, Canada, and New…

Treasury management platform purpose-built for government and nonprofit finance teams. Automates GASB 87/96 compliance, ACFR note generation, debt tracking, and cash positioning in a single system.…

Digital service team within Federal Student Aid (FSA), established 2024 under FSA OCTO. Focused on modernizing federal student aid technology and improving applicant experience for 40 million+…

Digital services team within the Georgia Technology Authority (GTA) managing state web infrastructure, UX, and accessibility (GovHub platform). Distinct from the Georgia Office of Artificial…

First VC fund dedicated to govtech, founded by Ron Bouganim; makes $250K-$500K seed investments in companies selling to government (~$50M across two funds). Portfolio includes Mark43,…

Software for government permitting, licensing, and code enforcement, sold directly to local building, planning, fire, and public works departments. Serves 130+ municipalities and counties in 34…

Boston-based PE firm with a deliberate govtech strategy, sourcing deals with Granicus co-founder Tom Spengler as Executive-in-Residence. Led the 2025 majority recapitalization of Vision Government…

Digital service team for the US House of Representatives, established 2019. Serves the legislative branch, distinct from executive branch digital service teams.

Nonprofit trade association under CompTIA (founded 1993, 123 member companies) bridging health and human services IT vendors and government HHS agencies. Advises federal and state HHS technology…

Illinois enterprise IT agency (est. 2018 by statute) serving 36 client agencies and 90+ government entities, including broadband to 610 school districts. Priorities include enterprise AI governance,…

Nonprofit (fiscally sponsored by Digital Harbor Foundation) providing pro bono digital services to Illinois state and local agencies. Small team with federal and state government backgrounds, working…

Ohio's enterprise digital modernization initiative within the Department of Administrative Services' Office of Information Technology. Delivers OH|ID single sign-on (used by nearly half of Ohioans),…

AI workflow software for county assessors and clerks, automating deed processing, ownership transfers, exemptions, and taxpayer communication. Serves 300+ counties in 30 states; YC-backed.

City of Los Angeles enterprise technology department (442 staff, 366 services, ~$90M operating budget), ranked a top-two Digital City in 2023 and 2024. Published the LA AI Roadmap (2024) and a…

Cloud-native public safety platform (dispatch, records management, mobile, and analytics) replacing legacy on-premise systems for police and fire agencies, with CJIS and FedRAMP High compliance.…

State digital service team within EOTSS implementing the Commonwealth Digital Roadmap. Built MyMassGov single sign-on (1.5M+ users) and the Ask MA multilingual chatbot, and announced ChatGPT for all…

Digital services firm providing product management and delivery support to government agencies.

Enterprise IT agency serving 70+ Minnesota executive agencies and 87 counties. Launched LoginMN single sign-on, hired the state's first AI Director, and migrated 50%+ of servers to cloud. Its…

Association (est. 1937) of state workforce agencies in all 50 states, DC, and territories. Runs shared UI and workforce technology infrastructure, including the IT Support Centers, UI SIDES, and the…

Public benefit corporation delivering agile software development, user-centered design, and cloud engineering to government agencies. Built Healthcare.gov fixes and VA.gov. ~200 employees focused…

Centralized state IT agency led since 2015 by Commissioner and CIO Denis Goulet (in role as of 2026). Redesigned state websites and apps, launched a statewide business portal, and runs '.Gov In a…

NY Office of Information Technology Services. Among 17+ states with official digital service teams per Beeck Center. Partnership with InnovateUS rolling out AI to 100K+ city employees.

State digital services team within NC Department of Information Technology, operational since 2015.

AI research assistant for local government staff that answers questions with citations from approved internal documents such as municipal codes, ordinances, GIS data, and meeting minutes, without…

Nonpartisan organization working for better government and a stronger civil service. Advocates for reform through its Government for a New Era initiative and trains public servants at the federal,…

Rhode Island enterprise technology and digital services team. Active 2024-2026 strategic plan.

City of Seattle enterprise technology department (633+ staff, ~$280M operating budget). Its 2025-2027 Strategic Plan ties technology to public safety, housing, and health; launched Eproval permitting…

Growth PE firm with a dedicated govtech team investing in profitable SaaS for state and local agencies. Portfolio includes BS&A Software (municipal ERP), First Due (fire and EMS), GovWorx (911…

No-code workflow automation platform purpose-built for government, digitizing paper-based processes like licensing, permits, HR onboarding, and constituent requests. Clients include federal agencies…

Digital government consultancy delivering agile procurement support, user-centered design, cloud and DevOps, and API-first architecture to federal and state agencies. Won a $14M CMS task order (2026)…

Federal revolving fund (Modernizing Government Technology Act, 2017) administered by GSA that provides milestone-based, repayable financing for agency IT modernization; GAO counts $1.03B across 68…

Formerly the U.S. Digital Service; renamed and reorganized under the DOGE executive order in Jan 2025, shifting its user-centered delivery mission toward software modernization. The DOGE temporary…

Utah's statewide digital government program. Launched a state digital ID (40K adopters in its first 3 months) and a personalized resident portal, and provides cybersecurity support to 100+ local…

Vermont statewide digital services agency. Active 2024 strategic plan.

New in-house state team (Sept 2026) of engineers, designers, and technical experts working alongside VITA to modernize websites and systems and scrutinize IT contracts. Created after a $52M failed…

Family-owned PE firm founded in 2015 by former Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford. Seven govtech platform investments, including PayIt, OpenGov (sold to Cox for $1.8B in 2024), SOMA Global, and…

Defunct (Mar 2025). Former GSA consultancy that provided agile development, procurement consulting, user research, and open-source tooling to federal agencies; alumni continue its open-source…

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An interactive dashboard connecting where New York floods to where the city spends its flood-resilience capital dollars, down to the community-district level, plus a time-animated playback of the May 20 flash flood across the subway and bus network.

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server enabling live investigation of transit reliability. Already past 1,000 downloads since the event.

A website that indexes NYC's civic data, giving residents and builders one place to find the datasets the city publishes.

A map of the health of NYC businesses, surfacing where the local economy is thriving or under stress across the city.