| Verizon 5G First Responder Lab's Third Cohort Focused on AI The final handful of companies to close out Verizon and Responder Corp.'s startup accelerator’s first year will work on artificial intelligence-driven tools for surveillance and geo-intelligence. What’s New in Civic Tech: Pittsburgh’s New Startup Cohort Plus, New Yorkers are battling bad landlords with open data; the Hard to Count Census map has added new contact strategy data; a grant from the Knight Foundation seeks data for civic engagement stories; and more. New Louisiana App Provides One-Stop Shop for Medicaid The Louisiana Department of Health has partnered with vendor MAXIMUS to streamline Medicaid enrollment, creating the Healthy Louisiana app. Eligible residents can use the app to compare health-care plans and find doctors. No End in Sight for FirstNet Interoperability Debate Although more than 9,800 U.S. agencies are on board with the nationwide public safety communications platform FirstNet, a debate persists about the very issue that FirstNet is designed to solve: interoperability. | 