New Tool Aims to Help Government Fight COVID Misinformation

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New Tool Aims to Help Government Fight COVID Misinformation The Washington, D.C.-based company AlphaVu recently filed for patent protection for two algorithms: one dedicated to assessing public sentiment on COVID-related issues, the other for finding misinformation.

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Amid COVID-19 Data Needs, Tableau Pushes Into Public Sector In a virtual iteration of its annual conference, the Seattle-based data visualization company enlisted public-sector employees to discuss the growing need for clear, transparent data in government.

STIR Labs Unveils 2020 Challenges The challenges are paired with government participants, and they involve child care, climate change, the digital divide, economic innovation, housing, mobility and public safety.

State and Local Government Make Slow Job Gains in September If one excludes education, where employment fell, state and local government saw slow gains in jobs in the latest federal report. But the virus is still spreading, and economic recovery is not happening quickly.

MARKET SPOTLIGHT

Updated: Government Continues Teleworking at Higher Rate than Overall Economy The latest federal numbers show that the public sector continues to telework at a high rate — higher than the economy as a whole.

WATCHLIST

GovTech companies on our radar this week:

Elastic: Enterprise internal search functionality, as well as visibility and cybersecurity tools.

Run a GovTech company? Get on our radar here.

BIZ NOTES

>NIC has won new multi-year contracts, in Florida and Iowa.

>Tenable and the Center for Internet Security have become partners.

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WHAT WE'RE READING

One in Three Adults Struggling to Pay Household Expenses — for Blacks and Latinos, It's Even Worse (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

Microsoft, Federal Government Take on TrickBot Ahead of Election (New York Times)

After Early Dearth, Wisconsin Sees Surge of Volunteer Poll Workers (Washington Post)

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