ORLANDO, FL (October 19, 2020) – The world is rapidly changing, and the Covid-era has underscored the longstanding need to modernize government technology. Public agencies that were ahead of the curve when the pandemic struck were able to continue meeting mission expectations, while those relying on legacy and paper-based systems fell short. The crisis revealed […]
Civix Launches Powerful Transit Solution Ahead of PTASP Deadline
NEW ORLEANS, LA (October 5, 2020) – Today, Civix launched its new Transit Safety & Operations Compliance System (TSOCS), a fully-integrated software solution that helps transportation system operators minimize risk, increase safety, and comply with the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Final Rule. Under the PTASP, certain operators must have a safety plan in […]
Speed, Strategy Essential in Transition from Response to Recovery
NEW ORLEANS (October 1, 2020) – “This is as bad as Katrina in terms of the devastation,” said Mike Dorris, a Civix disaster response expert who has worked on virtually every major storm in the U.S. over the past two decades. Mike arrived on the ground in Lake Charles, LA just 10 days after Hurricane […]
Contactless is the New Norm
NEW ORLEANS (September 29, 2020) – The Aviation Industry has been considered a leader in utilizing technologies to secure the air travel experience against physical threats. The new challenge will be to safeguard environments against the spread of invisible threats in a “contactless” manner. “Airport staff and tenants have had to take on the added […]
Civix Experts Aid Governments to Leverage Federal Grants for COVID-19 Response
NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 23, 2020) – As communities across the United States continue grappling with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Civix is assisting state, local, tribal, and territorial governments (SLTTs) to leverage federal assistance through FEMA, HUD, the Treasury Department, and other federal sources for cost recovery, housing assistance, public services, and other pandemic […]
Civix Expert Ray Ceasar Draws on 9/11 Experience to Help Airports Navigate Pandemic
NEW ORLEANS (Sept. 11, 2020) – Ray Ceasar was working for Civix (known then as GCR) serving Airport clients in his role as finance software and tech expert on September 11, 2001. He recalls watching the television in horror, along with the rest of the nation, as the tragic events of that day unfolded. While […]
Civix and RiskSense Partner on Election Cybersecurity
ORLANDO (Sept. 1, 2020) – With the number of cybersecurity attacks and threats against governments continuously on the rise, the quickly approaching 2020 General Election has focused attention on vulnerabilities in the U.S. election infrastructure. Federal authorities are warning of foreign adversaries scanning systems for weaknesses as well as the potential for ransomware attacks to […]
States Prepare for Surge in Absentee Ballots in 2020 General Election
The pandemic quickly created massive, unprecedented challenges for state and county election officials just months ahead of the 2020 General Election. The public health crisis rapidly accelerated the move toward remote voting out of public health safety concerns. Recent primary elections demonstrated just how much, with some states seeing absentee ballot requests increase tenfold. With […]
Ending Homelessness: A Complex Problem with a Solution in Sight
NEW ORLEANS (October 8, 2020) – While the causes and contributing factors can be complex, the solution to the intractable and rising national challenge of homelessness is, in many respects, simple: housing ends homelessness. “We can think of this national crisis in terms of rising data points, but the experience of homelessness affects real people […]
Civix’s New Center of Excellence
Civix (Formerly GCR, PCC, and MB3), a leading public sector software and services firm, opened a Center of Excellence in Heathrow, Fla. last month that is focused on innovation in GovTech. It is the cornerstone of a significant investment in the company’s Government business unit, which has centralized and is growing its software development operations […]