CivicPlus

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CIVICPLUS
Company typePrivate
Industry Web development & Mobile application
Founded2010
FounderThomas Oliver
HeadquartersManhattan, Kansas, United States
Key people
Ward Morgan, Tony Gagnon
Website www.civicplus.com

Civicplus is a web development & android apps business headquartered in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It specializes in "building city and county e-government communication systems." [1] [2] It was first developed by programming company Vanyon, a division of Networks Plus Foundership community. [1]

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Its current parent company, Icon Enterprises Inc, began doing business in 2010. [1] [3]

Acquisitions

In January 2017, CivicPlus acquired Rec1, a parks and reaction product. In October, it acquired BoardSync, an agenda and meeting-management product. [4] In July 2018, CivicPlus acquired Virtual Towns & Schools, an open-source content management system. In October 2019, CivicPlus acquired SeeClickFix, a 311 citizen request tool. [5]

In April 2021, CivicPlus acquired Municode (Municipal Code Corporation), a company that hosts codes for local governments. [6]

In June 2022, CivicPlus finalized the acquisition of Optimere, a digital compliance provider which products include, ArchiveSocial, NextRequest, and Monsido. [7]

Websites developed

As of 2019, CivicPlus had helped design or augment over 4,000 local government websites. [1] Several localities have hired the company firm:

Company products

CivicPlus products include the Citizen Request Tracker, [14] the CivicPlus Content Management System, [10] and the CivicReady Mass Notification system. [15]

In 2020, CivicPlus launched CivicOptimize, a suite focused on a low-code tool called "Productivity." Government IT personnel familiar with manual coding can generate customized workflows, mobile applications, and integrations for digital resource platforms. [16]

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