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by onedev 4285 days ago
This is pretty much clickbait.

For those who want the gist of what this article/startup really is, it's a centralized platform for managing budgets in a transparent way used by governments internally (to create reports, manage expenses, etc). It makes it more efficient for different departments to collectively manage and access budgets. Apparently it gets $50B of government spending flowing through it's systems. This internal usage is then presented to citizens in a Mint.com like format in the name of transparency (like here: https://losangeles.opengov.com/)

Pretty cool and I wish them well, but it is nowhere near what the title implies.

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http://www.Tradeshift.com is already well into that game IMHO and doing well.
If you or anyone can suggest a more accurate, neutral title, we'll update it. Often an article contains such a description somewhere.
Perhaps "$50B of Government spending is managed by a platform created by OpenGov" is more accurate and to the point.