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Government track

A pilot, scoped and in writing

Public agencies do not need another platform to sign up for. What tends to be missing is a way for residents and business owners to find what an agency already publishes: a notice, a service, a permit process, who to call.

This track exists so a pilot can be defined narrowly, agreed on paper, and stopped cleanly if it does not work.

Who this is for

  • Cities and counties, particularly economic development and communications teams.
  • Tribal nations running their own business and services information.
  • Regional bodies and joint powers boards that cover several jurisdictions.
  • State agencies with a defined program that needs to reach local businesses.

How a pilot works

  • We agree in writing what the pilot covers, how long it runs, what data is involved and what happens to it at the end, before anything goes live.
  • Anything you publish stays yours. You can export it and you can have it removed.
  • Cost, if any, is agreed in that same document. Nothing starts on a handshake and turns into an invoice.
  • We will tell you plainly when something you want is not built yet rather than scoping it into a pilot and hoping.

What we need from you

  • A named sponsor inside the agency, and whoever would actually use the thing day to day.
  • One problem stated concretely. "Residents cannot find which permits apply to a home business" is workable. "Digital transformation" is not.
  • Your procurement, records retention and accessibility requirements up front, not after a pilot is designed.

Public agencies already in a pilot

No public agency has completed the pilot intake yet

We will not list an agency here before it has agreed to be listed, and we will not imply endorsement from a conversation. Until an agreement is signed this section stays empty.

See the other two tracks

Start a conversation about a pilot

This form is a first contact, not a procurement step and not a commitment on either side. You do not need a ThisIsMN account. A person reads every submission and replies by email.

Separate cities, counties or regions with commas.

What you are interested in piloting

Pick anything that applies. Nothing here is a commitment.

Leave it blank if you do not know yet. A guess helps nobody.

Describe the problem you want to test against, who inside your office would use it, and any procurement constraints we should know about up front.

A person reads every application. We only use what you send here to answer you about the partner pilot.

If your procurement rules mean this form is the wrong channel, say so on the contact page and we will follow your process instead.