GovWorks

This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information. Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject's importance, use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance. (August 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

govWorks Inc. was a dot-com company that was founded in 1998 by Kaleil Isaza Tuzman, Tom Herman, and Chieh Cheung. It went bankrupt when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000. govWorks's rise and fall is documented in the 2001 documentary Startup.com. The firm, originally known as Public Data Systems, produced software to help government clients track contracts and purchasing functions. As the Internet boom accelerated, the company transitioned toward becoming an Internet web portal.

During the company's existence, cities such as Grand Island, New York, showed interest in using its services.^[1] A survey was also conducted by The Economist which concluded that people preferred to pay fees owed to the government over the Internet due to its convenience.^[2] Still, govWorks’ couldn't overcome some of the most common challenges faced by start-up companies and is ranked by CNET as one of the top ten dot-com failures of the time.^[3]

The govWorks website was relaunched in January 2018.^[4] The current iteration of govWorks is related to its predecessor in name only. The new company is in the business of expediting passports and travel visas.