Our placemaking blog connects people who share a passion for public spaces to ideas and issues, news, places, and events that have come out of the placemaking movement.

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A quest for friendship with a humanoid robot turned into a rabbit-hole of questions and an examination of the codification of social, cultural and future histories at the intersection of technology, race, gender and social equity.

• The Tech
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• Artificial Intelligence

Mark43 is reinventing public safety software applications from the ground up, delivering unparalleled efficiency gains to first responders.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation provides education, scholarships, exhibits, events, and media related to the lives of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

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• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Formerly &Partners. We craft creative solutions and build technology products that improve the communities you serve.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

What effect does bureaucratic responsiveness have on citizen participation?

• The Tech
• Govtech
• The People

CityCamp Oakland. 211 likes. CityCamp Oakland is brought to you by OpenOakland

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This training prepares teams of community organizers, people with construction skills, and techies to design and deploy communications infrastructure with a commitment to the Detroit Digital Justice Principles.

• Adjacent Fields
• Find a job or hire someone
• Connectivity

Coronavirus Covid-19 es la app oficial del Ministerio de Salud de la Nación y tiene como objetivo que los argentinos y las argentinas puedan realizarse una rápida autoevaluación para saber si sus síntomas son compatibles con el COVID-19.

• apps
• COVID-19

• COVID
• COVID Government Projects

PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.

• Fight disinformation
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Factchecking

China Green Horizon is a project between Beijing’s municipal government and IBM Research to improve the accuracy of air quality assessments.

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• Data science for social good

Calgary’s LoRaWAN — a long-range, low power digital wireless network — sensors will be used to categorize noises like gun shots, trains, construction and road noise through the work of a government partnership.

• city
• noise
• Sustainable cities and communities

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• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

The Evaluation of Humanitarian Action Guide supports evaluation specialists and non-specialists in every stage of an evaluation, from initial decision to final dissemination.

• The People
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Evaluate impact

Baobab.law attempts to remove barriers to legal assistance by providing DIY legal solutions in the form of videotutorials. Videos are recorded with professional lawyers, and are available in multiple languages.

• Legal tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges

Psiphon is a free and open-source internet censorship circumvention tool that uses a combination of secure communication and obfuscation technologies, providing open access to the internet for millions of citizens around the world.

• apps
• free speech

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Creating a system that makes it easy to store, manage, and search for public records.

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Access to information

We believe in a simple vision: A world where those who commit the worst international crimes are held responsible for their actions.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Inspired by the help that people give each other during hard times, we created an application that will allow anyone in need to find help in their daily duties.

• COVID
• Resource matching and sharing
• COVID Engagement Projects

SLA Mapper (SLAM) is a tool that aggregates data that community boards often have to gather in order to review liquor license applications and sidewalk cafe applications. Displaying this information in a unified view saves community boards considerable time and resources.

• Data visualization

Website builder for political candidates and campaigns

• Campaign tools
• Website builder

We are building the largest social accountability movement, empowering marginalized communities in Africa.

• The Tech
• The People
• Watchdogging and transparency

Tella is a secure documentation app for Android, making it easier and safer to produce verifiable evidence and collect data in challenging environments

• apps

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto, focusing on research, development, and high-level strategic policy and legal engagement at the intersection of information and communication technologies, human rights, and global security.

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• Adjacent Fields

Mulika allows users to annoymously report corruption by government officials and other crimes through SMS. Userscan report a case by sending a text message, which is forwarded to relevant officials.

• The Tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech

A dedicated section on Facebook that connects people to news and information about their community, called Today In.

• civic features
• Facebook

• The Tech
• Media
• Hyperlocal news and citizen media

studies the impact and future of technology in Brazil and in the world

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Tenders Guru is a website that allows to monitor public procurement processes in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Procurement oversight

This article is my attempt to create and maintain a comprehensive list of projects attempting to address the misinformation and disinformation problem in a scalable, systemic fashion. Efforts which…

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Open Toledo focuses on civic technology and government technology, technologies that enhance civic engagement and help government run efficiently.

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• Civic hacking meetups

Centro de Investigaciones y actividades academicas en torno a entornos digitales

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• Research and policy centers
• Digital literacy

The Brookings Democracy Dashboard is a collection of data designed to help users evaluate political system and governmental performance in the United States.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

A collection of the many projects the Prototype Fund has supported, including many civic tech and open data projects.

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• Civic tech catalogs

Supernormal explored an algorithm that integrates social equity as a key variable in prioritizing infrastructural replacements and repairs.

• Reduced inequalities
• Industry, innovation, and infrastructure

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Data and tools for law enforcement agencies and social science researchers; helping communities be stronger through data and dialog.

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• Data science for social good

Democracy Engine offers a suite of fundraising tools to empower donors to support the organizations and issues they care about at any level, in any party, in any state.

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• Fundraising tools

DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Civic forums

• air quality
• radiation

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

OpenMaine (formerly Code for Maine) is a local Brigade in the Code for America network.

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• Civic hacking meetups

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• Help out
• Tech translators and intermediaries

Data analytics from collection to analysis.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Fannie Mae serves the people who house America. We are a leading source of financing for mortgage lenders and our financing makes sustainable homeownership and workforce rental housing a reality for millions of Americans.

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Aspiration is a values-driven nonprofit technology organization

• workshops

• Civic and social impact companies
• Workshops
• Nonprofit tech

Led by Abhi Nemani, EthosLabs — a government innovation investment and advisory firm — connects entrepreneurs, governments, and investors to drive the development, adoption, and growth of world-class, public interest technologies in the communities that need them most.

• Build something
• Civic and social impact companies
• Privacy-preserving user analytics

Get answers from the government and public sector

• Access to Information Community of Practice

• The Tech
• Participatory democracy
• Advocacy tech

118 projects to help refugees, curated by betterplace lab

• refugees

• The Tech
• Civic tech catalogs

Interactive mapping tool for visualizing the effects of rising see levels

• Climate action

• The Tech
• Data visualization
• Emerging tech

A community of female drone pilots, enthusiasts, content creators and innovators. Fly, learn and contribute with us!

• Drones
• Emerging Tech report orgs

Strong Towns is a non-profit organization working to support a model of development that allows America's cities, towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient.

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• News and blogs

Founded in 2001 by technology experts, DotGov communications is the leading supplier of innovative communications solutions to government.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

An open source directory of data standards across categories like Annual Budget, Building Permits, Crime Statistics, Election Results, Expenditure, Public Facilities, Real-Time Transit, Road Construction, Service Requests, and Zoning.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech