From biometrics to surveillance — when people in power abuse technology, the rest of us suffer. Written by Ellery Biddle.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Digital security and privacy
• Newsletters

Lyft updates its free rides to the polls program with a half-off discount for 2022 US elections, potentially due to belt-tightening

• commercial

• Voting and elections
• Getting to the polls

Our “Bedrock, USA” podcast explored the rise of far-right extremism in two local governments.

• local
• towns

• Govtech
• Podcasts

A civic explainer by the Brennan Center for Justice

• guides

• Voting and elections
• Civic literacy

The Local Authority is the podcast from LGC and TPXimpact. Each month we will bring together leading figures from within and around local government to discuss one aspect of the sector’s future.

• Govtech
• Podcasts

An Earthquake Early Warning System for the West Coast of the United States

• earthquakes
• apps

• Govtech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Government Technology used the Socrata Open Data API to look at about 55,000 data assets published by 336 U.S. state and local governments — an average of 163 assets per publisher

• Civic data
• Open government data

A report by Center for Democracy & Technology

• racial equity
• anti-harassment

• Fight disinformation
• Voting and elections
• Help more people run for office

The Equitable Internet Initiative (EII) is a collaboration between the Detroit Community Technology Project and a network of community organizations including BLVD Harambee.

• Connectivity
• Community wifi

Amachi Pittsburgh raises awareness and delivers services to give children a fighting chance in Allegheny County, and runs a VR pilot program to connect chidren with incaracerated parents

• Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR, AR, MR)

Performance Tracker reviews the state of nine public services – general practice, hospitals, adult social care, children’s social care, neighbourhood services, schools, police, criminal courts and prisons – and their comparative and inter-connected problems.

• Govtech
• Report cards and audits

Data reveals a patchwork of approaches to digital identities across the continent with varying levels of success.

• Govtech
• Identity

Accelerator for America and Honeywell Collaborate to Promote Smart City Growth in Five U.S. Cities

• commercial

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Accelerators

A candid and practical handbook for designers. by Sheri Byrne-Haber

• handbooks

• Assistive and Accessible Tech

The Index is the most comprehensive study of the state of nonprofit news.

• reports

• Media
• Fieldwide resources
• Nonprofit newsrooms

We unite, organise, and mobilise progressive forces around the world. Get Involved We are turning Black Friday into Make Amazon Pay Day

• partisan

• Organize campaigns
• Campaign organizations

Connecting Carbon Markets Through Open Data

• Climate action
• Responsible consumption and production

• Blockchain

Honor your loved ones with a digital Día de Muertos altar by the Los Angeles Times

• Media
• Engagement journalism
• Participatory memorials

Civic Nation is home to seven high-impact national initiatives. We educate by giving people critical tools and information on issues that affect them. We activate and train people to organize within their communities.

• Advocacy tech
• Campaign organizations

Open spreadsheet to calculate the carbon benefits of protected bikelanes

• cycling
• Climate action
• Responsible consumption and production

• Carbon calculators

At the Integrity Institute, we are tracking how misinformation performs on platforms to measure the extent to which platforms are amplifying misinformation, and the extent to which they are creating an incentive structure that rewards lies and misinformation online.

• Fight disinformation
• Voting and elections
• Dashboards

Guides.vote produces nonpartisan voters guides that show where candidates stand. They’re produced by veteran journalists with links to credible sources. Whether you vote by mail or head to the polls, our guides let you do it with confidence

• Voting and elections
• Voter assistance tech

USAID report

• United States (federal government)

• Voting and elections
• Cybersecurity
• Election administration

The All Tech Is Human Library Podcast is a special 16-part series featuring a series of rapid-fire intimate conversations with academics, AI ethicists, activists, entrepreneurs, public interest technologists, and integrity workers, who help us answer: How do we build a responsible tech future?

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Podcasts

Short for “human experience,” HX is an approach to talking about, engaging with, and designing technology in a way that is aligned with our needs as humans — not users.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech

All Tech Is Human has developed this free program in order to help build the Responsible Tech pipeline – by facilitating connections and career development among talented students, career changers, and practitioners.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Find a job or hire someone

Tracking Current Wildfires in the US

• fires

• Civic maps
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

Defending press freedom by providing research, advocacy, safety information, and emergency assistance to journalists worldwide

• Journalism

În calitate de think tank independent, IDIS combină cercetarea socială, politică și economică cu componente solide de advocacy

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging government

Transparency International chapter

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech
• Government transparency

Hivos is an international development organization guided by humanist values.

• Get funding
• Funders & donors
• Diversity & Inclusion

Providus has been Latvia’s leading public policy think tank since 2002. Our mission is to promote evidence-based policy and open society values.

• Think tanks

Некоммерческий образовательный проект для гражданских активистов и IT-специалистов

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Nonprofit tech

Our drive and passion is to help government save money and become more efficient through sharing software and collaboration

Journalists must now be more like eagle-eyed guides with flashlights in a dark cave, seeking out and illuminating what’s true and important in a place dense with falsehood and trivia.

• Journalism
• Investigative journalism tech

Access to legal information resource in Thailand

• Participatory democracy
• Legal tech
• Access to information

Trolling, or social media behavior that is uncivil and provocative is one of the most potent sources of political polarization today

• harassment

We believe public accountability is possible ONLY with a vigilant and involved citizenry

• Global South Alliance

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech
• Government transparency

The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal countries.

• Partner networks and coalitions

Transparency International Panama

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech
• Government transparency

Transparency International Hrvatska

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech
• Government transparency

台灣透明組織於1月30日（二）公布由國際透明組織評比的2023年全球清廉印象指數（Corruption Per […]

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech
• Government transparency

Transparency International chapter

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech
• Government transparency

The Alliance for Taxpayer Access works to ensure that the published results of research funded with public dollars are made available to the American public, for free, online, as soon as possible.

• Open knowledge

Parole and probation violations have an outsized effect on state prison populations

• prisoners

Supporting an open, democratic society in Poland through grantmaking, advocacy, research, public debate and capacity‑building for civil society.

Presenting the Chilean chapter of Transparency International promoting integrity and anti‑corruption across public, private and civic sectors in Chile

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Iniciativa de datos abiertos del Gobierno de España

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open government data