Civic Tech Field Guide
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Perhaps the core premise of civic tech is that it can improve civic engagement. Whether in concert with formal governmental bodies or independent of them, civic tech promises to help citizens (in the Latin sense, of the city) engage with one another to share power in the pursuit of building just societies.
Recommended reading:
- A collection of case studies demonstrating where civic tech interventions have resulted in tangible improvements and benefits for governments/public institutions and their citizens
- The Equitable Community Engagement Toolkit is an excellent collection of guides and resources for equitably engaging communities in order to share power.
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Boulder eligibility calculator
Boulder, CO"Google.org and Boulder, Colorado, are teaming up to create a new eligibility calculator, which residents of that city will be able to use to determine if they qualify for public programs, discounts or rebates"
Change Research
San FranciscoChange Research provides fast, affordable and accurate public opinion polling at 80 to 90 percent less than traditional polls with the goal of ensuring that every forward-thinking candidate and campaign has access to the actionable insight they need to win
Swing Left
Washington, DCSwing Left helps win elections for Democrats by making it as easy as possible for anyone to have maximum impact on the elections that determine the balance of power in our country.
IdeaScale
BerkeleyIdeaScale is the leading innovation management software platform for the enterprise, government, and education. Gather ideas and implement them.
We believe in a simple vision: A world where those who commit the worst international crimes are held responsible for their actions.
DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.
Founded in 2001 by technology experts, DotGov communications is the leading supplier of innovative communications solutions to government.
Protecting democratic elections through secure, verifiable voting
Finland's Principles of Digitalisation
Finland (Suomi) 🇫🇮The digitalisation process in the public sector calls for overall principles that apply to all public services. They are the commonly agreed rules for developing public services.
Wil je zelf een programma opstarten in samenwerking met Voor je Buurt?
Democracy Works Elections API
BrooklynOur full-time research team maintains a detailed calendar of upcoming state, special, and local elections, which we release as our Elections API.
Open Australia Foundation
The OpenAustralia Foundation PO Box 147 Katoomba NSW 2780Giving all Australians the tools they need to effect the change they want.
Loomio
Wellington, New ZealandLoomio is a flexible decision-making tool that helps you create a more engaged and collaborative culture, build trust and coordinate action
Data Justice Conference 2020: Civic Participation in the Datafied Society
Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UKThe conference will bring together international scholars, practitioners, activists, and community groups to discuss the possibilities and challenges of civic participation in a datafied society.
EasyVote Solutions
1 Innovation Way, Woodstock, GA 30188EasyVote Solutions delivers a SaaS platform to city, county and state election offices to help manage the process of running elections.
Slido
Slovak Republic (Slovensko) 🇸🇰Slido is an audience interaction tool for meetings, events and conferences. It offers interactive Q&A, live polls and insights about your audience.
SEMA
The Innovation Village Kampala, Kampala, UgandaWe gather citizen voices to improve public services
Hello Lampost
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧The playful, city wide system that lets you talk to street furniture.
LocalCircles takes Social Media to the next level and makes it about communities, governance and urban daily life.It enables citizens to come together in communities or groups to raise issues, find trusted information, participate in policy and engage in constructive collective action.
This neighbor-helping-neighbor expert network attempts to replace the “pub conversation”
Spot the Box
United States of America 🇺🇸Crowd-sourced verification of current US mail box locations
SeeClickFix
New Haven, CTOfficials and neighbors have come together on SeeClickFix to resolve millions of issues. Let's get to work!
Nesta Designing for Public Services: a practical guide
58 Victoria EmbankmentOur guide on using design tools and methods in the public sector, created in partnership with design firm IDEO.
OpenGov Foundation
Washington, DCThe OpenGov Foundation is a fiercely apolitical nonprofit dedicated to serving those who serve the people in America’s legislatures.
United Kingdom Government Service Manual
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧Helping teams to create and run great public services that meet the Service Standard.
NYC Benefits Screening API
New York City (NYC / New York, NY)Create modern web applications that evaluate household data against eligibility rules for 31 different City, State, and Federal benefits programs (including SNAP, Cash Assistance, WIC, HEAP, and more).
GovLab Crowdlaw Catalog
GovLab New York UniversityThe CrowdLaw Catalog is a growing repository of 100 CrowdLaw cases from around the world.
SPILNO
Darvina St, 5, Kyiv, UkraineDigital democracy platforms for citizens, organizations and institutions
World e-parliament report
220 E 42nd St, New York, New York 10017-5806, USThis latest edition of the World e-Parliament Report follows up on previous findings and identifies major steps forward in how parliaments are using information and communication technologies (ICT) to engage with citizens.
Government Digital Service UK
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧We help government work better for everyone by leading digital transformation.
Barcelona Digital City
BarcelonaThe priority of Barcelona is to go beyond the concept of smart city or smart city and take full advantage of the opportunities offered by data-based technologies and their great power of transformation.
Legislation.gov.uk
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧The official home of UK legislation, revised and as enacted 1267-present.
Protect the Vote
Common Cause, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DCProtect the Vote is a national coalition of nonpartisan organizations focused on making sure everyone can vote. They have great volunteer opportunities across the country.
Parliament Watch (Uganda)
Uganda 🇺🇬Parliament Watch is a non-profit organization that monitors and reports on the work of the Parliament of Uganda
Vot Diaspora
Romania 🇷🇴Vot Diaspora este o platformă dezvoltată de Code for Romania care oferă rapid românilor din Diaspora informații despre cum pot vota la alegerile din anul 2024.
RaRaRe
58 Omorinre Johnson Street, Lekki Phase I, Lekki, NigeriaA Civic Platform To Drive Positive Change In Africa
Code for France
France 🇫🇷Put technology at the service of the general interest
We hope these tools help you out in running your next election
A parodical -- but functional -- polling place lookup site modeled on 'What's for fucking dinner?'
Register to vote on Snapchat
Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CARegister to vote on Snapchat
This Citizen Budget eDemocracy tool can show where tax dollars are spent, and allow the public to provide feedback more easily. With the Citizen Budget, you can cut or increase spending in various categories, and see how your choices would raise or lower taxes.
DemocraciaOS
Buenos AiresDemocracyOS is an online space for deliberation and voting on political proposals. The software aims to stimulate better arguments and come to better rulings.
CouncilStat NYC
New York City Council, Broadway, New York, NYA source of complaint data to help NYC's City Council be more responsive to constituents
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