Civic Tech Field Guide
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In the Civic Tech Field Guide, we primarily focus on examples of govtech that seek to improve society to make it more just and democratic, not just more digital or efficient. We recognize that this is a subjective, values-based perspective of govtech. There is a much larger government IT industry that exceeds this focus.
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This [Canadian] report includes the following: Importance of ethics in AI and government, Understanding the impacts of AI on society, Balancing AI-driven efficiency with privacy and security concerns, and Cyber-security and digital trust.
Research, training, support and awards to promote citizen-centred public sector service to Canadians
Individual modules Citizen-Centred Service Design Becoming Citizen-Centric Public Service Delivery Fundamentals Listening to and Understanding Citizens Continuous Service Improvement Becoming an Inclusive Leader Building Service Culture Effective Service Delivery Management
Govtech vendor whose live audio translation has been used to translate 911 calls in realtime
Executive Order on Modernizing Regulatory Review
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DCUS White House order including addressing AI generated public comments
Apolitical's Community Questions & Answers forum
The Conduit, 40 Conduit Street, London W1S 2YQ, England, UKAsk and answer the questions that matter to you as a public servant. Learn, share and connect.
DemandStar
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199Governments Post Bids, Businesses Get Notified, eBidding Makes It Easy
EUNA Procurement
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199Bonfire provides software that helps procurement teams and stakeholders come together to make smarter buying decisions, easily and with certainty.
EUNA Solutions
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199GTY brings leading government technology companies together to empower the government workforce with digital tools to transform the citizen and stakeholder experience.
eCivis
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199eCivis helps state and local governments maximize grant funding, optimize financial and program performance, and prepare cost allocation plans.
Sherpa Government Solutions
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199Public Sector Budgeting Software
OpenBook
800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor Boston, MA 02199Questica OpenBook is a transparency and data visualization software that enables organizations to share their financial and other data, when and where they need to.
A transportation operating system for orchestrating, governing, and powering modern mobility.
GSA Workplace Innovation Lab
GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DCLocated on the second floor of our headquarters at 1800 F Street NW, Washington, D.C., the Workplace Innovation Lab showcases the latest innovations in office design, furniture, and technology to meet the needs of today’s hybrid federal workers.
Citizens Budget toolbox
VisbyThis toolbox provides support to local governments that are interested in creating a Citizens Budget. It contains the basic steps in the process and inspiring examples, which fully equips the reader to start developing their own Citizen Budget.
In the municipal partnership program, ICLD offers local governments in a number of partner countries and Swedish municipalities and regions, the possibility to enter result oriented collaborations for exchange and peer learning.
This standard explains what you need to do to make your web content and services accessible. We need to design and build services and content that everyone can access and understand.
The Benefits Enrollment Field Guide
San FranciscoThe Benefits Enrollment Field Guide looks at the landscape of America’s safety net benefits experience in 2023 and tracks the differences from our 2019 assessment based on expanded evaluation criteria.
The 10 Laws of Government Sales and Marketing - e.Republic
100 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630After three decades of working with thousands of companies, we’ve distilled the best of what we’ve learned into a set of practical insights — our “10 Laws of Government Sales and Marketing.”
In Case You Missed It
100 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630Join us weekly for government technology news, trends and interviews. Tune in live each Friday at 12:00 PM PT.
How Cities Make Software Together
Cornell TechA report by Written by Nneka Sobers and Dr. Anthony Townsend.
LocalGov Drupal
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧LocalGov Drupal is a publicly owned asset that delivers a better digital experience for citizens, improves service outcomes, and saves money.
Standard for Public Code
AmsterdamThe Standard for Public Code - a model for public organizations to build their own open source solutions to enable successful future reuse by and collaboration with similar public organizations in other places.
Koltsegvetes Zuglo
Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺Budget explorer for the Municipality of Zugló's 2019 budget built by K-Monitor
Master on Artificial Intelligence for Public Services (AI4Gov)
Spain (España) 🇪🇸A course from the Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial in Boadilla del Monte, Spain
Building a Culture of Innovation in Government
United States of America 🇺🇸This brief is the compilation of the findings from of a series of workshops on creating a vision for how our [US] government can build and foster a culture of innovation over the next 20 years.
Federal Innovation Council
Washington, DCThe Federal Innovation Council seeks to build a culture of innovation and experimentation in government by enabling and empowering federal employees to meet the challenges of 21st century governance.
The digital department of the Italian government
Pushing the Boundaries of Scientific Innovation to Create a Smarter, Sustainable, and Resilient Future for Communities
Core science and tech policy trainings open to US government staff
Elixir
Batticaloa, Sri LankaA platform to consolidate emergency medical needs across a country, create aid packages of medicines and supplies, centralize supplier quotations, select most cost-effective supplier, and match donors willing to fund aid packages.
Forerunner
San FranciscoThe Floodplain Management Platform for Resilient Communities
A UN resolution in favor of ICTs for Sustainable Development
GovInfo
Capitol HillGovInfo is free U.S. Government information for all. GovInfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO), which is a Federal agency in the legislative branch.
Convey911
United States of America 🇺🇸Enabling public safety, law enforcement and government services to communicate in any language over text, video, and voice.
RapidDeploy
Austin, TXRealtime data. Unified Public Safety workflow. Reduced emergency response times.
Congressional Directory
Washington, DCThis site contains directories for the 41st (1869-1871) -104th (1995-96) Congresses forward, as well all Interim editions (online-only revisions) for the 105th Congress forward. Documents are available as ASCII text and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files
Gov UK Notify
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧GDS service for government users to notify constituents
USAJOBS Federal Tech Portal
Washington, DCA tech-centric portal for US government jobs
"Reclaiming Participatory Governance offers empirical and theoretical perspectives on how the relationship between social movements and state institutions is emerging and developing through new modes of participatory governance."
United States Department of State's Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology
Washington, DCSecretary Blinken established the office as part of the wider modernization agenda because the constellation of critical and emerging technologies reshaping the world is now an integral part of the conduct of U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy.
Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation UK (CDEI)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧The CDEI is a UK government expert body enabling the trustworthy use of data and AI.
Starshield leverages SpaceX's Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on three areas:
European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency
Valencia (Spain)The European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT) will contribute to a safer, more predictable and trusted online environment for people and business.
USAID Digital Strategy
Washington, DCUSAID’s first Digital Strategy charts an agency-wide approach to development in a rapidly evolving digital age.
2022 Survey of Federal Chief Data Officers
Washington, DCAn annual survey and report by Data Foundation
Data Skills for Congress
Berkeley, CAA new professional learning certificate program for Congressional staff
Our “Bedrock, USA” podcast explored the rise of far-right extremism in two local governments.
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