Veovo instantly measures the number of passengers moving through a subway station to identify crowding and make service more efficient. The MTA can use this information to improve the deployment of staff to stations, change train distribution and plan more efficient station design.
We're posting stories from people whose lives were saved or changed because they had access to affordable, compassionate healthcare through Planned Parenthood.
We have compiled and organized more detailed information on specific topics to help operationalize recommendations in the guides and provide links to useful articles, examples and existing evaluation reports we found in our research.
Humanity Road is a disaster response 501c3 charity specializing in sourcing critical information and resources when disaster strikes.
At the Digital Transformation Agency, we help government improve digital services to make them simple, clear and fast.
Smart climate control in every room. Wireless smart thermostats and Smart Vents for Central Heating & AC, Mini Splits, Window ACs, Nest, Ecobee, and more
The map shows the transfers from the Government to the municipalities and county councils from the Reserve Fund (15%), Local Development National Program (65%) and other programs managed by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration that sum up to 7.5 billion lei
Most of these trainings include slides, an outline, and the appropriate worksheets, so you can either adapt the trainings for your own audience, or go through the training yourselves.
Somos una herramienta de información que busca que los ciudadanos tengan una visión clara y completa de la gestión de los funcionarios públicos en Colombia.
Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens.
Bringing together the heads, hands and hearts of people using data and technology to create change in their communities.
Empowers users to discover issues and trends within their district’s boundaries.
Designed for public servants, this course helps government innovators learn how to lead digital-driven change in the public sector.
We build open source software, digital infrastructure, and governance frameworks to enable public-private collaboration and the seamless exchange of transport data.
Forward is a web app that tracks civic engagement opportunities ranging from town hall meetings, to rallies, to civic art projects throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Die Oö. Landesregierung unterstützt durch ihren Beschluss vom 29. Oktober 2012 die nachhaltige Entwicklung der Informationsgesellschaft und Bürgerbeteiligung nach den Grundsätzen Transparenz, Partizipation und Zusammenarbeit.
LawGives is an online legal service platform. Users can input their legal problem and the site generates free quotes and consultations from registered attorneys.
The Aadhaar project also has a sinister side to it -- it is a surveillance-enabling programme, which threatens privacy and democratic practice.
A list of digital standards used by governments around the world
A toolkit of social movement resources by and for global changemakers
The Ad Library provides advertising transparency by offering a comprehensive, searchable collection of all ads currently running from across Facebook Products.
Nuru, a tool that is designed to empower citizen community monitoring to crowdsource observations about how they are coping in the exceptionally difficult circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nuru is a tool in the citizen’s hands, it will provide governments and other stakeholders with the information they need to develop and offer solutions to the unique challenges faced by their citizens.
SUPPORTING INTERNET FREEDOM WORLDWIDE Without Fear of Repressive Censorship or Surveillance.
Especially the Transparency, Participation, and Accountability grantmaking
PROGRAM ON PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL INNOVATION
The Social-Digital Innovation Initiative is committed to creating a world where social solutions use technologies meaningfully, are impact driven, sustainable and benefit and belong to those who create them.
The Shuttleworth Foundation offers fellowships to individuals to implement their innovative idea for social change. We are most interested in exceptional ideas at the intersection between technology, knowledge and learning, with openness being the key requirement.
If you’re working on a startup or non-profit that addresses news, the future of work, or improving democracy, we’d love to see you apply.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) works with communities to create conditions for vulnerable children so they can realize their full potential in school, work and life.
The South Australian open data toolkit, contains resources to help agencies release open data. The resources can be tailored to suit your requirements.
We developed the Community Maturity Model™ (CMM) to help organizations understand, plan for and assess the performance of community and social business initiatives.
invites citizens to help set Parliament's agenda with a sophisticated form of ranked voting that allows them to express more nuanced preferences than traditional first-past-the-post systems
Making technologies work for governance, accountability, and civic participation
The Transit Tech Lab is an accelerator program for startups solving public transportation challenges. Successful companies have an opportunity to pilot their technology with the MTA and transform New York City.
A financial inclusion platform targeted at smallholder farmers. Makes it easy for institutions to on-lend and disburse funds to a large network of smallholder farmers. Gives access to trustworthy low risk farmers.
The Canadian Digital Service teams up with federal departments and agencies to put people’s needs at the centre of government services.
First Draft is maintaining a database of expert sources on coronavirus for journalists to contact for up-to-date information on the outbreak.
It gives you the free tools you need to analyse data for your business in one place, so you can make smarter decisions.
Outvote is a friend-to-friend texting app for political campaigns. We allow you to digitally volunteer for campaigns by reaching out to your friends with