Iowa is known around the country for its abundance of corn, soybeans, and pork. Code for Iowa is about leveraging our lesser-known abundance of technology talent to spur civic innovation.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Rede de comunicação livre que busca novas formas de produção e distribuição de informação a partir de uma lógica colaborativa de trabalho.

• The Tech
• Media
• Solutions journalism

MapLight is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that reveals the influence of money in politics, informs and empowers voters, and advances reforms that promote a more responsive democracy.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Data visualization

We accelerate African business.

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

Canada's Democracy Summit

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

Code for America is working towards a government by the people, for the people, that works in the 21st century. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit that helps residents and governments harness technology to solve community problems.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Project Lemon Aid matches people awaiting trial behind bars with pro bono lawyers who can represent their case.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Adjacent Fields

We help governments, organizations and companies understand and navigate the increasingly complex urban landscape, and work together to create a sustainable and executable vision for the future, fast.

• Social impact design firms

Uses a mix of cutting edge technologies including 3D modeling, data mining, machine learning, pattern analysis, and virtual reality, to conduct independent investigations into human rights abuses and police killings

• human rights

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech report orgs

The Civic Information API allows you to build applications that allow citizens and voters to know about their political representation and voting locations.

• Google

• Civic data
• Voting and elections
• Data schemas and standards

#CreateYourKLA is a civic project that uses data artistry to empower citizens to seek better public services in their communities.

• Civic data

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• Watchdogging and transparency
• Civic maps
• Mapping

Wir stellen Gesetzestexte und Urteile für alle kostenlos und maschinenlesbar zur Verfügung.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

The All-in-One Campaign Management Dashboard for Democrats and Progressives

• partisan

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

My Country Talks matches political opposites for 1:1 conversations

• The Tech
• Filter bubble poppers

How Do You Like It So Far uses pop culture to take soundings of a society in transition, exploring intersections with civic imagination and engagement, and social and political change. Henry Jenkins and Colin Maclay are your guides on this adventure.

• podcasts

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Podcasts

The Center for Humane Technology is a world-class team of former tech insiders and CEOs who are advancing thoughtful solutions to change the culture, business incentives, design techniques, and organizational structures driving how technology hijacks our brains.

• Adjacent Fields
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

Connecting people & data for good

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

Finanzdaten aus dem öffentlichen Sektor in Österreich

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

the world's first social networking platform for the labor movement with 30,000 Union Profiles

• labor

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

Municode provides website design & development, electronic payment processing, codification, and publishing services to local governments.

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

A specification of the civic.json metadata standard for civic technology projects

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

To secure the necessary financial and technical resources to publish large quantities of data online in user-friendly formats

• The Tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech

Saving the nation with selfies and memes

• The Tech
• The People
• Media

Disqus offers the best add-on tools for websites to increase engagement. We help publishers power online discussions with comments and earn revenue with native advertising.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

We are committed to building a crowdsourcing community for social innovators.

• The Tech
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

A show that takes the two dullest subjects in the world, government and technology, and makes them irresistibly relevant and undeniably fascinating. (Trust us!)

• podcasts

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

We partnered with the Ford Foundation to look at how civil society can strengthen their digital security, what and who is out there to support them, and how they can develop better digital security practices.

• research

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Toolkit for tracking advertisers on partisan news channels with sampling, data science, and open data.

• Civic data
• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency

Balanced News from the Left, Center and Right

• The Tech
• Media
• Filter bubble poppers

A page that allows candidates and parties to present election campaign finance information.

• The Tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech

Odekro began as an open data initiative but it has grown into a national platform which promotes transparency and citizen participation. The site says it sets out to improve social mobilisation, citizen action, and engagement using technology.

• Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Watchdogging government

Ukrainian People’s demands to international community

• Watchdogging and transparency

3d printed homes

• housing

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges

OGRX is a platform for browsing and sharing research findings about new, innovative ways to solve public problems.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

Proof empowers governments to go paperless by streamlining approvals and improving data-driven decisions.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech

The Hive Chicago Fund for Connected Learning (Fund) at The Chicago Community Trust is a funder collaborative that empowers educators to use connected learning principles, including the thoughtful integration of digital media and technology, to help engage youth in meaningful 21st Century learning experiences.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Paris Participatory Budget

• Participatory budgeting
• Participatory budgeting programs

Helping staff and volunteers make accurate referrals across the legal assistance sector in Victoria.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Adjacent Fields

We train youth to produce high quality data about community assets that everyone can use to improve the human condition.

• youth

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Citizen science

An open data specification for building and land development permits

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

The Quartz Bot Studio builds narrative experiences for messaging and voice platforms.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Media

We are Digital Defense Fund, and we do digital security for the abortion access movement.

• guides
• trainings
• women's health

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

BriteHeart's mission is to ENGAGE, CONNECT and EMPOWER citizens for positive change through ARTIVISM. #getcivic

• Artistic interventions
• Organize events

NationStates is a free nation simulation game. Build a nation and run it according to your own warped political ideals

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Color Of Change’s digital petition and training platform

• racial equity

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Petitions

An open source mapping platform for custom designed maps. Our APIs and SDKs are the building blocks to integrate location into any mobile or web app.

• Mapping platforms

De leukste buurt maak je samen, op een buurtplatform van gebiedonline.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

A web and mobile app that helps people do more together.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools