Meetup counts over 100,000 members of 166 civic hacking meetups around the world. The groups included here vary in how technical they are, but you can always count on meeting people and contributing to projects, regardless of whether or not you can code.
Digital Vereint is a platform that aims to support civil society organisations and their digital work.
Salt Lake City's govtech innovation program is focused on modernization and digital equity for residents. "Another area the department will focus on is integrating the city’s “Digital Equity For All” policy. Passed in September 2020, the policy aims to provide residents with the opportunity to access and use information and communication technologies reliably. The resolution, which was inspired by the importance of technology during the pandemic, aims to incorporate three concepts: relevant content, services, hardware and digital literacy into the city’s policymaking. To achieve this, the department will: increase usage and understanding of digital and communications technology address potential barriers to digital inclusion address the need for digital literacy training address the need for access via reliable and affordable devices address the need for language and disability accommodations develop relevancy and advocacy campaigns within specific communities and populations" https://www.govtech.com/gov-experience/Salt-Lake-City-Mayor-Announces-New-Innovation-Department.html
"an investigative toolkit for researchers, journalists, students, and scholars interested in visualizing, analyzing, and documenting supply
Our out-of-the box, modular technology integrates with existing systems and is fully GDPR compliant. It is offered as a cloud-based solution, diminishing implementation time and maintenance costs. Novoville guarantees reliable service and the highest security and privacy compliance standards. Manage requests and resources in one place, automate processes, and get real-time visibility of organisational performance through an intuitive dashboard. Over 60 local authorities and 3 million citizens already have access to Novoville to improve the places they live in
Transparency International Italy
Hacks/Hackers is an international grassroots community of people who seek to inspire and inform each other to build the future of media.
We believe that it's never been easier to use digital technology to tackle some of the world's toughest social and environmental challenges.
Empowering and inspiring civic innovators across central Virginia
Our goal is to train the next generation of software engineers, policymakers, civic leaders and social justice advocates to develop, regulate and use technology for the public good.
Focuses on bringing together practicing technologists and researchers to facilitate understanding of the complex interaction between technology, science and society, its impact on individuals and society in general, professional and social responsibility in the practice of engineering, science, and technology, and open discussion on the resulting issues.
The Pudding's clever visual essays present data in artistic and meaningfully interactive ways. Here they share "How to make dope shit", and other lessons.
The Myanmar Tech Accountability Network (MTAN) is a network of Myanmar civil society organizations coordinating efforts to mitigate the risk of social media induced violence and political instability in Myanmar.
DSFSG aims to enable collaboration within the data software for social good ecosystem and welcome a diverse and independent set of member projects.
Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK is a GPS-enabled work of public art that uses music to illuminate the natural environment. Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, SOUNDWALK is tailor-made for its setting, created to encourage calm reflection and introspection, and can be experienced while following social distancing guidelines.
Open Justice Oklahoma (OJO) seeks to improve understanding of our justice system through analysis of public data.