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Some governments have announced programs and strategies to offer free outdoor public wireless networks. Meanwhile, telecoms continue to sue and lobby to prevent such universal access, by outlawing municipal broadband, for example.
A study by Bento J. Lobo, Ph.D. found that Chattanooga, Tennessee's realized economic value of its fiber optic infrastructure (high-speed broadband and smart grid) exceeded $2.69 billion and 9,516 jobs over ten years, exceeding project costs by over $2.20 billion, and includes 40% percent of all jobs created in the county during the study period.
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Red Hook Initiative
Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, USACommunity based nonprofit supporting residents of Red Hook Brooklyn with youth trainings, mesh wifi, urban farms, and more.
Red Hook WiFi
Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, USARed Hook WiFi, a project of Red Hook Initiative (RHI), is a community-led effort to close the digital divide.
Newsgradient highlights the differences in media coverage of important events. It enables users to easily follow the daily news and observe it on the political spectrum. The media are arranged on the left-right axis and classified according to their bias and credibility.
BLVD Harambee EII
Detroit, MIThe Equitable Internet Initiative (EII) is a collaboration between the Detroit Community Technology Project and a network of community organizations including BLVD Harambee.
Fundar - Centro de Analisis e Investigacion
Cda. Alberto Zamora #21 Col. Villa Coyoacan Del. Coyoacan Mexico DF 04000
NewsMatch is the largest grassroots campaign to support nonprofit news in the U.S. Since 2016, the campaign has helped raise over $100 million to jumpstart emerging newsrooms and support independent media outlets that produce fact-based, nonpartisan news and information.
Institutul European Pentru Democratie Participativa - Qvorum
150 Stirbei Voda Street, sector 1, BucharestEuropean Institute for Participative Democracy
You Can Plan
YouCanPlan Team, Slider Studio Ltd, Knowledge Dock Centre, 4 University Way, London, E16 2RD, UK
Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy
Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, 4th Floor, UNI Building, Thimmiah Road, Vasanth Nagar, Bangalore - 560052
Zenysis is an interoperability platform built to accelerate global development goals and improve lives everywhere.
Media Initiative for Open Governance in Uganda
Media Initiative for Open Governance in Uganda Kisasi Road Bukoto, Kampala Uganda
Participacion Ciudadana
Wenceslao Alvarez Street No.8, National District, Santo Domingo, Dominiciana Republic
An incubator for radically disruptive public service ideas, designed, owned and delivered by the public sector for public impact. An endeavour from FutureGov.
Transparency International Pakistan
5-C, 2nd Floor, Khayaban-e-Ittehad, Phase VII, DHA, Karachi, Pakistan
The Bristol Cable is an independent media company in Bristol, UK, founded in 2014.
Publica is Brazil’s first investigative reporting non-profit dedicated to exposing human rights violations and promoting open democracy.
DxD is an annual exhibition celebrating tangible and multimedia expressions of New York City’s Open Data. It provides space for creative engagement with data and new perspectives and understanding of its role in our society.
Fundacion Salvadorena Para El Desarrollo Economico y Social
FUSADES Building, and Urban Boulevard Santa Elena, Antiguo Cuscatlan, La Libertad, El Salvador
Fundacion Directorio Legislativo
Av. Entre Rios 258 3E (1079 - Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires - Argentina)
Transparency International India
Transparency International India, Qr. No. 4, Lajpat Bhawan, Lajpat Nagar - IV, New Delhi - 110 024
Transparency International Georgia
26, Rustaveli Ave, 0109, Tbilisi, GeorgiaTransparency International chapter
Our COVID-19 dataset contains detailed information on over five million anonymized cases from over 100 countries.
Add, view, or discuss places of value to your local community (including Assets of Community Value and assets owned and run by the community). KeepItInTheCommunity, the site that maps Assets of Community Value and other community-owned spaces and places, is moving to a new home with the Plunkett Foundation.
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