Civic Tech Field Guide
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In the Civic Tech Field Guide, we 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, and we do not aspire to catalog and curate every instance of governmental technology.
Related resources:
- The 2023 GovTech 100
- Companies Made Millions Building Unemployment Websites That Didn’t Work by Colin Lecher for The Markup (2020)
- Thinking About Govtech (PDF): An introduction to govtech, why it matters, and barriers to adoption (2019)
- Do you know how your country’s state of digital development compares? Find out by exploring the OECD’s Going Digital indicators.
- Building an AI World: a CIFAR Report on National and Regional AI Strategies
- A Digital government reading list (2020)
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UrbanistAI
EuropeThe platform to reimagine the future of our cities.
GovOS
Austin, TXGovOS is a leading provider of government software solutions in the United States.
United Nations University Operating Unit on Policy-driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV)
Guimarães, PortugalAs a forward-thinking policy-oriented entity, we lead innovation, actively exploring and advocating emerging technologies to transform public service delivery on a worldwide scale.
More and Better! Diversifying electronic participation mechanisms and improving the online services offered by Portuguese municipalities
Guimarães, PortugalThe 2023 edition of the “IPIC – Portuguese Municipal Councils’ Online Presence Index” series of studies presents the results of the evaluation of Portuguese municipal councils’ websites.
EGOV Repositories
Guimarães, PortugalDiscover the United Nations University EGOV's repository platform, a centralized hub of specialized repositories tackling global challenges.
European Public Sector Award (EPSA)
MaastrichtEPSA – the European Public Sector Award – is a Europe-wide award scheme for public sector entities at all levels of government which has been organised every two years since 2009 by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA).
Portugal Digital Fellowship at United Nations University
Guimarães, PortugalThe envisaged participants of this Capacity Building Programme are high-level officials from developing countries.
International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV)
Guimarães, PortugalIt was conceived in 2007 as an annual gathering to bring together academia, governments, international organisations, civil society, and industry to share the latest insights and experiences in the theory and practice of Electronic Governance (now more commonly referred to as Digital Governance).
Digital Government Assessment Programme
Guimarães, PortugalThis project aims to conduct a comprehensive study of the relevant and available literature and present research findings that will assist the Digital Government Authority (DGA) in enhancing the online presence of key government entities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Landscape Scan of Digital Public Goods Use in Government
Georgetown University, Washington, DCLandscape Scan of Digital Public Goods Use in Government
Digital Infrastructure for Governance and Inclusive Transformation (DIGIT) is an open-source, scalable, interoperable platform for responsive public service delivery and good governance.
Tussell
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Get essential insights into opportunities, accounts and competitors with the all-in-one UK public sector market intelligence platform for business development professionals
Tussell for Gov
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Tussell's market intelligence platform provides the data-led insights you need to make better procurement decisions, drive value-for-money, and promote social value.
San José Data Usage Protocols & Public Comment initiative
San Jose, California, USAPublic Comment period for emerging place-based tech deployed in San José
San José AI Reviews & Inventory
San Jose, California, USAAn AI Inventory is an important transparency mechanism that enables the City of San José to meaningfully communicate the AI systems that it uses to its residents. In January 2023, the DPO began maintaining an AI Inventory in an effort to increase transparency of the technological tools used by the City.
Government AI Coalition
San Jose, California, USAThe GovAI Coalition went public...publishing a set of deliverables any organization could use to help jumpstart their agency with responsible AI practices.
Localret
Barcelona, SpainLocalret és el consorci local format per les administracions locals de Catalunya per acompanyar els municipis en la seva transformació digital
O Software Público Brasileiro é um tipo específico de software livre que atende às necessidades de modernização da administração pública de qualquer dos Poderes da União, dos Estados, do Distrito Federal e dos Municípios e é compartilhado sem ônus no Portal do Software Público Brasileiro.
OpenTrainTicketing
Germany (Deutschland)Digital Ticketing made simple for railways.
GOV.UK Service Standard Reports
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Assessments of government programs provided by the Central Digital and Data Office
The UK's National Programme for IT
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)[A]n ambitious programme launched in 2002 with an initial budget of some £6.2 billion. It attempted to implement a top-down digitization of healthcare in England's National Health Service (NHS)
In Spring 2024, NCSL surveyed eight legislative staffing groups about their use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools for legislative work.
National AI Talent Surge
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAThe US federal government is rapidly hiring talent to build and govern AI to fulfill the priorities set forth by the Biden-Harris Administration.
AI.gov
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAUS federal website launched by the Biden Administration
West Ham and Beckton GPT
LondonAs well as the broad range of information that the regular AI uses, this modified version has been exposed to a specific set of policies and information to help unlock the power of AI for the new constituency of West Ham and Beckton.
Global Engagement Center
Washington, DCMission: To direct, lead, synchronize, integrate, and coordinate U.S. Federal Government efforts to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability of the United States, its allies, and partner nations.
Post outlining OpenAI's partnerships with DARPA, US AID, and US National Laboratories
Digital Public Infrastructure Map
55-56 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 4HP, UKGovernments across the globe are on their way to building national-scale digital infrastructure. A comprehensive view of the state of DPI, however, is missing. The DPI Map addresses this.
Broadband Consumer Labels
Washington, DCBroadband Labels (Internet de Banda Ancha Etiquetas - en español) are designed to provide clear, easy-to-understand, and accurate information about the cost and performance of high-speed internet services.
Working for an MP (w4mp)
Parliament Square, London, UKThe Working for an MP website is a resource for anyone working for a British Member of Parliament or with an interest in how Parliament works.
The White House (u/whitehouse) on Reddit
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAThe official Biden-Harris administration Reddit account, launched to provide updates on Hurricanes Milton and Helene
2022 Inventory of Washington State Automated Decision-making Systems
Washington state, USA30 ADS govtech applications in Washington state
A modern rewrite that hopes to make it a bit easier for federal product teams to adopt, adapt, and extend the USWDS.
Global DPI Summit
CairoThe Global DPI Summit, hosted in Cairo, Egypt, stands as a premier convening of stakeholders in the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) ecosystem, bringing together representatives from across the globe.
Innovating public service delivery through Digital Public Goods and Open Source
Geneva, SwitzerlandFree online course at ITU Academy funded by the EU
The World Bank's program to "support countries in adopting sound practices and solutions in GovTech, and to ensure a broad global partnership for effective exchange and transfer of knowledge and good practice."
GovTech Glossary
Washington, DCGovTech Glossary contains definitions of key terms, concepts, and acronyms commonly found in the GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) online survey.
The Bank launched GovTech Working Groups to provide thought leadership, facilitate the exchange of ideas, and support the development of sound GovTech solutions. Community building and impact-driven collaboration are the core objectives of this initiative.
GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI)
Washington, DCThe GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) was developed as part of the GovTech Initiative to introduce a measure of GovTech maturity in four focus areas — supporting core government systems, enhancing service delivery, mainstreaming citizen engagement, and fostering GovTech enablers— and to assist practitioners in the design of new digital transformation projects.
US Open Government Federal Advisory Committee
GSA (General Services Administration), F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USAThey will play a critical role in the collaboration of the U.S. National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP 6) and support for broader open government initiatives.
The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
United States of America (the)An insider offers a “forceful critique...of Big Tech's steady erosion of democracy” (The New Yorker) and describes what must be done to stop it
Talent Toolkit
United States of America (the)To...help governments hire more effectively, U.S. Digital Response (USDR) has actively engaged government organizations at the state, county, and city levels to optimize their talent practices and build digital capacity — and we’ve learned some things.
We estimate that UK central government conducts approximately one billion citizen-facing transactions per year in the provision of around 400 services, of which approximately 143 million are complex repetitive transactions. We estimate that 84% of these complex transactions are highly automatable.
Transforming Flanders digitally
FlandersThe Government of Flanders is developing the digital talents of all people of Flanders. It valorises data as a raw material of the economy and society and is working on the digital transformation of public service delivery.
Open Government for Stronger Democracies
OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, FranceAn OECD global assessment of countries' implementation of its 2017 Recommendation on Open Government
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