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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Open Gov Challenge Awards
Washington, DCThe Open Gov Challenge Awards recognize the best initiatives submitted to the Open Gov Challenge, a global call to action aimed to encourage ambition in ten areas of open government critical to strengthening our democracies.
The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program provides $42.45 billion to expand high-speed Internet access by funding planning, infrastructure deployment and adoption programs.
FCC National Broadband Map
Washington, DCThis map displays where Internet services are available across the United States, as reported by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to the FCC. The map will be updated continuously to improve its accuracy through a combination of FCC verification efforts, new data from Internet providers, updates to the location data, and—importantly—information from the public.
European Digital Identity
Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien)A personal digital wallet for EU citizens and residents
American Governance Institute
Washington, DCThe American Governance Institute develops ideas and educates policymakers on innovative approaches to strengthening American democracy, state capacity, and federal governance.
Improving Delivery of the Social Safety Net: The Role of Stigma
United States of America (the)Article in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory by Jessica Lasky-Fink and Elizabeth Linos
EveryCRSReport.com
Washington, DCWe’re publishing reports by Congress’s think tank, the Congressional Research Service, which provides valuable insight and non-partisan analysis of issues of public debate. These reports are already available to the well-connected — we’re making them available to everyone for free.
I Was A Fed (@iwasafed) Instagram
United States of America (the)Here we will share the stories of real federal workers and how their termination will affect the American people. 🇺🇸
Projects interrupted when 18F was disbanded
United States of America (the)An overview of the projects that were terminated when the Trump Administration disbanded 18F
Feds Work for You (@fedsworkforyou) Instagram
United States of America (the)We make America work. Federal workers working for you.
Federal Unionists Network (FUN)
United States of America (the)The Federal Unionists Network (FUN) is an informal association of federal unionists and our allies organizing to support each other in strengthening our unions, improving our agencies and building solidarity across the federal sector of the labor movement.
The Situate AI Guidebook: Co-Designing a Toolkit to Support Multi-Stakeholder Early-stage Deliberations Around Public Sector AI Proposals
Carnegie Mellon UniversityBy Anna Kawakami, Amanda Coston, Haiyi Zhu, Hoda Heidari, Kenneth Holstein
"An official website of the United States government" but mostly an embedded X feed
Gestisci la tua identità digitale e accedi velocemente ai servizi online con l’app CieID.
We the Builders
Washington, DCHere, you'll find stories from real government employees: How we save you time and money, how we protect your personal information, and how DOGE's dangerous dismantling of government technology puts you at risk.
Local Government Information Unit (LGiU)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)An independent, local authority membership organisation supporting councils around the world.
Understandable Budget (Közérthető Költségvetés)
Hungary (Magyarország)The aim of this Municipal Budget Visualisation Tool is to make the management of local governments transparent to the local population and the wider society.
Provides a comprehensive overview of all enforcement authorities and the cases they have taken against online platforms under the Digital Services Act
Renovate the Public Hearing
Burnaby, CanadaRenovate the Public Hearing is an initiative created by the Centre for Dialogue to act as a convener and catalyst to pilot changes to the provincial local government land-use public hearing requirements as a means to enhance social justice, community-building and strengthen democratic culture.
People, organizations, and communities across the country are joining together to ensure our civil servants have resources if they are targeted or attacked.
Global Trends in Government Innovation 2024
OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, FranceThis report analyses nearly 800 case studies from 83 countries and identifies five critical trends in government innovation that are reshaping public services.
Acessibilidade Digital Challenge
Rua de Santa Marta no. 55O Acessibilidade Digital Challenge visa capacitar as equipas técnicas dos municípios portugueses a obterem a Declaração de Acessibilidade para os seus sítios web
Agência para a Modernização Administrativa (AMA)
Rua de Santa Marta no. 55A Agência para a Modernização Administrativa, I.P. (AMA) é o instituto público responsável pela promoção e desenvolvimento da modernização administrativa em Portugal.
ChatGPT Gov is designed to streamline government agencies’ access to OpenAI’s frontier models.
L’observatoire des algorithmes publics (ODAP) crée et rassemble des informations sur les algorithmes utilisés par les administrations françaises, pour les rendre plus transparents.
Scout (GOV.UK)
10 Downing StreetAn AI-powered tool that improves government major project delivery by automatically analysing thousands of documents to help detect problems earlier, enabling timely interventions that keep critical projects on track.
Minute (GOV.UK)
10 Downing StreetMinute is a secure AI transcription service that produces customisable summaries in the formats that public servants need.
Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI)
10 Downing StreetThe Incubator for Artificial Intelligence in UK government
Accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, ensure that new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK and drive forward a modern digital government for the benefit of its citizens.
Consult (Gov.UK)
10 Downing StreetConsult is a machine learning and LLM-powered tool to automate the processing of public consultations.
Redbox
10 Downing StreetBringing Generative AI to the way the Civil Service works
i.AI and NHS England Collaboration Charter
10 Downing StreetThe Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI), an innovative team of technical experts at the heart of government, and NHS England (NHSE) have signed a first-of-a-kind Collaboration Charter to support the use of AI in the NHS.
GOV.UK Wallet
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)The UK government is launching a GOV.UK Wallet and App to simplify access to services and documents like digital driver’s licences
Connect (GOV.UK)
10 Downing Streeti.AI are using AI to match capacity to demand in the Grid connections queue
Humphrey
10 Downing StreetA package of tools to speed up the work of civil servants and make them deliver ministerial plans more quickly.
Parlex and Lex
10 Downing StreetEquipping policy makers and researchers with AI-driven tools to explore legislation, analyse parliamentary developments, and empowering them in the policy making process.
rAPId
10 Downing StreetAn end-to-end solution to sharing data across government
A country’s EPI reflects the e-participation mechanisms that are deployed by the government as compared to all other countries.
The E-Government Development Index presents the state of E-Government Development of the United Nations Member States.
The How We Need Now: A Capacity Agenda For 2025 And Beyond
United States of America (the)By Jennifer Pahlka and Andrew Greenway for the Niskanen Center
Proudly Serving
United States of America (the)A guide to public service in the digital age
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.
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).
EGOV Repositories
Guimarães, PortugalDiscover the United Nations University EGOV's repository platform, a centralized hub of specialized repositories tackling global challenges.
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