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In the Civic Tech Field Guide, we primarily 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 that exceeds this focus.

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Justice Innovation Startup Lab

Justice Innovation Startup Lab

University of Southern California LA

Learn about design thinking, justice innovation, and legal tech and apply them to the challenge of developing products and services that yield better justice outcomes.

States of Change

Across the globe, government teams are pioneering new ways to solve our biggest challenges. States of Change is a collective that exists to support this growing global movement

Follow My Vote

Follow My Vote aims to change the way we vote, becoming the world's first secure open-source online voting software based on blockchain technology.

Envisio

Envisio

250 Commerce Parkway, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Envisio helps governments achieve greater transparency & accountability by making it easy to track and report on strategic plan.

SMS reminders from the Office of Court Administration

New York City partnered with behavioral economics firm ideas42 and the University of Chicago Crime Lab to test simple “nudges” to get people to court; text reminders improved appearance rates, resulting in thousands fewer arrest warrants

Conforma

Conforma

1200 18th St NW Washington DC

Formerly &Partners. We craft creative solutions and build technology products that improve the communities you serve.

The Effect of Bureaucratic Responsiveness on Citizen Participation

The Effect of Bureaucratic Responsiveness on Citizen Participation

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

What effect does bureaucratic responsiveness have on citizen participation?

ElectionMail.org

ElectionMail.org

Brooklyn, NY

A tool to help election officials (and election officials only) report problems with election mail

SEMA

SEMA

The Innovation Village Kampala, Kampala, Uganda

We gather citizen voices to improve public services

Test+Build

Test+Build is a digital platform that provides customers with the tools to design their own behavioural science interventions and run their own randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

Good Ctzn

Good Ctzn

San Francisco

We’re helping small, mission-driven organizations build and use technology.

Nesta Designing for Public Services: a practical guide

Our guide on using design tools and methods in the public sector, created in partnership with design firm IDEO.

Change Decision Makers

Change.org is the web's leading platform for social change, empowering anyone, anywhere to start petitions that make a difference.

United Kingdom Government Service Manual

United Kingdom Government Service Manual

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Helping teams to create and run great public services that meet the Service Standard.

SeeClickFix

SeeClickFix

New Haven, CT

Officials and neighbors have come together on SeeClickFix to resolve millions of issues. Let's get to work!

NYC Benefits Screening API

Create modern web applications that evaluate household data against eligibility rules for 31 different City, State, and Federal benefits programs (including SNAP, Cash Assistance, WIC, HEAP, and more).

Councilmatic

Councilmatic

United States of America (the)

Search, browse, subscribe and comment on your City Council bills, council members and events.

FEMA Community Alerting Protocol

FEMA Community Alerting Protocol

United States of America (the)

This section contains information about the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), an international standard that is used by IPAWS to send public alerts and warnings.

CityFlag

CityFlag

Berlin

Civic engagement can take many forms and Cityflag, a mobile phone app that allows citizens to highlight and track local issues, wants to make it just a download away

Jabar Digital Service

Jabar Digital Service

Jl. Diponegoro No.22, Citarum, Kec. Bandung Wetan, Kota Bandung, Jawa Barat 40115

Jabar Digital Service (JDS) atau Unit Pelaksana Teknis Pengelola Layanan Digital, Data, dan Informasi Geospasial adalah sebuah unit di bawah Dinas Komunikasi dan Informatika Provinsi Jawa Barat yang dicita-citakan dapat mempersempit kesenjangan digital, membantu efisiensi dan akurasi pengambilan kebijakan berbasis data dan teknologi, serta merevolusi pemakaian teknologi dalam kehidupan masyarakat serta pemerintahan di Jawa Barat.

Where's my school bus?

Our program offers real-time tracking of school buses through a mobile web app. We hope that — in a small way — this creates a better experience for parents and students.

DotGov Design

DotGov Design

USPTO Alexandria, Virginia

Empowering designers within government

Mi Senado

Mi Senado: Aplicación Oficial del Senado de la República de Colombia (en tiempo real)

Matras 2

Matras 2

Qatar (Dawlat Qatar)

Matras 2 offers a range of services, related to matters such as vehicle registration, immigration and visadocumentation, and loss of documents.

Fluicity (Efalia Engage)

Fluicity (Efalia Engage)

4 Rue du Caire, 75002 Paris, France

Fluicity is a community engagement software for public and private entities

Digital States

Digital States

United States of America (the)

A comprehensive study that examines best practices, policies and progress made by state governments in their use of digital technologies to better serve their citizens and streamline operations.

Displacement Alert

Displacement Alert

50 Broad St, New York, NY 10004, United States

The Displacement Alert Project uses data and information visualization tools to proactively identify buildings that are facing a high risk of displacement

Veovo

Veovo

Auckland, New Zealand

Veovo instantly measures the number of passengers moving through a subway station to identify crowding and make service more efficient. The MTA can use this information to improve the deployment of staff to stations, change train distribution and plan more efficient station design.

Rethink Aadhaar

Rethink Aadhaar

India (Bhārat)

The Aadhaar project also has a sinister side to it -- it is a surveillance-enabling programme, which threatens privacy and democratic practice.

International Design in Government

Are you a civil servant working to make government more user-centred? Join the International Design in Government community.

Outreach Grid

Outreach Grid

Irvine, CA

Collaborate across agencies to combat homelessness at the Point of Work on one unified platform.

Good Call NYC

Good Call NYC

New York City

Good Call NYC provides support during an arrest process. Its 24/7 hotline puts people in touch with lawyers, free of charge.

Camino

Camino

San Mateo, California, USA

We are a Silicon Valley-based technology company that partners with cities to rethink the permitting and development process.

Clear my record

Clear my record

San Francisco

Clear My Record is a free, non-profit service to help you dismiss or reduce old convictions on your criminal record.

Screendoor

Screendoor

Oakland, California

Review submissions together.

Involved

Involved is an application that connects you with all of your elected officials through polling and direct messaging

Le Mois de l'innovation publique

Parcours interactifs, ateliers, conférences, hackathons, journée portes ouvertes etc. mettent en lumière des méthodes originales pensées par des acteurs locaux pour concevoir plus efficacement les politiques publiques et transformer l'administration.

NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (previously Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer)

Our mission is to deliver user-centered technology solutions that simplify access to City services and drive innovation.

From Voicemails to Votes

From Voicemails to Votes

1875 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA

A human-centered investigation by The OpenGov Foundation into the systems, tools, constraints, and people who drive constituent engagement in Congress.

Granicus

Granicus empowers modern digital government with the latest in cloud technology that connects 160 million people with over 4,000 government organizations at the local, state and federal levels.

Bureau ouvert

Bureau ouvert

Assemblée nationale, 126 Rue de l'Université, Paris, France

Parliamentary Initiative to open the National Assembly to citizens and the civic tech community

Nextdoor

Nextdoor is the free private social network for your neighborhood community.

Improving procurement to take on homelessness in Seattle

The city of Seattle, Wash, has been changing the way they deal with homeless populations, and gathering data to drive some evidenced-based solutions

Google Public Alerts

Important alerts from across the web when and where they are needed most.

Results-Driven Contracting at Harvard Kennedy School

Procurements are often perceived as routine processes to obtain products and services while complying with regulatory requirements

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