Civic Tech Field Guide
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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.
Related resources:
- The Global Public Impact of GovTech: A $9.8 Trillion Opportunity. World Economic Forum report (2025)
- 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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L’observatoire des algorithmes publics (ODAP) crée et rassemble des informations sur les algorithmes utilisés par les administrations françaises, pour les rendre plus transparents.
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
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.
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.
Redbox
10 Downing StreetBringing Generative AI to the way the Civil Service works
rAPId
10 Downing StreetAn end-to-end solution to sharing data across government
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.
Humphrey
10 Downing StreetA package of tools to speed up the work of civil servants and make them deliver ministerial plans more quickly.
Connect (GOV.UK)
10 Downing Streeti.AI are using AI to match capacity to demand in the Grid connections queue
Consult (Gov.UK)
10 Downing StreetConsult is a machine learning and LLM-powered tool to automate the processing of public consultations.
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
The E-Government Development Index presents the state of E-Government Development of the United Nations Member States.
A country’s EPI reflects the e-participation mechanisms that are deployed by the government as compared to all other countries.
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).
Portugal Digital Fellowship at United Nations University
Guimarães, PortugalThe envisaged participants of this Capacity Building Programme are high-level officials from developing countries.
EGOV Repositories
Guimarães, PortugalDiscover the United Nations University EGOV's repository platform, a centralized hub of specialized repositories tackling global challenges.
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).
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.
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 Infrastructure for Governance and Inclusive Transformation (DIGIT) is an open-source, scalable, interoperable platform for responsive public service delivery and good governance.
Landscape Scan of Digital Public Goods Use in Government
Georgetown University, Washington, DCLandscape Scan of Digital Public Goods Use in Government
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.
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.
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.
Localret
Barcelona, SpainLocalret és el consorci local format per les administracions locals de Catalunya per acompanyar els municipis en la seva transformació digital
EU: Offers digital services capable of electronically identifying users from all across Europe.
Software Público no Governo Digital Brasil
Brasília - Brasilia, Federal District, BrazilO 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.
Governo Digital Brasil
Brazil (Brasil)Ministério da Gestão e da Inovação em Serviços Públicos
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
OpenTrainTicketing
Germany (Deutschland)Digital Ticketing made simple for railways.
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)
Albert
FranceStarting in 2024, Albert will be tested at local public service counters — Maisons France services — to help users with their paperwork.
Caddy (Gov.UK)
10 Downing StreetCaddy is an AI powered co-pilot for customer service functions everywhere.
AI.gov
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAUS federal website launched by the Biden Administration
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.
In Spring 2024, NCSL surveyed eight legislative staffing groups about their use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools for legislative work.
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