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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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
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. 🇺🇸
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.
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
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.
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.
Odap is the French citizen observatory for public sector algorithms. It creates and gathers information on algorithms and AI systems used by government agencies in France, to make them more transparent.
Minute (GOV.UK)
10 Downing StreetMinute is a secure AI transcription service that produces customisable summaries in the formats that public servants need.
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.
rAPId
10 Downing StreetAn end-to-end solution to sharing data across government
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.
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.
Humphrey
10 Downing StreetA package of tools to speed up the work of civil servants and make them deliver ministerial plans more quickly.
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.
Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI)
10 Downing StreetThe Incubator for Artificial Intelligence in UK government
Connect (GOV.UK)
10 Downing Streeti.AI are using AI to match capacity to demand in the Grid connections queue
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Digital Infrastructure for Governance and Inclusive Transformation (DIGIT) is an open-source, scalable, interoperable platform for responsive public service delivery and good governance.
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