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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S.4495 - A bill to enable safe, responsible, and agile procurement, development, and use of artificial intelligence by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
Civic Technology Collaboration
Taipei City, TaiwanSwimming with the tide of international trends on the "Public Code, Public Goods" and pursuing digital democracy, moda supports civic technology and empowers open source software development.
Taiwan Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA)
Taipei City, TaiwanThe moda is committed to promoting suitable digital tools and open mindsets through building resilience and co-creation, powering Taiwan’s shift from a digital island to a global model of digital democracy and innovation.
form-extractor-prototype
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)A prototype tool that extracts the structure of a form from an image or PDF and generates a multi-page web form in the GOV.UK schema. by @timpaul
Democracy Network (Taiwan)
Taipei City, TaiwanConnecting the international community’s and Taiwan’s digital development and democratic governance experiences, leveraging the power of democracy networks to promote civic technology and decentralized autonomy, enhancing network development digital resilience.
MOSIP
BangaloreMOSIP offers countries modular and open-source technology to build and own their national identity systems.
mosip16.9
BangaloreWe envision mosip16.9 to be a collaborative hub where diverse perspectives converge to contribute to the current discourse on digital identity.
Singapore's digital transformation unit
Samara Centre for Democracy
CanadaHumans of the House has received national media coverage and has been the #1 show in the Government category for several weeks on Apple Podcasts where it has also been featured as a New & Noteworthy Special Series.
CivTech Scotland
ScotlandCivTech is a Scottish Government programme that brings the public, private and third sectors together to build things that make people’s lives better
NHS Transformation Directorate
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Transformation to improve health and care for everyone
Code for America AI Studio
United States of America (the)Workshop series to provide "a hands-on way for government to learn about the opportunities and considerations of leveraging AI and implementing these systems responsibly."
The Open Gov Challenge
Washington, DCThe Open Government Challenge is a call to action for all members of OGP to raise ambition in ten areas of open government to help strengthen our democracies.
e-Governance Academy
TallinnThe e-Governance Academy (eGA) is a non-profit foundation that assists public sector and civil society organisations in making digital transformation happen.
Gov.uk Guidance to civil servants on use of generative AI
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)This guidance outlines the expectation for how civil servants should approach the use of Large Language Models.
Adopting AI Responsibly: Guidelines for Procurement of AI Solutions by the Private Sector
Zencity Press Release Generator
Tel Aviv, IsraelThis update allows you to create professional-grade press releases in a matter of minutes with minimal effort and editing.
interweave.africa
LondonYour weekly insight into GovTech collaboration and innovation in Africa, by Luke Cavanaugh
White House Request for Public Comment on Public Participation
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USAThe White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) wants your ideas to develop a Federal framework, guidelines, and leading practices for public participation and community engagement (PPCE) activities to help Federal agencies more broadly and meaningfully engage with you and your communities.
Gen-AI for Local Governments
444 North Capitol Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001, USAMetroLab’s In the Lab Initiative focused on GenAI for Local Governments, a task force
Chicago IT Strategy
Chicago, ILTechnology plan for the City of Chicago
FCA Digital Sandbox
LondonThe Digital Sandbox offers General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant datasets in a secure environment, mentorship from industry experts and access to the FinTech Community to help enable experimentation and scaling for proof of concepts.
NYC Smart City Testbed
New York CityThe NYC Smart City Testbed Program is inspiring innovation within City government by streamlining and accelerating the citywide process for piloting emerging technologies.
Digital Fundamentals for Public Impact
Georgetown University, 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, United StatesOnline course offered through Georgetown University’s Initiative on Technology and Society, the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation and the McCourt School of Public Policy: a continuing education course to help participants rapidly grasp digital fundamentals in a way that is practical and relevant to their work.
The Digital Impact Exchange
United Nations FoundationIt can be tough for government decision makers to find current, reliable information on tried-and-tested technologies. The Exchange solves that problem by serving as a one-stop shop, featuring over 500 digital tools, products and opportunities for government technology decision makers, IT developers, and product vendors.
HURREVAC
Richmond, VAHURREVAC is the decision support tool of the [US] National Hurricane Program, administered by FEMA, the USACE, and the NOAA National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane Mapping (Sea Island Software)
Richmond, VAWe are Sea Island Software, Inc., a company specializing in hurricane threat assessment. HurricaneMapping.com is our storm tracking service for Google Earth and ESRI's ArcGIS.
FedGeoDay
Washington, DCFedGeoDay is THE event devoted to "open geospatial ecosystems" (open source software, open/collaborative mapping, open science challenges, and open engagements) that are used to initiate and grow capabilities across the U.S. federal government.
Bolsa de sugestões
Lisbon"Suggestions bag" for the Portuguese Assembly. It's actively used but it's not clear where citizen suggestions go once posted.
The Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships is the first new NSF directorate in 30 years and "advances use-inspired and translational research in all fields of science and engineering, giving rise to new industries and engaging all Americans — regardless of background or location — in the pursuit of new, high-wage jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)."
The OSCE stands for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. With 57 States from Europe, Central Asia and North America, the OSCE is the world's largest regional security organization.
interweave.gov
LondonYour weekly insight into GovTech collaboration and innovation in Europe and Asia
AI Democracy Projects
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USAThe AI Democracy Projects engage the implications of AI systems and tools, including predictive algorithms, machine learning, and frontier models, for democratic society.
SMART Zambia Institute
LusakaThe SMART Zambia Institute is a Division under the Office of the President mandated to coordinate and implement electronic government (E-Government) for the citizens, businesses and within government for improved service delivery.
Oxford Insights
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)We make technology work for the public good
Laboratorio GovTech LATAM
ColombiaUna plataforma de innovación abierta que permite acercar nuevas soluciones digitales a los grandes retos de los municipios participantes.
RoadLab
LondonThis Transport for London project looks to introduce new ways to reduce adverse impacts of roadworks in London, by working with innovative companies to shape these in a way that responds to the problems London faces.
City AI Connect
Johns Hopkins UniversityA global community for cities to learn about generative AI together, faster.
Boti
Buenos AiresEl chatbot de la Ciudad Buenos Aires
MyCity Chatbot
New York City, NY, USANYC's Business Services Chatbot which "uses Microsoft's Azure AI services to provide information in response to questions you have about starting or operating your business" in ten+ languages
Camden Talks Data: Machine learning
Camden Town, LondonThis video explains how Camden Council uses machine learning to improve council services.
This year we assess the AI readiness of 193 governments across the world. We are also introducing an interactive map to make our data more accessible!
This self assessment tool is designed to help policymakers in government understand how prepared their government is to use AI in a trustworthy way in the public sector.
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