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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.

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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. Along with allowing users to post photos of infrastructure issues, Cityflag incorporates a social media tangent and mapping system where people can share infrastructure and City service […]

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.

Matras 2

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

Mi Senado

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

Fluicity

Fluicity

4 Rue du Caire, 75002 Paris, France

Fluicity est une solution d’engagement citoyen, qui permet la prise de décision collective autour des sujets d’intérêt général.

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.

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.

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. With this information, community organizations, decision markers, and local residents can push back with outreach, education, organizing strategies, and policy change.

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

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

Outreach Grid

Outreach Grid

Irvine, CA

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

La Semaine 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.

Good Call NYC

Good Call NYC

New York, NY

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.

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.

Involved

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

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. Now, with clear incentives and data collection, employees have a path forward for helping the homeless. But will it work? Journalist Rebecca Gale investigates. Homelessness was on the rise in Seattle. In 2015, Read More

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. Instead, major procurements should be regarded as opportunities to advance the government leaders’ strategic goals. As part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities Initiative, the Government Performance Lab provides technical assistance to cities that seek to improve the results they achieve with their contracted dollars by employing results-driven contracting strategies, including:

Cartegraph

Cartegraph

3600 Digital Drive, Dubuque, Iowa 52003, USA

Cartegraph makes modern operations management software for local governments.

Veterans Affairs Canada Find benefits & services tool

By answering just a few questions, this tool can provide a list of benefits from Veterans Affairs Canada that are the most relevant to you.

TenderBase

This tool allows researchers, watchdog organizations and investigative journalists to measure how countries are performing against each other in terms of public procurement transparency, to use it in further advocacy for more transparent procurement as well as to spot corruption using red flag indicators.

Insights

Insights

Washington, DC

Civic engagement tool, powered by algorithms

SMS for Justice

SMS for Justice is a project by Nazdeek that combines legal training, mobile technology and community monitoringto build a Dalit women-led network of paralegals, trained to demand accountability for the delivery of basic services.

VOXMAPP

VoxMapp Baseline allows you to collect high quality data even in contexts of crisis; VoxMapp Feedback ensures communities participate and remain at the center of the initiative; and VoxMapp Management centralizes the analysis, decision-making and learning mechanisms, to feed into a new positive cycle.

Passport

Passport

128 S Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202, USA

Passport transforms the way cities manage their operations by reducing operational complexity and delivering intelligent data.

Indicator Toolbox

Catalogue of procurement risk indicators from various countries.

Teheca

Teheca

Uganda

Teheca helps connect new & expectant parents to nurses for in home & hospital postnatal care services and support. Its origin dates back to 2015, Teheca has evolved to focus on increasing uptake of postnatal care services for mothers not only in Uganda but the whole of sub Saharan Africa through education of mothers via mobile applications like SMS, USSD, smartphone application and social media about its importances as well as coming up with new and convenient ways for mothers to access postnatal care services.

coUrbanize

coUrbanize

33 Arch Street, Boston, MA 02110, USA

coUrbanize is a community engagement platform that helps residents, real estate developers, city planners, and municipalities build better cities together.

Govonestop ®

Govonestop ®

Seattle, WA, United States of America

your Government One Stop ® for services and information

WITNESS

WITNESS is an international nonprofit organization that trains and supports people using video in their fight for human rights.

OECD Digital Government Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to help you implement the OECD Recommendation on Digital Government Strategies.

Neocity

Neocity

France

Neocity est la référence des applications mobiles pour Villes, Communes et EPCI. Choisissez l'application mobile pour Maire la plus plébiscitée en

Hukoomi

Hukoomi

Qatar

Hukoomi is an e-governance application which provides access to a broad range of information, including legal information for business, and information about visa and immigration procesess.

The Gov We Need

The Government We Need is a podcast exploring the government of the future and how it can best serve everyone.

TrialWatch

TrialWatch

United States of America (the)

Microsoft and the Clooney Foundation for Justice have teamed up to create TrialWatch, an app designed to help human rights advocates more easily monitor legal proceedings around the world.

Reported

Reported

New York, NY

Reported lets you submit feedback about NYC taxis in 30 seconds. Reported submits this feedback directly to NYC's 311 system and the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission.

Facebook Local Alerts

Facebook Local Alerts

Menlo Park, California, United States

Allows local governments to notify residents with important information

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