Civic Tech Field Guide
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Peer networks allow you to collaborate with others, share ideas, and work together for a common interest or cause. Check them out and see how to experiment, research, and achieve concrete actions.
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International networking and support hub for those creating change in their communities through data and technology.
Are you a reporter interested in covering voting issue this election cycle? See our Electionland project.
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
DGI curates focused, in-depth programs where technical communities gather to share their knowledge and success. DGI delivers substantial, useful information
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
1710 Rhode Island Ave NW, 11th floor Washington DC 20036 USAA U.S.-based nonprofit, we are both a small, resourceful newsroom with our own reporting team, as well as a global network of reporters and media organizations who work together to investigate the most important stories in the world.
WorkIt Walmart employee app
New York CityAI bot that can navigate and serve up FAQ content in conversations with workers
Services Week UK
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Services week is a nationwide, cross-government event that looks at how we can work together to deliver end-to-end, user-focused services.
CivicWise is an international distributed and open network that promotes citizen engagement, developing concrete actions and projects based on collective intelligence, civic innovation and open design.
Civic I/O is a network of innovators and instigators committed to the hard work of progressing their cities. United by a common drive and ambition, civic leaders join together to help each other imagine and realize what is truly possible, altering the course of their city’s future and making a lasting impact.
Gabinete de Inovação
Asa Sul, Brasilia - Federal District, Brazilum laboratório que reunirá mandatos das casas legislativas de todo o país para que compartilhem e construam caminhos para a inovação nos parlamentos brasileiros
Atlas
San Diego, CALearn from your local government officials & staff about the smart, safe, and sustainable solutions working in their communities
ELECTricity is a network of over 1,000 election officials sharing best practices
Open Government Partnership
Washington, DCIn 2011, government leaders and civil society advocates came together to create a unique partnership—one that combines these powerful forces to promote accountable, responsive and inclusive governance.
The MuckRock Slack channel is a free, collaborative discussion forum to discuss both the federal Freedom of Information Act as well as state public records laws.
Rarenet runs joint activities that aim to improve coordinated response, education and advocacy in cyber security threats affecting civil society and activism online.
Boston Civic Media is a faculty-led network that aims to advance the transdisciplinary domain of civic media research and pedagogy in the Greater Boston Area.
The Transformative Media Organizing Project links LGBTQ and Two-Spirit organizers, media makers, and tech-activists across the United States.
Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI)
360 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts, USAThe Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) is an interuniversity partnership that pursues original urban research on the cutting edge of scholarship and public policy, with an emphasis on opportunities created by novel digital data.
Poverty Action Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Our mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. We do this through research, policy outreach, and training.
Taftie
Gasthuisstraat 34, 4161 CC Heukelum, NetherlandsTAFTIE is the European Association of leading national innovation agencies
Bloom Network is an international community of people and projects working toward regenerative cultures. Local Bloom hubs around the world grow participation in practices such as food security, local economies, celebrations of diversity, and art as cultural transformation.
Apolitical
The Conduit, 40 Conduit Street, London W1S 2YQ, England, UKDiscover the most innovative ideas and solutions in government everywhere. Connect with the people behind them.
Global Innovation Gathering (GIG)
Wilhelmine-Gemberg-Weg 14, 10179 Berlin, Germanywe are what we create together
Gebruiker Central
Netherlands (Nederland, Holland)De overheidsbrede kenniscommunity Gebruiker Centraal wil een servicegerichte en gebruiksvriendelijke (digitale) overheid. Via evenementen leren we van elkaars ervaringen en doen we ideeën op. Met instrumenten delen we die kennis.
Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)
113 Moses Hall University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720EGAP is a cross-disciplinary network of researchers and practitioners that is united by a focus on experimental research and is dedicated to generating and disseminating rigorous evidence on topics of governance, politics, and institutions.
Bringing together the heads, hands and hearts of people using data and technology to create change in their communities.
Elevator
Washington, DCA mentoring app connecting new and former members of Congress
Public Service Lab
BerlinSupporting the transition to better German public services through events, workshops, publications
A world where knowledge creates power for the many, not the few.
Democratic Innovation in Megacities
NDI, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USANDI is partnering with Living Cities—an organization that harnesses the collective power of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions to get dramatically better results for low-income urban residents—on a research initiative to explore the innovative ways that megacity governments are strengthening urban democracy.
Climate Designers provides the knowledge, skills, and professional network to support designers to be climate leaders everywhere they work
Code for America is working towards a government by the people, for the people, that works in the 21st century. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit that helps residents and governments harness technology to solve community problems.
Govlaunch
San FranciscoThe wiki for local government innovation ✨
Open Data New Zealand
New ZealandA cross-government programme to accelerate the release and reuse of open government data to maximise the value of that data.
Civic Data Privacy Leaders Network
MetroLab Network, 777 6th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001, USAA collaborative that will provide an active, authoritative resource for municipal leaders to navigate emerging privacy issues, share practical guidance, and promote fair and transparent data practices
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