Projects - The Tech

Tanzania Data Lab dlab

University Of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre - SED, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Promoting innovation and data literacy through a premier center of excellence

trainings

CitySourced

CitySourced, Inc. 1642 Westwood Blvd. Penthouse Suite, Los Angeles, CA 90024

With CitySourced, you can deploy an unlimited number of applications to a single native app. From paying bills to election info to FAQs or newsletter signups - downloading a single app is easier for citizens, and it's easier for you!

apps

NetHope

10615 Judicial Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA

NetHope is a collaboration of leading international NGOs serving tens of millions each year in 180+ countries.

Handraiser

Austin, TX

Cutting edge software & mobile apps to help you manage any type of campaign. Turn Voters into Votes.

Wahlprogramquiz

Europe

Welche Partei hat’s gesagt?

iSeeChange

Investigate how weather and climate change are impacting our communities and environment.

IdeaScale

Berkeley

IdeaScale is the leading innovation management software platform for the enterprise, government, and education. Gather ideas and implement them.

Arizona Eviction Help

Arizona

Arizona Eviction Help makes it easier for tenants to learn about eviction hearings, identify potential defenses to use and create court documents to use.

housing

NICAR-L-ESP

Missouri School of Journalism, Walter Williams Road, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

NICAR expanded the Data Journalism listserv to a Spanish language version

BotOrNot

Estimates probability of a twitter account being a bot

OpenAI

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

commercial

Parliament Petitions

London

Official online petitions in response to issues of the day, listing the number that got a Government response, and those that have been debated in the House of Parliament

Brandwatch Consumer Research

48 West 21st Street, New York, NY 10010, USA

Get consumer fit by accessing data from 100 million sources and over 1.3 trillion individual posts.

commercial

Crashmapper NYC

New York City

Mapping NYC automobile collisions and their resulting injuries and fatalities

Open Government Data Oberösterreich

Oberosterreich, Austria

Die Oö. Landesregierung unterstützt durch ihren Beschluss vom 29. Oktober 2012 die nachhaltige Entwicklung der Informationsgesellschaft und Bürgerbeteiligung nach den Grundsätzen Transparenz, Partizipation und Zusammenarbeit.

OpenDataKit

ODK lets you build powerful offline forms to collect the data you need wherever it is. Join the leading social impact organizations that use ODK to make the world a better place.

McKinsey report on blockchain in government

It’s not just for financial institutions; government agencies can use this digital ledger technology to protect trusted records and simplify interactions with citizens.

Calgary's noise-sensing network

Calgary, AB, Canada

Calgary’s LoRaWAN — a long-range, low power digital wireless network — sensors will be used to categorize noises like gun shots, trains, construction and road noise through the work of a government partnership.

Otwarte dane Gdynia

Gdynia, Poland

Open government data portal

ResistX protest SMS alerts

Sign up to have your daily NYC protest update texted and emailed to you.

StadtRat Monitor Leipzig

Germany (Deutschland)

The Sentry

1420 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20005, USA

The Sentry is an investigative and policy team that follows the dirty money connected to African war criminals and transnational war profiteers and seeks to shut those benefiting from violence out of the international financial system.

Human Services Data Specification (HSDS)

Washington, DC

HSDS is designed to support the publication of open, interoperable community resource directory data.

Connected Development (CODE)

Abuja, Nigeria

We are building the largest social accountability movement, empowering marginalized communities in Africa.

Tella

Washington, DC

Tella is a secure documentation app for Android, making it easier and safer to produce verifiable evidence and collect data in challenging environments

apps

Mulika

Kenya

Mulika allows users to annoymously report corruption by government officials and other crimes through SMS. Userscan report a case by sending a text message, which is forwarded to relevant officials.

Facebook ‘Today In' feature

Palo Alto

A dedicated section on Facebook that connects people to news and information about their community, called Today In.

Brookings Democracy Dashboard

Brookings Institution, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

The Brookings Democracy Dashboard is a collection of data designed to help users evaluate political system and governmental performance in the United States.

Streetcaster

285 Washington St, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

Supernormal explored an algorithm that integrates social equity as a key variable in prioritizing infrastructural replacements and repairs.

DebateWise

DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.

Safecast

Open Data Voralberg

Austria (Österreich)

Das Land Vorarlberg stellt auf data.gv.at allen Interessierten Regierungs- und Verwaltungsdaten zur Verfügung.

Coworker.org

Coworker.org is a platform for worker voice. Find out why employees of some of the world's largest companies are using Coworker.org to win change.

Video Games Without Borders

great games for a great cause

First Mile Geo Native.io

Data analytics from collection to analysis.

WhatDoTheyKnow

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Get answers from the government and public sector

Access to Information Community of Practice

Digital Refugee Projects (Betterplace Lab)

betterplace Solutions GmbH, Schlesische Straße, Berlin, Germany

118 projects to help refugees, curated by betterplace lab

refugees

Sea Level Rise Toolbox

Miami

Interactive mapping tool for visualizing the effects of rising see levels

Climate action

IoT Trustmark

Berlin

The Trustable Technology mark empowers consumers to make informed decisions & enables companies to prove their connected devices are trustworthy.

Data Standards Directory

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

An open source directory of data standards across categories like Annual Budget, Building Permits, Crime Statistics, Election Results, Expenditure, Public Facilities, Real-Time Transit, Road Construction, Service Requests, and Zoning.