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Technologies that seek to provide greater visibility to the activities of governments, corporations, or individuals in power and allow others to monitor them.

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Contratados.org

Contratados.org

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Contratados.org allows workers to share their experiences and write reviews about their recruiters and employers in order to make the recruitment process transparent and generate a mechanism for accountability for compliance or non-compliance with the obligations of employers and/or recruiters.

elect.in.th

elect.in.th

Thailand (Prathet Thai)

The ELECT (elect.in.th) project, a Thai political and election information media, was initiated at the end of 2018 with the desire to present information and news about politics and the election at that time (2019). 

Jonmat

Jonmat

Seoul

Verified restaurant map based on the history of congressional donations (국회의원 후원금사용내역을 기반으로 한 검증된 맛집지도)

The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)

Since our establishment in 1973, we have been dedicated to reshaping the economic framework by restraining corporate power and championing social equity.

Big Tech M&A Database

The Big Tech tracker for mergers and acquisitions provides an overview of companies that have been acquired by Big Tech (2019-2025). Search for a merger!

Veeto

Veeto

San Francisco

Veeto is a civic tech platform that turns small-dollar contributions into verified lobbying actions.

TheyWorkForYou Votes

TheyWorkForYou Votes

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Votes in the UK’s Parliaments determine the laws that we all live by, and we want the information about who voted for what to be as accurate, easy to use and easy to understand as possible.

政治獻金數位化 (g0v Campaign Finance)

Crowdsourced project to digitize campaign finance records and detect corruption

Subsidy Tracker

Subsidy Tracker

Washington, DC

Discover Where Corporations are Getting Taxpayer Assistance Across the United States

Violation Tracker Global

Violation Tracker Global is the first wide-ranging database on corporate misconduct around the world.

Violation Tracker UK

Violation Tracker UK

Washington, DC

A Tool for Researching Corporate Regulatory Infringements in the United Kingdom

Amazon Tracker

Amazon Tracker

Washington, DC

Discover How Much the Public is Subsidizing One of the Largest Retailers

Good Jobs First

Good Jobs First

Washington, DC

Good Jobs First is a national policy resource center that promotes corporate and government accountability in economic development.

Pardon Tracker

An independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the individuals that received pardons or commutations for criminal charges related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget Whistleblowers form

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct its constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. Ranking Member Merkley is interested in information regarding waste, fraud, and abuse in the public and private sectors.

OpenSecrets Official Merchandise

OpenSecrets Official Merchandise

Center For Responsive Politics, L Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA

Sweaters, t-shirts, hoodies, and ball caps supporting following the money in American politics

Слідство.Інфо (Slidstvo.Info)

Award-winning independent investigative news agency in Ukraine

Judge Profiles

Judge Profiles

Berkeley, CA, USA

Access data on immigration judges, including cases, backlogs, grant rates, and removal statistics

Federal Environmental Web Tracker

Federal Environmental Web Tracker

United States of America (the)

EDGI’s website monitoring team is monitoring thousands of federal government webpages to track changes under the Trump administration.

Figyusz

Figyusz

Hungary (Magyarország)

A Figyusz egy alkalmazás, amelyben értesítésekre iratkozhatsz fel, hogy azonnal értesülj a figyelt közigazgatási és állami adatbázisok frissülése esetén.

Pluralisme

"Pluralisme.fr is a revolutionary solution in the sense that it will help strengthen Democracy and monitor alternative facts"

Accountability Lab Mexico

Accountability Lab Mexico

Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico

Accountability Lab Mexico is inspiring a national movement—led by civil society, on the ground, online and through the media—to celebrate, encourage and connect honest public servants.

What the Fed?

What the Fed?

United States of America (the)

AI-powered insights to help you find out what the f(ed) the US government is doing

Tainan City Council Watchbot

Line chatbot to help people interact with and understand Tainan City Council data. Users can ask in Mandarin, Taiwanese, English or by voice.

Tromsø Convention (Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents)

The Tromsø Convention is the first binding international legal instrument to recognize a general right of access to official documents held by public authorities.

Civil Society Public Finance Management Course

Civil Society Public Finance Management Course

GE185-7537 BOHYE ROAD (ECOWAS HIGHWAY), NEW ASHONGMAN ESTATE, ACCRA GHANA

APMON is launching the “Civil Society- Public Finance Management (PFM) e-Course” for parliamentary monitoring organizations to strengthen their understanding and advocacy on parliaments’ role in PFM, debt transparency and accountability.

Africa Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Network (APMON)

Africa Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Network (APMON)

GE185-7537 BOHYE ROAD (ECOWAS HIGHWAY), NEW ASHONGMAN ESTATE, ACCRA GHANA

The Africa Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Network (APMON) is a network of non-governmental organizations and coalitions of civil society organizations that monitors the work of and/or regularly engages national, subnational, and regional parliaments across Africa.

歐噴有限公司 OpenFun Ltd.

歐噴這名字,取自於 Open 這個單字,公司創辦人 Ronny 過去參與許多開放政府(Open Goverement)運動,長期推動開放資料(Open Data),並且使用及貢獻開放原始碼(Open Source)

Dataly (Data Network of the Legislative Yuan)

Parliamentary monitoring site featuring data about meetings, motions, bills, legislators, committees, iVOD, laws, legal provisions, and gazettes

Migration and Technology Monitor

With a focus on migration, technology, and human rights, we actively interrogate tech experiments on people crossing borders.

Judge and Disclosure Database

For the benefit of researchers, practitioners, and the public we are proud to host a comprehensive and growing structured database of judges and their financial interests.

Landlord Mapper

Landlord Mapper

Chicago, IL

Landlord database & interactive map to promote property ownership transparency in rental markets

Register rabe UI

Register rabe UI

Slovenia (Slovenija)

Comprehensive database tracking the use of AI systems in the Slovenian public sector.

New York Focus

New York Focus

New York, USA

New York Focus is a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom covering state and local politics in the Empire State. We aim to make government more transparent by publishing in-depth journalism that explains how the state really works.

Arthro5a.gr

Κάθε πολίτης έχει το δικαίωμα να αποκτήσει πληροφορίες από δημόσιους οργανισμούς. Σύμφωνα με τον νόμο, οφείλουν να απαντήσουν.

Govwatch

Govwatch

Athens

Rule of Law monitoring platform - Govwatch is a collective map of the state of the rule of law in Greece, made up of reports not just from the Govwatch team, but also from civil society organisations, journalists and academics, and citizens.

Jarbas Dashboard

Jarbas Dashboard

Brazil (Brasil)

Jarbas, a public panel of [Brasilian] parliamentary reimbursements, where suspicious purchases are easily accessible for public scrutiny.

Plaza Cívica

We empower communities to actively engage with their governments in decision-making through technology, design, communication, and research, driving better public services and enhancing citizen participation in governance.

Tazama

Tazama

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Open source transaction monitoring software

Investigative Reporting Lab (IRL) Macedonia

Investigative Reporting Lab (IRL) Macedonia

North Macedonia (Severna Makedonija)

The Investigative Reporting Laboratory (IRL) is a non-profit media organization whose reporting focuses on corruption, crime and good governance.

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