MapLight is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that reveals the influence of money in politics, informs and empowers voters, and advances reforms that promote a more responsive democracy.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Data visualization

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Civic maps
• Mapping

To secure the necessary financial and technical resources to publish large quantities of data online in user-friendly formats

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Toolkit for tracking advertisers on partisan news channels with sampling, data science, and open data.

• Civic data
• Media
• Advocacy tech

A page that allows candidates and parties to present election campaign finance information.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Odekro began as an open data initiative but it has grown into a national platform which promotes transparency and citizen participation. The site says it sets out to improve social mobilisation, citizen action, and engagement using technology.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
• Government transparency

• Watchdogging and transparency

傳真社將逾220個大廈翻新工程的入標資料製作成「樓宇維修工程關係圖」，使用者只需要輸入屋苑、顧問或工程公司名稱，便可以找到相關公司或工程的入標紀錄，有助了解公司口碑。

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

Find below the latest answers from elected officials who have agreed to be publicly questioned by their fellow citizens.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Communicating with the government

Publishing contracts data as open data

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Open data publishing portals

Le collectif Regards Citoyens est une association constituée de citoyens de tous âges et régions, tous bénévoles, qui se sont rencontrés sur Internet dans un désir commun de proposer un accès simplifié au fonctionnement de nos institutions démocratiques à partir des informations publiques.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Nonprofit transparency-focused media outlet

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Nonprofit newsrooms

Publish What You Fund is the global campaign for aid transparency. Our website outlines who we are, what we do and what you can do for aid transparency.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Open philanthropy

Catalogul aleşilor penali. De consultat înainte să mergem la vot.

• Watchdogging and transparency

TheyWorkForYou is a website which makes it easy to keep track of your local MP's activities.

• Participatory democracy
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

We’re tracking the progress of 60 pledges Trump made in his “Contract with the American Voter” – and whether he achieved his goals.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Promise trackers

To strengthen the topic of freedom of information as a whole by transparently depicting the inquiry and response process.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Machine learning software that scans Ukrainian government procurement contracts for signs of corruption

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Artificial Intelligence

A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

Platform for Lithuanian citizens to seek advise on reporting corruption or dealing with corruption, enhanced with an interactive map.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Advocacy tech

Marsad Budget is a continuation of Al Bawsala's work, which is based on monitoring the various institutions in charge of managing state affairs and the consecration of the principle of transparency and thus making available to the citizen, simplified and accessible information on the state budget

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Interactive platform which makes available and accessible information on judicial decrees, hearings and other selected documents, that were published on pages of the Ministry of Justice

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

A tool created for citizens and all those people or organizations that may be interested, which aims to facilitate the analysis and understanding of the budgets of the City of Barcelona.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Full Fact is the UK's independent factchecking organisation

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Fight disinformation
• Factchecking

Recognizing the year’s worst in government transparency

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

Grades how Chicago and Cook County government agencies share important meeting information like agendas, minutes and schedules with the public

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Advocacy tech

The Reporters’ Lab maintains a database of global fact-checking sites.

• The Tech
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Fight disinformation

The map shows the transfers from the Government to the municipalities and county councils from the Reserve Fund (15%), Local Development National Program (65%) and other programs managed by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration that sum up to 7.5 billion lei

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Civic maps
• Mapping

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

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

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

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.

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Advocacy tech

Tenders Guru is a website that allows to monitor public procurement processes in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Procurement oversight

PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Fight disinformation
• Emerging Tech Organizations

Citizens Monitor. Everyone wins. We empower citizens to demand integrity from the institutions they rely on.

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

• Watchdogging and transparency

The CSAP uses interactive radio shows (radio dialogues in combination with SMS feedback) to enable citizens to hold their leaders to account by asking the hard questions. By enabling citizens to text their views to a free short code, the approach allows for large-scale consultations and provides evidence of citizen’s opinions. AVF analyses these views using rigorous social science research and presents them in a form that supports policy action by authorities

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Periodismo y acción para abrir lo público

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

BudgIT is a civic organization that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement, to facilitate societal change.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Budget explorers

Portalul declarațiilor de avere și interese

• Watchdogging and transparency

Innovating for democracy

• workshops

• Meet the others
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Civic hacking meetups

EDGI is an action-oriented research collaborative driven by the Environmental Right to Know (ERTK) – the belief that people should be able to know and make decisions about environmental conditions of concern, and that the collection and stewardship of environmental information should equip people, communities, and workers to protect their health and support the flourishing of surrounding ecosystems.

• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency

Ministerul Finanțelor Publice a creat Sistemul naţional de verificare, monitorizare, raportare şi control al situaţiilor financiare, angajamentelor legale şi bugetelor entităților publice din România. Aici poți găsi informații despre activitatea financiar-bugetară a acestora.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Graveyard
• Budget explorers

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Civic maps
• Mapping

我們有一個很簡單而實際的夢想：相信台灣可以更好。讓台灣更好的力量，來自於更多主動參與、向外關注的公民，所以，我們致力於降低公民參與政治的門檻。沃草的英文名字Watchout，原意是提防和警戒。只要我們每個小小公民都能時時張大眼睛、提高警覺，政客就不容易為所欲為，台灣的公民社會才能茁壯。

• Watchdogging and transparency

We advocate, visualize and track government spending and international aid, and let you know how effective it has been in our rural communities.

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

a tool to crowdsource answers to FOIA request.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

A tool to examine publicly available key financial data of the 20 largest European banks.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Comparison of online social benefit platforms for all 50 US states

• health
• Good health and well-being

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Advocacy tech

Search, browse, subscribe and comment on your City Council bills, council members and events.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Govtech

FactChecker.in is India’s first dedicated Fact Check initiative.

• Media
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Fight disinformation