In this paper, we examine how AI could help reimagine local government.

• reports
• local

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bureaucracy tech

Requiring open digitalisation and publication of planning data in the UK

• local

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Urban planning

Tree:p is a street tree walking project encouraging people to observe and document the street trees along their daily routes using the self-guided map.

• biodiversity
• trees
• streetscape

• Artistic interventions
• Walking tours

A one-stop-shop web application to help finance resilient public infrastructure across the United States.

• local
• resilience

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Get funding

Exploration and celebration of websites using the .nyc domain name.

• local
• city

• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Discover What Localities Lose to Corporate Tax Abatements.

• local
• taxes
• corruption

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Consumer watchdogging
• Supporting public sector from outside government

A chatbot AI that has access to millions of pages of municipal documents from small towns throughout Vermont.

• local

• Artificial Intelligence
• Bureaucracy tech
• Generative AI

Ridiculously Hopeful Future: a bold, slightly wild, and very optimistic project to transform how government social safety net programs are designed.

• workshops
• state
• local

• Communicating with the people
• Supporting public sector from outside government
• Civic imagination

An independent, local authority membership organisation supporting councils around the world.

• local

• Govtech
• Peer networks
• Supporting public sector from outside government

Demystify local government and enable citizen participation

• local
• city
• TikTok

• Engagement tech
• Podcasts
• Meeting tech

Platform for tracking public data metrics for local governments and nonprofits.

• local

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Dashboards

• People Powered
• local

• Participatory democracy

The Local Infrastructure Hub is a national program designed to connect cities and towns with the resources and expert advice they need to access federal infrastructure funding in order to drive local progress, improve communities, and deliver results for residents.

• local
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Get funding
• Foundation initiatives

The Civic Information Index uses data to map drivers of engaged, informed, equitable, and healthy communities nationwide.

• local

• Civic data
• Civic maps
• Evaluate impact

We are convinced that the battle to eliminate poverty worldwide starts here at home – in our village, our town, or our municipality. Which is why, here at ICLD, we work with people who are changing the world by building local democracy.

• local

台南市議會觀測站

• city
• local
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
• Chat and messaging

• city
• local
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
• Citizen Engagement

As well as the broad range of information that the regular AI uses, this modified version has been exposed to a specific set of policies and information to help unlock the power of AI for the new constituency of West Ham and Beckton.

• local
• ChatGPT

• Govtech
• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence

The Austin Monitor is the only nonpartisan local daily news source that exclusively covers the important issues and key decisions at the intersection between the local government and the community. Its mission is to create shared prosperity through a more informed and engaged community.

• local

• Media
• Journalism
• Local news

Simply put: MVP helps Democratic and progressive donors channel donations into the local organizing groups that tip key races AND build political power for the long term.

• local
• 2024 elections
• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Campaign organizations

The Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University drives innovation in local government by marrying cutting-edge practice with world-class research.

• city
• local
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Research and policy centers
• Academia

Enter your UK postcode and see how your local area has changed over the past 14 years

• local

• Civic data

By Alan R. Shark, with ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity AI

• local
• books

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Books

MetroLab’s In the Lab Initiative focused on GenAI for Local Governments, a task force

• local

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Working groups

CivicSearch is a search and discovery tool for everything that is said in local government meetings, texts, and laws. It covers 547 cities and towns in the US and Canada.

• local

• Civic data
• Artificial Intelligence
• Government transparency

The We’re Right Here campaign is working to build a united movement for community power, spanning places and communities across the UK as well as the political spectrum.

• local

• Participatory democracy
• Specific campaigns
• Decentralization

Divestment campaign targeting local councils investing in fossil fuel companies

• Climate action
• local

• Civic maps
• Specific campaigns

This video explains how Camden Council uses machine learning to improve council services.

• city
• local
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Govtech
• Engagement tech
• Artificial Intelligence

Internet of Things pilots to improve quality of life in London neighborhoods

• local
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Smart Cities and sensors

Ireland's Smart Cities Education Programme designed for young people and local authority staff.

• youth
• local

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Digital literacy

A non-profit consortium will offer free cybersecurity support to almost 200 humanitarian NGOs in The Hague in the next 1.5 years.

• local

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity
• Pro bono and volunteer

It's a platform aimed at helping people find information about various neighborhoods and districts in Lithuanian cities.

• local
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Civic data
• Urban planning

Documenting methodologies of digital service teams in state, local, tribal, and territorial government.

• state
• local

• Govtech
• Supporting public sector from outside government
• Service delivery

#CityHallSelfie Day is a celebration of public service showcasing pride in local government institutions.

• local

• Govtech
• Holidays

Žinau, ką renku“ – tai nešališkas politikos stebėsenos tinklas, kuriame dalyvauja jauni žmonės iš įvairių Lietuvos miestų ir miestelių.

• local

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Promise trackers
• Open asks

Local politics is getting less attention in the media, due to budget cuts. Meanwhile Dutch municipalities are getting more responsibilities due to decentralisations. With PoliFLW journalists and other interested parties can quickly follow news from local political parties and politicians.

• local

• Media
• Journalism
• Archives

The LB Co-Lab will engage Long Beach community members in an immersive and collaborative technology deployment and training process to design a technology solution that works for them.

• local
• city

• Participatory democracy
• Citizen Engagement

The Hub is a system of physical and digital community bulletin boards designed to serve the diverse constituencies of Red Hook.

• local

• Neighborhood forums

Community based nonprofit supporting residents of Red Hook Brooklyn with youth trainings, mesh wifi, urban farms, and more.

• local

• Community wifi

"A complete suite of local authority services for highways, environment and the public realm", wholly owned subsidiary of mySociety

• local

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors

Based on FixMyStreet.com, launched by our parent charity mySociety in 2007, FixMyStreet Pro is the only reporting solution capable of automatically routing reports to other authorities across the UK.

• local

• Communicating with the government
• Issue reporting

Easy and secure location based applications and payment services for councils.

• local

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Payments

Developed in collaboration with Hackney Council, FOIWorks is an open-source user-needs focused front-end solution for taking Freedom of Information requests from citizens.

• local

• Govtech
• Freedom of Information

LocalGov Drupal is a publicly owned asset that delivers a better digital experience for citizens, improves service outcomes, and saves money.

• local

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• State and regional government technology

Our “Bedrock, USA” podcast explored the rise of far-right extremism in two local governments.

• local
• towns

• Govtech
• Podcasts

As part of the Beeck Center’s Digital Service Collaborative , a project in partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation, we will knit together a collection of state agencies based on common needs to help them collaboratively procure, develop, and maintain the software that they all depend on

• local

• Govtech
• Peer networks
• Partner networks and coalitions

Este documento fue realizado por el equipo de la Dirección de Datos Abiertos junto con la Iniciativa Latinoamericana por los Datos Abiertos (ILDA).

• guides
• local

• Civic data
• Open government data

InfoNile is a cross-border group of geojournalists with a mission to uncover critical stories on water issues in the Nile River Basin through data-based multimedia storytelling.

• Clean water and sanitation
• rivers
• local

• Civic data
• Media
• Civic maps

Stac labs accelerates party, state and local campaigns' analytical and technological capabilities.

• partisan
• local
• state

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

A small consultancy to help local government design better digital services

• local

• Govtech
• Govtech vendors