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The Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation aims to reinforce democracy through strengthening institutions, building interpersonal and informational trust, and reducing hyper-partisan affective polarization with research and field-building.

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ElectOMate is a civic tech platform that aims to provide voters with information and tools to make informed decisions during elections

The DPI Map is a comprehensive initiative that aims to provide a global view of the state of digital public infrastructure (DPI), including deployments of digital ID, real-time payment, and data exchange systems across the world

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by Rahul Bhargava

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We provide democratic tools and methods for communities of all shapes and sizes.

• Participatory democracy
• Civic and social impact companies
• Building in the private sector

We are a new social enterprise developing tools to strengthen place-based awareness and engagement. ​

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The first sustained, detailed philosophical defense of using lotteries, rather than elections, to select political representatives

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• Democratic Innovations

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Open and accessible tools that put safety back in the hands of the people

• youth

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Civic features

How can we ensure that democratic capacity can keep pace with AI advances? What are achievable positive visions for a world being transformed by technology? By Aviv Ovadya

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Small donor campaign to help protect Kyiv from aerial bombing

• Ukraine

• Disaster response and humanitarian tech
• Specific campaigns
• Civic crowdfunding platforms

Campaign Lab's handbook is for any campaigners working across the progressive ecosystem who are interested in using new AI Tools.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Advocacy tech
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This report analyses nearly 800 case studies from 83 countries and identifies five critical trends in government innovation that are reshaping public services.

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• Digital transformation

This new badge is designed to highlight apps that prioritize user privacy and safety, help users make more informed choices about the VPN apps they use, and build confidence in the apps they ultimately download.

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• Google

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity
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The Myanmar Internet Project was established in 2022 by a collective of researchers, practitioners and advocates with years of experience tracking developments in the Myanmar digital space.

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• Digital rights
• Connectivity

Observatorio Regional: Legislación en Libertad de Expresión en América Latina

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• Tech or Digital Policy

Census tracts that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution are highlighted as being disadvantaged on the map. Shut down by the Trump Administration in 2025.

• Reduced inequalities
• environmental justice
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Graveyard
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An end-to-end solution to sharing data across government

• United Kingdom (government)

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The Curve is a series of free, 90-minute workshops for third sector organisations.

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• Digital transformation
• Nonprofit tech

Curious whether Congestion Pricing is having an impact on commutes in NYC? Take a look to compare traffic data before and after Congestion Pricing

• Sustainable cities and communities
• city
• mobility

• Data visualization
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Conversations with the people building the Next Generation Internet (NGI). They’re working on free and open source technologies to make the internet more resilient, secure, trustworthy, accessible and human-centered.

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"Google can turn your Discover feed into an AI-generated podcast" - The Verge

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Improving how Meta treats people and communities around the world

• Meta

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Civic teams at tech companies

A guide to public service in the digital age

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The conference will bring together ACS data users and U.S. Census Bureau staff to share information about key ACS data issues and applications

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A non-profit building technology enhancing the public sector operating at the birthplace of democracy

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The Political Technologist is a multimedia publication that covers the latest developments and trends in the field of political technology, inviting the audience to collective sense-making with the editorial board as day-to-day events unfold in front of our eyes.

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Demystify local government and enable citizen participation

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• TikTok

• Engagement tech
• Meeting tech
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A non-profit civic platform designed to empower shared solutions.

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• Games and gamification

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

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• Watchdogging and transparency
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Platform for tracking public data metrics for local governments and nonprofits.

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Los centros de pensamiento son «asociaciones de investigadores, de áreas diversas del saber, que, mediante la investigación, el debate académico, la producción de documentos y la relación con sectores y problemas estratégicos de la realidad nacional, definen e inciden, a partir de su trabajo en red, en la evaluación y formulación de políticas públicas».

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The Platoniq Foundation designs digital participatory processes and facilitates innovative participation methodologies to help form more democratic societies and organizations, making use of open civic technologies.

• People Powered

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
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A hub for legislative theatre and creative civic practice.

• Participatory democracy
• Democratic Innovations
• Artistic interventions

Our goal is to make government data simple to use, easy to understand, and effortless to access. No data or tech knowledge is required.

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We invite you to explore all of the data in the following categories that reflect the priority goals we’ve established to facilitate the delivery of efficient, effective and improved customer services.

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• Open data publishing portals

GovOS is a leading provider of government software solutions in the United States.

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

• Artificial Intelligence
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Civic literacy

Discover the United Nations University EGOV's repository platform, a centralized hub of specialized repositories tackling global challenges.

• Govtech
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• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

AI Digital Public Goods for Justice in India

• Artificial Intelligence
• Legal tech
• Civic apps outfits

The HTTP Archive Tracks How the Web is Built.

• Open civic data
• Research tools
• Open internet

Landscape Scan of Digital Public Goods Use in Government

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The goal of the hackathon: to create new ways to disseminate reliable information, communication and support between communities located both in Russia and abroad

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• Civic hackathons

Research, Education, and Civic Engagement

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An open library of numerous cataloged studies and resources about the platform

• Decidim

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

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency
• Freedom of Information

La Ley 19/2013, de 9 de diciembre, de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Buen Gobierno (texto consolidado), tiene por objeto ampliar y reforzar la transparencia de la actividad pública, regular y garantizar el derecho de acceso a la información relativa a aquella actividad y establecer las obligaciones de buen gobierno que deben cumplir las personas que ejercen una responsabilidad pública.

• Government transparency
• Freedom of Information
• Civic tech legislation and policy

FOI request tool based on Alaveteli

Digital Woman Uganda empowers women and girls by promoting digital literacy, gender equality, and innovation through training, advocacy, and technological solutions.