A global map ranking countries by their Freedom of Information laws

• free speech

• Civic maps
• Civic tech legislation and policy
• Policy

470 tech policy resources

• Tech or Digital Policy
• Policy

Adaptable buttons and mice for everyone

• Microsoft

• Hardware
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

The Affordable Connectivity Program is an FCC benefit program that helps ensure that households can afford the broadband they need for work, school, healthcare and more.

• United States (federal government)

• Graveyard
• Adjacent Fields
• Connectivity

Listen to the How to Citizen Podcast where Baratunde Thurston reimagines the word “citizen” as a verb and reminds us how to wield our collective power.

• Civic literacy
• Podcasts

Mozilla Foundation survey of builders' perceptions of data governance

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Build something
• Data governance

A programme aimed at circumventing our geographic limitations and strengthening regional connection and participation within the African civic tech community.

• Partner networks and coalitions

We share stories from election officials doing fantastic work.

• Voting and elections
• Narrative tech
• Election administration

How a robust public interest technology field can overcome historical inequities and ensure that everyone can fully benefit from technology. By Jenny Toomey & Latanya Sweeney

• Digital Public Infrastructure
• Public Interest Tech

This Ford Foundation toolkit includes introductory disability definitions and language guidelines, in addition to guidance on creating accessible in-person and virtual events, social media, and disability inclusive employment practices from recruitment to retention.

• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Real-time HD maps for autonomous driving

• Mapping tools

AP provides tech companies with election updates via a proprietary API that tech companies can plug into with a subscription to answer voice search queries, among others.

• Civic data
• Voting and elections

A non-profit organisation that promotes democracy and a culture where media and the powerful respect human rights and encourage a just and fair society. MMA acts in a watchdog role to promote ethical and fair journalism that supports human rights.

• human rights

• Media
• Media monitoring

Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab's Guidebook

• local
• guides

• Govtech
• Procurement

Trestle is a non-profit team of expert engineers, designers, and product managers who partner with leading movement groups and campaigns doing critical organizing work nationwide.

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns

A centralized platform for traffic volume and collision data by Code for Canada

• mass transit
• mobility

• Data visualization
• Urban planning

How local governments can serve people better through effective communications and digital services.

• local

• Govtech
• Playbooks and design principles

Pol Comm Tech is an academic research group at the University of Ottawa focused on exploring the intersections of politics, communication, and technology.

• Research and policy centers

We hope to increase the ability of the U.S. government to recruit modern technical leaders in order to achieve critical economic, policy, and human outcomes.

• Govtech
• Tech talent

Una guía para ayudarte a dar esos primeros pasos. Con un poco de dedicación y esfuerzo, no tendrás nada que envidiarle a los podcast que te inspiraron, al menos no en términos de calidad de sonido.

• resources
• guides

• Podcasts

The Politize Embaixadas (Embassies) program trains thousands of Brazilian youth to create influential citizen leaders in cities

• youth
• trainings
• city

• Civic literacy

Hosted by Caterina Fake, Should This Exist? is a show that takes a single technology and asks: What is its greatest potential? And what could possibly go wrong?

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Podcasts

IBAN discrimination is when a bank or company doesn’t accept your IBAN because it’s not from the same country in which the bank or company is based.

• banking
• Reduced inequalities

• Specific campaigns

netCommons is a Horizon2020 research project, which follows a novel transdisciplinary methodology on treating network infrastructure as commons, for resiliency, sustainability, self-determination, and social integration.

• research

• Decentralization
• Connectivity
• Community wifi

Human-centered design frameworks start by identifying who a product is for and then placing them at the center of the product strategy

• Design
• Toolkits

Daniel Schuman's collection of guides to how the institution of Congress works

• Civic literacy

A program that helps public intrapreneurs within cities around the world to develop their data innovation ideas into reality by providing dedicated support across a 6 month period.

• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Govtech
• Civic data
• Building inside government

In this report, we dive into the history of public investment in technologies at the foundation of Big Tech, and the imbalances between these investments and the returns to the public sector.

• reports

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Decentralization

4 million Users & Beneficiaries, 22 NGOs & Social Enterprises, 16 Indian States

• Resource matching and sharing

"US governments struggle to keep pace with rapidly advancing technologies and with the expectations of the public for governmental service delivery akin to what they experience in other aspects of their normal daily lives."

• books

• Govtech
• Books

Profiles in Public Service tells the compelling stories about the unsung public servant leaders who have driven government’s most important accomplishments.

• Govtech
• Celebrating public service and public servants
• Podcasts

Explore how your local criminal justice system performs.

• Civic data
• Justice tech
• Open data publishing portals

Participate in the international celebration of GIS technology.

• Mapping
• Holidays

Airbnb encourages hosts to donate their shelter in times of need, and is now spinning the program out as a formal non-profit.

• housing
• Airbnb
• civic features

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

Nonprofit Giving Platform

• Fundraising tools

"News With Friends is a social news app showing the most important stories right now, comparing views from a selection of quality news publishers representing a range of political perspectives."

• apps

• Media
• Social networks

The Sage project will design and build a new kind of national-scale reusable cyberinfrastructure to enable AI at the edge.

• air quality
• city
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Smart Cities and sensors

The Digital Due Process Clinic provides high-quality, pro bono services to those affected by these systems.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Legal tech
• Pro bono and volunteer

This program enables you to submit comments about certain District agencies and view how District residents graded those agencies. The goal is to help you better engage with your government and help government agencies to improve the quality of their services.

• city

• Report cards and audits

LobbyControl ist ein gemeinnütziger Verein, der über Machtstrukturen und Einflussstrategien in Deutschland und der EU aufklärt.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Lobbying

The Brick House Cooperative is a publishing platform designed, owned and operated by journalists—ad-free, expandable and subscription-based.

• Media
• Platform coops

Public Interest Technology (PiTech) at Cornell Tech catalyzes and amplifies technical advances that promote societal welfare and address systematically unfulfilled needs

• CTFG partners

• Research and policy centers
• Academia
• Public Interest Tech

Tools and practices for making products and services accessible to everyone.

• guides

• Govtech
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

The Geo Data Upload is a free and easy-to-use tool for organizations to share their geographic data with Google Maps.

• Mapping tools

A guide on how to apply the principles of agile to procurement.

• guides

• Procurement

This new coloring book is the perfect tool for kids and adults to learn about the political landscape of the United States in a fun and interactive way.

• Artistic interventions
• Civic literacy

The State of Mobile Internet Connectivity report is the annual flagship publication of the Connected Society programme.

• reports

• Information & Communication Tech for Development (ICT4D)
• Connectivity

Have you or someone you know been subjected to an unfair stop or search? Enter the stop information to view all data associated with that particular officer.

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Justice tech

We track progress towards the globally agreed aim of holding warming well below 2°C, and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.

• Climate action

• Promise trackers

The Partnership for Public Service is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that strives for a more effective government for the American people.

• Govtech
• Supporting public sector from outside government
• Celebrating public service and public servants