Civic Tech Field Guide

United Kingdom Digital Service Standard

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

The Service Standard helps teams to create and run great public services.

United Kingdom (government)

Red Blue Voice

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Red Blue Voice was a social network providing users with tools to broadcast their social and political messages.

New York City Volunteer Language Bank

a case study by GovLab

Organised by PUBLIC and supported by French President Emmanuel Macron, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and the European Commission, the GovTech Summit gathers European leaders and innovators to explore how new technologies can improve public services and democratic practices.

Deeba.se

Commonplace

London

Boost understanding, get consensus and deliver projects that people love with our all-in-one citizen engagement platform.

Team Digitale

Via della Mercede, 9 00187 Rome (RM) - Italy

Digital innovation for citizens and for the development of the country. Replaced by the Department for Digital Transformation.

Lyft: Ride to the Polls

Lyft is offering free or discounted rides and bikes to the polls.

US Election 2020

Vooter

France

Consultez différemment.

Civil Kapocs

Hungary (Magyarország)

segítünk tisztán látni - tracks public meetings

Citygram

Janaagraha Center for Citizenship & Democracy

Thimmaiah Road, Govinda Chetty Colony, Rajiv Gandhi Colony, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Janaagraha’s mission is to transform quality of life in India’s cities and towns.

OpenShed

Australia

Open Shed helps you share with your community to access what you need and help your neighbours. Tools, sporting equipment, musical instruments, appliances and much more!

SharedNation

Shared Nation is a new form of civic engagement that allows thousands of people to pool resources and make collective decisions in order to have a big impact on global issues.

Prioritățile oraşului tău

Romania

COVID19.NYC

A knowledge base website that collects public health information on the novel coronavirus from WHO, CDC, NYS, and NYC.

Open Savannah

2222 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, USA

As a Code for America Brigade, we're part of a national network of civic-minded volunteers who contribute their skills toward using the web as a platform for local government and community service.

Pledgebank

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

It let people set up pledges in the form: ‘I will do something, if a certain number of people will help me’.

News Nerdery

This Slack has over 1,300 members of the journalism-tech community from around the world, who chat in over 40 topical and geographic channels.

Rally.org

Berlin

RALLY.org makes it easy for individuals, groups, social causes and non-profits to fundraise online with no minimum donation requirements.

Islamabad hackathons

Pakistan

Using and creating technology to spark civic engagement, promote responsive government, and foster public-private collaboration for social change.

BillCam

Civic Hall, West 22nd Street, New York, NY, USA

Find any State or Federal bill and, if you like, share it live through social media

Plural Policy (formerly Civic Eagle)

Minnesota

Shape the future of public policy with Plural’s intuitive, AI-powered legislative tracking and stakeholder collaboration tools. Effectively influence US federal and state legislation and say goodbye to clunky legacy software and manual spreadsheets.

Participacio Ciutadana

Barcelona, Spain

Perquè la democràcia es fa entre tots i totes.

Decidim

Verto

An App for Youth Political Engagement

apps

I am in the city / 我地.市正

Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Neighborhood forum //「我地.市正」(Ourland Searching) 係一個街坊媒體。用家可以查詢即時位置或選擇位置附近 1 公里內發生的社區事件: 公共設施社區活動社區議題街坊可以隨時隨地「報料」: 匯報社區問題，仲可以一直跟進事態發展。

Plural (previously OpenStates.org)

United States of America (the)

Track bills, review legislation, research data & see how your representatives are voting.

state

GovTrack.us

United States Capitol

Tracking legislation and votes in the United States Congress.

Capitol Bells

Washington, DC

Connect to Congress in realtime

Spacehive

Fund projects that make local places better. Millions in matchfunding available. Crowdfund a project idea on Spacehive now.

Since Sliced Bread

SEIU Washington DC

Since Sliced Bread was a national call for fresh, common sense ideas, organized by the SEIU.

labor

Voatz

50 Milk St, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Voatz is on a mission to make voting safer and more accessible. All citizens have a right to vote regardless of their circumstance.

ePart

Italy (Italia)

ePart è la soluzione web per la gestione partecipativa dei cittadini alla gestione degli ambienti urbani. Consente ai cittadini di interagire con l'amministrazione pubblica segnalando disagi e disservizi presenti sul territorio

How small firms can deal with government procurement processes

United States of America (the)

Michael Knapp is the CEO and founder of Green River, a software design and development firm that has worked extensively with local governments

Represently

Tell your advocates' stories. Change policy.

Voter's Edge

Get the facts before you vote.

Online Deliberation Singapore (ODSG)

Lower Kent Ridge Road, National University of Singapore, Singapore

A platform and a process to engage Singapore citizens in policy deliberation

research

GovTech Catalyst

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

GovTech Catalyst competitions help the public sector identify and work with cutting edge technology firms.

United Kingdom (government)

Do not touch your face dot com

Do Not Touch Your Face is a tool that helps you avoid touching your face using your webcam and machine learning.

Democracy.com

The number one reason people give for not getting involved in an issue or election is that they don’t know how. Solving this problem led us to create Democracy.com. Our groundbreaking free-to-join platform makes citizen action as easy as buying a book online.

Innovation in Democracy Programme

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Trialling the involvement of citizens in decision-making at local government level through innovative models of deliberative democracy.

United Kingdom (government)

IssueVoter

United States of America (the)

Giving everyone a voice in our democracy

US Election 2020

Madison

Washington, DC

Legislation and regulations that impact your life are written every day. With Madison, you can work directly with the sponsors of these documents.

Digital Democracy and Data Commons pilot

Barcelona, Spain

DECODE es un proyecto europeo que pretende dar respuesta a la preocupación de las personas sobre la pérdida de control de su información personal en Internet.

Pulse

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

Communicate your stance on issues you care about directly to your congressperson

Bill To Text

United States of America (the)

BillToText.com turns PDFs of federal legislation into text files. It provides a formatted document that you can download and edit with a word processor program.

Code for Charlotte

Charlotte, NC

Think volunteer fire brigade for the 21st Century. We are a volunteer citizen brigade. We use technology and advocacy as a tool for open government, open data and civic engagement.

OpenGov Open Data

Washington, DC

OpenGov’s comprehensive open data and financial transparency solutions help agencies of all sizes drive accountability, make data more useful, engage the public, and unlock economic potential. OpenGov is the first complete cloud solution for public sector budgeting, operational performance, and citizen engagement.