This site loads one of a series of prompts to help the user empathize with people experiencing various conditions, from Multiple Sclerosis to near-sightedness.

• Design
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Open data on decarbonization

• Climate action
• Responsible consumption and production

• Open data publishing portals

Civic Tech Book Club is a virtual book club that meets sporadically to discuss readings related to civics and technology.

• Socialize online
• Reading lists

Track developments in rhino poaching court cases across South Africa

• animals

• Civic maps

OpenCovid19 is a JOGL program that develops open-source and low-cost tools and methodologies that are safe and easy to use in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• COVID Engagement Projects

Poland-based design studio that builds civic products

• Graveyard
• Social impact design firms
• Behavioral economics programs

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

Mapping the videos of the US Capitol building attack

• Civic maps

Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab's Guidebook

• local
• guides

• Govtech
• Procurement

Signalboost gives grassroots organizers the power to communicate with mass audiences securely and directly via message broadcasts and hotlines.

• Organize campaigns
• Peer to peer SMS
• Hotlines

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

Search millions of opinions by case name, topic, or citation. 406 Jurisdictions. Sponsored by the Non-Profit Free Law Project. 501c3

• Civic data
• Legal tech
• Archives

Fundación Ciudadanía Inteligente's Escuela de Activismo Digital (School of Digital Activism) is an e-learning platform to train emerging leaders in Latin America in digital activism methodologies.

• trainings

• Organize campaigns

A shadow oversight board comprised of outside critics of the company

• Facebook

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Consumer watchdogging

Für mehr Transparenz und neue Möglichkeitsräume in der Stadt

• housing

• Crowdsourcing
• Civic maps

Play or Get Played – the app antidote to deceptive political ads, from HonestAds.org.

• apps

• Advertising

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

Civic Service Design refers to the practice of creating, better understanding, and improving upon programs at any stage; we use “civic service design” to mean applying the tools and methods of service design to government-run or funded programs.

• guides

• Govtech
• Design
• Playbooks and design principles

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

• Media
• Platform coops

We're talking to some of the most exciting scholars, activists, journalists, and entrepreneurs in our field about what's wrong with social media and how to fix it.

• Podcasts

Political campaigns spend a lot of money to reach voters on Facebook. Are they telling the truth? Are they saying different things to different people? Help hold them accountable by installing our browser plugin, which sends us the ads you see on Facebook.

• extensions
• Facebook
• YouTube

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Crowdsourcing
• Consumer watchdogging

Thoughtful engagement with decision-makers, stakeholders, and the general public provides the foundation for sound planning, successful projects, and better communities.

• Engagement tech

Twitter bot that tweets US Capitol Hill jobs from nearly 20 sources. By Demand Progress.

• Bots
• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

Trigger apps to protect your privacy when in anxious or panic situations

• apps

• Emergency services

Themis makes it easy to surface, capture, 
and share your organization’s knowledge. Our tools activate and enable every employee.

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech

/dev/color is the most powerful community of Black software engineers, technologists, and executives in the world.

• racial equity

• Peer networks

Add, view, or discuss places of value to your local community (including Assets of Community Value and assets owned and run by the community).

• local
• neighborhoods

• Graveyard
• Crowdsourcing
• Civic maps

In this historic election, in addition to a traditional editorial that argues that the former vice president can restore the integrity of the presidency and set the country on a better path, the Globe editorial board make 12 cases for 12 different kinds of voters.

• US Election 2020

• Media

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation develops ideas and fosters practices for equal and inclusive, multiracial and multiethnic democracy and self-governance.

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Digital Public Infrastructure

Open Justice Oklahoma (OJO) seeks to improve understanding of our justice system through analysis of public data.

• Civic data
• Open justice

Taught by David Eaves

• Govtech
• Digital transformation
• Courses

An open technical standard providing publishers, creators, and consumers the ability to trace the origin of different types of media.

• Fight disinformation
• Data schemas and standards
• Content provenance

SMARTFISH H2020 is an international research project which aims to develop, test and promote a suite of high-tech systems for the EU fishing sector.

• Life below water
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Smart Cities and sensors

Harvard report on “smart city” technology risks to civil liberties.

• reports
• public space

• Smart Cities and sensors

A platform built for accessible and consensus-driven public consultation, harnessing machine learning to derive quality insights. Cornell Tech Studio project

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Mobilizing the next generation of technologists to create civic impact in cities and states across the country.

• Find a job or hire someone

Apolitical's list of climate policy breakthroughs by governments around the world

• Climate action

• Civic tech catalogs

While COVID-19 has put a temporary stop to our classroom-based training, we have created a library of online training courses to support local authority staff to learn and develop their digital skills.

• United Kingdom (government)

• Govtech
• Professional associations

A Field Guide to the Dark Ecologies of Newtown Creek is designed in phases that we are developing over time.

• local
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Artistic interventions

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

• Evaluate impact
• Report cards and audits

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

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Lobbying

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.

• Civic literacy
• Artistic interventions

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

• reports

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

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
• News and Media monitoring

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

Social Media and/as Urban Research is a short workshop providing an introduction to conceptualising and approaching social media as part of urban research.

• workshops

• Social media

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