Technology plan for the City of Chicago

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

"Find Local Help is a tool from CMS, which runs HealthCare.gov, that connects people to in-person, one-on-one help signing up for health insurance. Users can enter their location and get a list of local experts who can help them complete the process for free." - Ad Hoc

• Good health and well-being

• Access social benefits

This database by Mozilla Foundation maps intersections between the key social justice and human rights areas of our time and documented AI impacts and their manifestations in society.

• human rights
• Decent work and economic growth
• racial equity

• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic tech catalogs

A global nonprofit publication covering the impact of technology beyond the Western bubble.

We created Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration.

• Voting and elections
• Cybersecurity
• Election administration

An open-source comprehensive platform that serves as a one-stop solution for monitoring Thailand's parliament.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advocacy tech
• Government transparency

Our services are comprised of 5 remote electronic platforms and a complete customer support system.

• Voting and elections
• Digital participation platforms
• Citizen Engagement

In collaboration with the U.S. Department of State, IE University is leading Tech4Democracy, a powerful initiative to identify entrepreneurs dedicated to developing technology that will promote and protect democracy worldwide.

• Build something
• Research and policy centers
• Academia

The Center for the Governance of Change at IE University and Microsoft launched AI4Democracy, a global initiative that seeks to create knowledge and mobilize democratic governments, companies and civil society to promote action for a responsible use of artificial intelligence to defend and strengthen democracy.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Research and policy centers
• Academic programs

CLJE:Lab is the policy and legal innovation lab at Harvard Law School’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy – where our ideas for building worker power and strengthening democracy hit the ground.

• labor

• Academia
• Innovation teams and labs

The Digital Sandbox offers General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant datasets in a secure environment, mentorship from industry experts and access to the FinTech Community to help enable experimentation and scaling for proof of concepts.

• fintech

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Testbeds and Sandboxes

By Aure Schrock. Out in September. The first detailed history of Code for America that examines how democratically designed government systems can collectively improve technology's impact on society.

• books

• Learn about civic tech
• Books
• Civic tech community surveys

AI-powered database where you can search California's legislators, lobbyists, donors, gifts, travel, bills, transcripts, videos, supporters, and organizations

• state

• Government transparency
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Changing our world by building a stronger, more inclusive technology workforce

• User research
• User research groups

Ushahidi-powered project tracking voting irregularities in the 2009 Indian election

• Voting and elections
• Civic maps
• Election oversight

Sets out best practices and actions online platforms can take to implement more robust support for Human Rights Defenders under threat

• human rights
• reports

• Digital security and privacy
• Foundational layers

8-month pilot to test 12 computer-vision sensors across four boroughs of NYC to employ machine vision and improve street-level data collection and improve planning decisions

• cities
• mobility
• streetscape

• Artificial Intelligence
• Urban planning
• Machine vision

The NYC Smart City Testbed Program is inspiring innovation within City government by streamlining and accelerating the citywide process for piloting emerging technologies.

• cities

• Govtech
• Emerging tech
• Hardware

CoreData.nyc is New York City’s housing and neighborhoods data hub, presented by the NYU Furman Center.

• housing
• cities

• Data visualization

6-month pilot of three pole-mounted static air quality machines

• air quality
• cities
• Reduced inequalities

• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Hardware

This report delves specifically into the limited publication of written decisions by criminal court judges.

• Justice tech

This report reviews Citi Bike’s performance to-date and recommends a comprehensive contract overhaul to ensure more reliable and equitable service, with a strategic mix of performance standards, attention to equitable service, and incentives to enable Citi Bike to thrive as a key element of the transportation network – whether under Lyft or a new operator.

• mobility
• cities
• Reduced inequalities

• Civic data
• Data science for social good

FPWA’s NYC Funds Tracker monitors New York City’s revenue and the flow to budget expenditures.

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Government transparency

We offer family reunification services, a phone buddy program, and basic income pilots for people experiencing homelessness

• homelessness
• social isolation

• Solidarity networks
• Resource matching and sharing
• Access social benefits

We are a non-profit that partners with state criminal justice agencies to advance their use of data and reduce incarceration.

• recidivism

• Civic data
• Data science for social good
• Justice tech

We are a global collaborative Internet of Things ecosystem that creates networks, devices and solutions using LoRaWAN®.

• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors
• Peer networks

Developed out of NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, Building Diagnostic Robotics (BDR) created robotics tools and AI analytics to aid in assessing building envelope efficiency.

• Climate action
• Sustainable cities and communities
• buildings

• Emerging tech
• Drones

This portal makes it easier for citizens to find information on government services and measure service levels in Nigeria.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Government transparency

In 2020, the initiative launched a yearly civic innovation and governance training to empower community champions to become lifelong changemakers by developing and scaling solutions for disrupting civic participation and improving governance and social justice in their communities.

• Fellowships

Find Out Who You Can Vote For

• Voting and elections
• Ballot information

Find out who is contesting in your Ward

• Voting and elections
• Ballot information

Villageois 2.0 est une association qui a pour objectif de sensibiliser les citoyens des différentes localités de la Guinée sur les avantages et risques des TIC.

• Citizen Engagement

The trial monitoring of corruption cases program uses tech tools to improve the justice sector by making the workings of the judiciary easier to understand and scrutinize.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Justice tech
• Trial monitoring

We are a civic tech organization fostering courtroom openness, social justice and citizen engagement in Nigeria.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Justice tech
• Trial monitoring

Civil society organization craving for improved government, political parties, CSOs and businesses accountability with the introduction of reliable and innovative civic engagement solutions.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Media and social media analysis
• Government transparency

Voter information portal for the 2021 Ethiopian election

• Voting and elections
• Voter assistance tech

The City of Philadelphia aims to improve collaboration with communities. This website shares guidance on how to engage communities equitably.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Communicating with the people

From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dramatic impact on political life in Kenya – one of the most electronically advanced countries in Africa.

• books

• Learn about civic tech
• Advocacy tech
• Books

This programme will support 100 people to become Everyday Democracy Champions, in turn catalysing the action of others in communities furthest from power, and creating tangible change across all four UK nations.

• trainings

• Advocacy tech
• Civic literacy
• Courses

The African League of Cyber-Activists and Bloggers for Democracy, commonly known as AfricTivistes, is the union of bloggers and web-activists from the continent and its diaspora to promote and defend democratic values, human rights and good governance through digital means.

• diaspora

• Peer networks

Highlighting modernization initiatives from legislatures around the world

• Learn about civic tech
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Newsletters

CivicSpace focuses on building better feedback loops between residents and policymakers to build policies that improve racial and economic equity in Illinois.

• User research
• User research groups

New America Chicago is a nonpartisan policy innovation lab based at The Chicago Community Trust.

Online course offered through Georgetown University’s Initiative on Technology and Society, the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation and the McCourt School of Public Policy: a continuing education course to help participants rapidly grasp digital fundamentals in a way that is practical and relevant to their work.

• Govtech
• Learn about civic tech
• Online courses

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

Wholly embeddable voter registration, polling place lookup, reminders, absentee, and election date tools for your organization.

• 2024 elections

• Voting and elections
• Voter registration
• Make a plan to vote

What might it sound like if a reporter in rural Missouri partnered with a reporter in New York City to together explore contentious issues and uplift common ground?

• students

• Media
• Journalism
• Polarization

This free app includes information on 100 Senators, 50 State Attorney Generals, 50 Governors, 426 Congressional reps by state. And 1,964 State Senators and 5,443 State House Reps.

Starting in the fall of 2023, this fellowship will empower student athletes from across the country to strengthen non-partisan civic participation on their teams, on their campuses, and in their broader communities.

• students

• Fellowships
• Civic literacy

Bridge Alliance members work in diverse areas of practice, all serving the larger movement for healthy self-governance.

• Participatory democracy
• Polarization