Find below the latest answers from elected officials who have agreed to be publicly questioned by their fellow citizens.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Communicating with the government

This is a blog about how the civic tech and accountability field measures its work and its impact.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

Publishing contracts data as open data

• Civic data
• Watchdogging and transparency
• Open data publishing portals

Parks and trails are a cornerstone of public health and quality of life. The Open Trail System Specification (OpenTrails) helps citizens get outdoors to enjoy them.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

Technology at work for the public

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Get funding

Real science we can do together. Join a #citizenscience project (we feature 2500+).

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic tech catalogs
• Tech for public challenges

Emilia Romagna's Regional law on participation

• The Tech
• The People
• Engagement tech

Where makers, designers, developers, and subject matter experts come together to use technology to solve civic problems.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Facebook launches petition feature, its next battlefield

• civic features
• Facebook

• Graveyard
• Civic features
• Petitions

The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate

• Google

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

Ayuda a creadores latinos a realizar sus proyectos a través del financiamiento colectivo.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is an Indian, non-profit organization that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives -- including hundreds of articles on Accessibility.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Adjacent Fields

We, the undersigned cities, formally come together to form the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, to protect and uphold human rights on the internet at the local and global level.

• city
• manifestos
• Sustainable cities and communities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Engagement tech

Welcome, friends.

• Graveyard
• Civic and social impact companies

Internet insights for social good

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

So, what are you crowdfunding for?

• Civic crowdfunding platforms

CARTO Turns Your Location Data Into Business Outcomes.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

In the midst of an immigration crisis on the US-Mexico border, Code for America, Codeando México, and The GovLab organized online listening sessions to help determine areas of need and where the civic tech community might help.

• immigration

• Needs assessment

Policy Development based on Advanced Geospatial Data Analytics and Visualisation

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

The Government Digital Service podcast looks at innovation and digital transformation across the public sector. We’ll interview interesting people both inside and outside government and cover new developments as they happen.

• podcasts

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Build something

SeamlessGov empowers governments to go paperless and deliver better online services to citizens and staff through an innovative suite of tools including an intuitive online form builder.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Graveyard

Newsbound is a creative studio specializing in visual storytelling for good.

• Graveyard
• Civic and social impact companies

Scholars. Practitioners. Leaders.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

We make local policy information accessible and byte-sized, with a weekly email of your community board’s most recent meeting highlights and transcript data.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Berlinweit gibt es ca. 84.000 Menschen die staatliche Unterstützung in Form von Grundsicherung zur Sicherung ihres Lebensunterhalts bekommen.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Engagement tech

How mobile text reminders earned Madagascar a 32,900% ROI in collecting unpaid taxes

• taxes

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

“Salzburg macht auf!” Das Land Salzburg stellt unter Open Government Data (OGD) bestehende Verwaltungsdaten zur freien Wiederverwendung und Weiterverwertung zur Verfügung.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Professional development courses for election officials

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

Neighborhood Knowledge Platform

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Each hackathon will challenge young tech developers to identify prototype solutions to challenges in Ethiopia.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic hackathons

An Evaluation of Digital Gaming Platforms on Civic Capacity and Collective Action in the Boston Public School District

• The People
• Evaluate impact

Plataforma colaborativa de financiamento de iniciativas voltadas para o enfrentamento dos efeitos do Coronavírus nas periferias brasileiras.

• Civic crowdfunding platforms

The MADD programme will provide candidates with the Master Key to create comprehensible and meaningful ways to connect people with information.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Academic programs

Public contracts awarded in Slovak Republic since 2009

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Graveyard

Each of our lectures will explore one specific facet of bullshit. For each week, a set of required readings are assigned. For some weeks, supplementary readings are also provided for those who wish to delve deeper.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Fight disinformation

Validated Real Time Information

• The Tech
• Media
• Artificial Intelligence

The first national magazine covering information technology in state and local government.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

The Open Data Barometer for Latin America and the Caribbean covers 24 countries and classifies governments according to readiness for open data initiatives, implementation of open data programs, and impact that open data is having on companies, politics and civil society.

• Civic data
• Report cards and audits

What are your hopes and dreams for California's new Office of Digital Innovation?

• All Our Ideas

• The People
• Fieldwide resources
• Civic tech community surveys

Wetaase is an online and mobile platform serving high-risk individuals, victims and survivors of human trafficking in Uganda.

• anti-trafficking

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

We crack the SCHUFA

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

• United States (federal government)

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

It is designed to make it easier for all political campaigns and parties, especially those with small teams and limited resources, to get access to cybersecurity services.

• civic features

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

SecondMuse is an impact and innovation company that works with communities focused on climate, equity, and tech.

• Civic and social impact companies

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Come join idea-makers, designers, citizen leaders, developers, and data geeks who volunteer to help the Fort Lauderdale government and civic orgs adopt open web technologies.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Using the power of satirical AI -generated media to create awareness about the climate emergency.

• Climate action

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

Knight Foundation is inviting nominations for its inaugural Knight Public Spaces Fellowship.

• Fellowships

crowdsourcing environmental data across Victoria.

• Sustainable cities and communities
• animals

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Govtech