The First AI Legal Assistant, Made for Lawyers

• commercial

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Generative AI

presents the OECD Framework on the Governance of Digital Government and offers a toolkit for policymakers aiming to enhance digital government maturity

• handbooks

• Govtech
• Digital transformation

The Unfreedom Monitor, a project of Global Voices, is a project to analyze, document, and report on the growing use of digital communications technology to advance authoritarian governance around the world.

• Tech for Bad Hall of Shame

Foros is a forest management and investment platform.

• forests
• Climate action
• Life on land

• Tech for public challenges
• Manage natural resources

Peticijos.lt is a Lithuanian website that serves as a platform for creating and signing petitions.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Petitions

We also provide consultancy and advisory to help nonprofits and foundations take the right risks when supporting and resourcing grassroots change. We enhance your organisation’s security risk management, information security and data protection, and staff care and wellbeing.

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity
• Help out

"Voter Page" aims at providing electronic advanced services to voters.

• Voting and elections
• Open government data
• Voter assistance tech

The World Atlas of Participatory Budgeting represents the widest compilation of data, to date, on the situation of these processes on the planet.

• Participatory democracy
• Civic tech catalogs
• Participatory budgeting

This platform helps municipality facilitate participatory budgeting in the municipality.

• CONSUL
• cities

• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms
• Participatory budgeting

Polish law institutionalizing the "Village Fund" form of participatory budgeting, first in rural areas and later required for the 66 largest cities

• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting
• Civic tech legislation and policy

"S.T.I.R.NA" is an initiative aimed at providing information about media owners and ad spending in a simple and convenient manner.

• private data public good

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Advertising
• Media literacy

Citify is an online platform designed to track planned and existing real estate projects, ranging from apartment complexes and business centers to streets, bike paths, parks, and schools.

• mass transit
• mobility
• cities

• Urban planning

MANO BALSAS LT is a rational voting system on the internet. On this website, people are invited to take a short test and find out which politicians or parties align closest to their views.

• Voting and elections
• Matching views to votes

This platform helps municipality facilitate participatory budgeting in the municipality.

• CONSUL
• cities

• Participatory democracy
• Graveyard
• Digital participation platforms

An opportunity for every conscious member of society to contribute to the elimination of the shadow economy.

• taxes
• illicit goods
• corruption

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Civic maps

This platform helps municipality facilitate participatory budgeting in the municipality.

• CONSUL
• cities

• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms
• Participatory budgeting

The website allows you to view, filter and analyze government finance data in a variety of sections and levels, from the national level, which includes aggregated (total) government, municipal, social security and monetary fund data, to detailed institution-level data.

• Government transparency
• Budget explorers
• Open data publishing portals

The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is the leading nonpartisan, nonprofit organization fighting to advance civil rights and civil liberties in the digital age.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital rights
• Predecessors

The Innovation and Technology Group of the Vilnius City Municipality is developing digital innovations aimed at the smart development of the Lithuanian capital.

• cities

• Civic data
• Open government data
• Data governance

The portal is designed not only for IT specialists who want to create projects using open-source code but also for residents who want to make important personal life decisions based on sound statistical data.

• Civic data
• Government transparency
• Open data publishing portals

This website provides data on the turnover of leaders in municipal and state-owned enterprises, and their connections with political parties or associations.

• Media
• Government transparency
• Media monitoring

This platform helps municipality facilitate participatory budgeting in the municipality.

• CONSUL
• cities

• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms
• Participatory budgeting

It is a platform aimed at improving the urban environment and public spaces in Lithuanian cities.

• urban planning
• cities

• Communicating with the government
• Issue reporting

It's a platform aimed at helping people find information about various neighborhoods and districts in Lithuanian cities.

• local
• cities

• Civic data
• Urban planning

A platform for the public sector to directly consult with the citizens.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms

Women at the Table breaks down barriers to systems change so that women and girls are able to fully and actively participate and influence the world’s social, political and economic spheres.

• Gender Equality

• Civic apps outfits

Revisa aquí cómo impacta la evasión de impuestos en las vidas de los habitantes de América Latina

• taxes

• Civic data
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

Connect WhatsApp with your CRM

• WhatsApp
• commercial

• Internal communication and coordination
• CRM
• Group communication tools

MyCandidate is a platform that empowers voters with easy-to-understand electoral information that anyone can access ahead of an election.

• Voting and elections
• Ballot information

We’re making games to change the face of politics.

• Media
• Games and gamification

The Centre for Democracy was founded in January 2021 to develop the ecosystem of organisations working towards a better democracy in the UK

• Participatory democracy

The Democracy Forum is a not-for-profit NGO which promotes ideals of democracy, pluralism and tolerance through public debate.

• Participatory democracy
• Debate

Powerbase is a free guide to networks of power, lobbying, public relations and the communications activities of governments and other interests.

• Watchdogging and transparency
• Consumer watchdogging

The Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy is the largest gathering devoted to direct democracy worldwide. It favours a multidisciplinary approach, welcoming participants from academic, political and civil society perspectives.

• Participatory democracy
• Conferences
• Democratic Innovations

Technology Consultancy and Meetups for Right-Leaning Organisations and Politicians

• partisan

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• In-person meetings

FairVote is a nonpartisan organization advocating for ranked-choice voting in the US.

• Voting and elections
• Specific campaigns
• Democratic Innovations

Americans Elect was a political organization in the United States known primarily for its efforts to stage a national online primary for the 2012 US Presidential Election

• Graveyard
• Voting and elections
• E-voting and I-voting

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that it has established a permanent Customer Experience (CX) office to help deliver services that are simple to use, accessible, equitable, protective, transparent, and responsive for all DHS customers.

• Govtech
• Service delivery

The Cultural Safety Audit Tool for Individuals is designed to assess an individual’s level of development in understanding critical elements of cultural safety and working to create culturally safe experiences with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals

• indigenous
• racial equity

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Report cards and audits

You can install Dangerzone on your Mac, Windows, or Linux computer, and then use it to open a variety of types of documents: PDFs, Microsoft Office or LibreOffice documents, or images

• Media
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Summer open data training and materials piloted in 2023

• trainings

• Civic data

The Foundry is a collaborative organization for Internet law and policy professionals who are passionate about disruptive innovation

• Tech or Digital Policy
• Professional associations

Documenting methodologies of digital service teams in state, local, tribal, and territorial government.

• state
• local

• Govtech
• Supporting public sector from outside government
• Service delivery

This board contains various digital government roles from across the US and Canada public sectors, the different organizations that may be looking for talent, and resources to help you on your journey.

• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL) is an “accidental professional association” that began in Portland, Oregon in 2012 with a 16 member dinner group. Today, ELGL has grown to over 4800 members from all 50 states plus Canada, UK, Israel, and Australia.

• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

What is a “progressive data” job? Loosely defined as a job where the majority of the role, department, or organization is focused on data or analytics work in the progressive space. This work may include anything from data science and software engineering to sales and staff management.

• partisan

• Find a job or hire someone
• Job boards

This process code will introduce you to a digital-native approach to procurement. It maintains the core principles of public procurement—fairness, transparency and objectivity—but realigns the process with contemporary software development.

• guides

• Govtech
• Procurement

A Digital Servant's Guide to U.S. Federal Information Technology Law and Policy

• Govtech
• Bureaucracy tech
• Building inside government

By participating in GSA’s study on identity verification technology, you can help identify potential barriers and challenges that impact individuals from diverse backgrounds.

• Govtech
• User research
• User research groups

LinkedIn newsletter sharing tech and innovation jobs in government from across the US, by Rebecca Heywood

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