The application allows you to be involved in the democratic process, vote anonymously, receive government services online, and also become a co-owner of important projects.

• apps
• Rarimo

• Voting and elections
• Games and gamification
• Service delivery

Приложение для проведения анонимных опросов (An anonymous survey application)

• apps
• Rarimo

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

Verkehrszeichen sind wertvolle Daten in OpenStreetMap.

• OpenStreetMap
• streetscape
• Prototype Fund

• Civic data
• Mapping
• Mapping tools

Unlocking a new generation of social apps, where users stay private without losing historical actions and identities

• Rarimo

• Blockchain
• Decentralization
• Identity

Sensemaker is an evolving toolkit developed by Jigsaw, designed to demonstrate how Google AI can help make sense of large-scale conversations. Sensemaker empowers users to categorize, summarize, and identify areas of agreement and disagreement in any discussion – turning conversation into clear, actionable insights, quickly.

• Google
• Sensemaker
• toolkits

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Digital participation platforms

尋找公民科技的續航力 / Finding the Endurance of Civic Technology

• g0v

• Civic apps outfits

My Voice Counts is a civic-tech platform that empowers people to safely and anonymously participate in verified issue-based voting and protest support

• apps

• Advocacy tech
• Organize campaigns
• Direct action

Abordaje conceptual y metodológico para la incorporación de las preferencias de la ciudadanía en políticas públicas

• Argentina (federal government)
• guides

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Learn about civic tech

806 days, 8,624 trips, 7,060 miles. Thank you for your service.

• cycling

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping

Com o Colab, os cidadãos podem participar ativamente das decisões da cidade, acessar os serviços da prefeitura, contribuir com ideias, reportar demandas e votar em questões cruciais para suas comunidades.

• apps

• Govtech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Apply secure metadata with information about yourself and your content preferences, directly to your files with Content Credentials.

• Stop AI theft
• Adobe

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Data schemas and standards

This bot offers an interface for requesting and accessing VPN support via Telegram and WhatsApp.

• WhatsApp
• Telegram

• Cybersecurity
• Chat and messaging
• Circumvention tech

Exploration and celebration of websites using the .nyc domain name.

• local
• city

• Meet the others
• Socialize online

The overall purpose of the COLDIGIT project is to generate new knowledge on innovative digital tools and approaches, in order to understand how they can support governance of complex societal processes in the Nordic region.

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Learn about civic tech

Right-wing influencers are shilling an immigrant bounty hunting app

• immigration

• Blockchain
• Tech for Bad Hall of Shame

"The Landing might have begun as one of the best-funded nonprofit newsrooms in the country. It now appears to be a cautionary tale about the risks of relying on a few big funders and of disagreements about mission and strategy undermining a newsroom." - Sophie Culpepper, NiemanLab

• Media
• Journalism
• Graveyard

We break information barriers and strengthen African democracies through research and media innovation

• Media
• Journalism
• Civic apps outfits

Here, we explore four applications of LLMs to improve digital public squares: collective dialogue systems, bridging systems, community moderation, and proof-of-humanity systems.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

The new model includes the development of the largest national legislative database, which integrates not only federal and local legislation but also judicial rulings, government processes, services, and field-level systems.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

Mapping the networks of the 1,580 individuals who were arrested, charged, or convicted for participating on the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

• Project 2025

• Data visualization
• Crowdsourcing
• Justice tech

The company previously worked with 3rd party fact-checking organizations to fight disinformation on their platforms. They killed the program at the beginning of the 2025 Trump administration. It's still operating outside of the USA (for now).

• Facebook
• Meta

• Fight disinformation
• Graveyard
• Factchecking

From advanced stakeholder mapping and relationship health tracking to sentiment and qualitative analysis, each feature works together to help your organization get more from your stakeholder relationships.

• commercial

• Engagement tech
• Nonprofit tech
• CRM

Google Cloud now offers Geospatial Analytics, Generative AI on Street View imagery, and more environmental data as part of the broader Google Maps Platform

• Google
• streetscape

• Artificial Intelligence
• Mapping
• Mapping tools

The 360Giving Data Standard is a uniform and consistent way to describe grantmaking data.

• Civic data
• Get funding
• Data schemas and standards

The Council on Tech and Social Cohesion is catalyzing the field of technology for social cohesion.

• Engagement tech
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Partner networks and coalitions

OONI Probe is a free and open source tool to help measure internet censorship.

• apps

• Digital security and privacy
• Crowdsourcing
• Circumvention tech

How do we ensure that community data from Papua New Guinea’s protected areas is reported and heard?

• biodiversity
• animals
• apps

• Crowdsourcing
• Evaluate impact
• Environmental data

Nieman Journalism Lab covered ProPublica's brilliant approach to getting government sources: parking one of those billboard trucks with an ad for their secure Signal number outside of government offices in DC as terminated employees left the building.

• place-based
• Project 2025

• Media
• Journalism
• Whistleblowing

A platform to make legislation and representative activity easier to track, understand, and act on.

• Grok

• Artificial Intelligence
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

We’re a not-for-profit co-op, working with people with a progressive mission who make the world a better place.

• coop

• Build something
• Civic apps outfits
• Building in the private sector

We envision a future where technology and data power positive social change

• Climate action
• humanitarian

• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic data
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

A 3-year project funded by the EU's Erasmus+ programme to mitigate the discriminatory impact of AI on people's lives.

• bias
• European Union
• Reduced inequalities

• Artificial Intelligence
• Design
• Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT)

Phoenix is an open source, non-commercial platform designed to enable peacebuilders and mediators to conduct ethical and participatory social media listening in order to inform conflict transformation work.

• Peace, justice, and strong institutions
• peace

• Media and social media analysis
• Big listening
• Digital peacebuilding

The MENA Observatory on Responsible AI is an interdisciplinary platform connecting policy-oriented researchers and innovators, aimed at fostering collaboration and building capacity for responsible data and AI practices.

• development

• Artificial Intelligence
• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Policy

We are building conversational AI assistants that can streamline access to public information, deliver empathetic support around-the-clock, and strengthen bonds between governments and people.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Govtech
• Communicating with the government

Building great open source software for Sri Lanka (and beyond!)

• Build something
• Open source
• Civic apps outfits

The Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Working Group develops new conceptual and practical approaches to building the next generation of A.I. systems.

• indigenous

• Artificial Intelligence
• Governance of AI
• Working groups

Renters that received an informational postcard were 52% more likely to request an application for rental assistance and 24% more likely to submit an application than renters that did not receive a postcard.

• housing

• Access social benefits
• Communicating with the people
• Democratic Innovations

PLURALL is a boutique consultancy firm transforming complex policy challenges into opportunities for sustainable, community-driven digital infrastructures.

• Building in the private sector

Documentation on how to use Google Gemini for nonprofit use-cases

• Google
• guides

• Artificial Intelligence
• Nonprofit tech

Alert people privately through a system that protect their privacy - without texts, emails or phone calls.

• guides

• Organize campaigns
• Connectivity

Mike Tahani's data viz gallery. It includes mapping, journalism, politics, outer space, and data visualization.

• Data visualization
• Mapping

The American Governance Institute develops ideas and educates policymakers on innovative approaches to strengthening American democracy, state capacity, and federal governance.

• Govtech
• Internal government tech capacity

Article in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory by Jessica Lasky-Fink and Elizabeth Linos

• Govtech
• Academia
• Peer-reviewed research

Taught by Maria Massei-Rosato

• Civic data
• Learn about civic tech
• Data visualization

Taught By Richard The

• Civic data
• Learn about civic tech
• Academia

A core course for the Graduate Minor in Civic Service Design at Parsons School of Design at The New School, taught by Lara Penin

• Learn about civic tech
• Academia
• Courses

DigiAdGood seeks to create new digital advertising principles and measurement frameworks that go beyond this and better align human and business goals.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Evaluate impact
• Advertising

[A] vision for red-teaming in the public interest: a process that goes beyond system-centric testing of already built systems to consider the full range of ways the public can be involved in evaluating genAI harms

• reports

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity
• Red teaming

Here, you'll find stories from real government employees: How we save you time and money, how we protect your personal information, and how DOGE's dangerous dismantling of government technology puts you at risk. Share your story: [email protected]

• Project 2025
• labor

• Govtech
• Narrative tech
• Specific campaigns