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New Jersey Civic Info Bill
New JerseyEstablishes New Jersey Civic Information Consortium; appropriates $20 million from General Fund and $1 million annually thereafter.
On August 11th, 2018, join the Code for America Brigades as we host a nationwide day of action.
by Hollie Russon Gilman. Democracy Reinvented is the first comprehensive academic treatment of participatory budgeting in the United States, situating it within a broader trend of civic technology and innovation.
Who Benefits From Civic Technology? mySociety report
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Variations in usage of civic tech across four core countries (US, UK, Kenya and South Africa) and the attitudes of users towards the platforms they are using.
Civic Tech Pitch during the 86th Annual Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors.
More than a doc, Dropbox Paper is a flexible workspace that brings people and ideas together.
Centru Civic
RomaniaCentru Civic este primul centralizator al serviciilor pe care societatea civilă le pune la dispoziția cetățenilor români.
The civic tech field has expanded so widely in recent years, it’s hard to think of a major city or an area of civic life that these technologies don’t touch
We have compiled and organized more detailed information on specific topics to help operationalize recommendations in the guides and provide links to useful articles, examples and existing evaluation reports we found in our research.
Civic technology should empower us as citizens.
How can today’s public servants use technology and design to deliver high-quality public services and engagement opportunities?
The European Hub for Civic Engagement is envisioned as a platform where European civil society and its civic tech community connect.
The Laboratory for Civic Technology
United States of America (the)CommonPlace, the Civic Tech Lab’s flagship project, is a civic-minded, not-for-profit, and open source web platform for local community engagement.
The Civic Cloud provides the raw infrastructure upon which to build the rest, or at least many, of the remaining services that might be needed or wanted.
City Bureau Civic Reporting Residency
6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USAA 10-week program for journalists of all levels to learn our community-centered reporting process while covering the South and West Sides
Data Justice Conference 2020: Civic Participation in the Datafied Society
Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UKThe conference will bring together international scholars, practitioners, activists, and community groups to discuss the possibilities and challenges of civic participation in a datafied society.
Towards Democratic Auditing: Civic Participation in the Scoring Society
Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UKThe project Towards Democratic Auditing will address these challenges by investigating how citizens can intervene into the development and implementation of scoring systems and other forms of data analytics, and how they can advance civic participation in an increasingly datafied society.
The CivicLab
United States of America (the)Innovating for democracy
The Civic Media Codesign Studio was a service-learning, project-based studio course where students partner with community-based organizations to create civic media projects grounded in real-world needs.
Check out who is funding Full Circle Fund's 2018 Civic Tech Accelerator Round.
The Centers for Civic Impact @ Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins UniversityNow GovEx
Representing Civic Tech at the European scale.
The Civic Data Design Lab
MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, USA“Big data” will not change the world unless it is collected and synthesized into tools that have a public benefit.
The Playful Citizen: Civic Engagement in a Mediatized Culture
1018 VR Amsterdam The NetherlandsThis edited volume collects current research by academics and practitioners on playful citizen participation through digital media technologies.
Open data and civic tech can serve the public good, but they need to be understood in relation to underlying issues in the city.
Leader in recreation management software for local government parks and recreation departments
The Civvys: The American Civic Collaboration Awards
Washington, DCCelebrating Partnerships that Strengthen America
A research paper aiming to determine which standards for civic data are “best” to open up government data.
L'Atelier BNP Paribas 2017 report on "how technology is renewing civic engagement". (PDF file)
Find Meetups about Civic Hacking and meet people in your local community who share your interests.
Ottawa Civic Tech
CanadaOttawa Civic Tech (YOWCT) is a community of citizens from diverse sectors and experiences who are interested in better understanding our complex social and civic challenges and building solutions at t
The opencivicdata organization on Github is the home to a collaborative effort to define common schemas and provide tools for gathering information on government organizations, people, legislation, and events.
London Civic Innovation Challenge
City Hall, London, UKIn partnership with the Social Tech Trust, the Civic Innovation Challenge is calling on tech startups and innovators to develop solutions to London’s biggest challenges.
Immaginazione Civica
Salaborsa (II floor) Piazza Nettuno, 3 - 40124 BolognaThe Foundation promotes Civic Imagination ie listening, collaboration, participation and co-production in relation to projects and policies of the city, its neighborhoods and the entire metropolitan area, with a specific attention to the care and regeneration of urban common goods
New York City Civic Engagement Commission
1 Centre Street, New York, NY, USAThe Civic Engagement Commission will enhance civic participation, promote civic trust, and strengthen democracy in New York City.
In partnership with municipal crowdfunding platform Neighborly and the Berkeley Blockchain Lab, Berkeley City Council is planning on issuing municipal bonds on the blockchain.
The Emergence of Civic Tech: Investments in a Growing Field
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, USAKnight Foundation's seminal 2013 report on the growing field of Civic Tech
Center for Civic Design
78 Washington Ave, High Bridge, NJ 08829, USADemocracy is a design problem
Latin American Alliance for Civic Technology (ALTEC)
South AmericaLa Alianza Latinoamericana para la Tecnología Cívica (ALTEC) es el resultado de la alianza entre Luminate Group y Fundación Avina que busca promover el desarrollo de iniciativas de tecnología cívica con el potencial de mejorar y ampliar el ejercicio de la ciudadanía no sólo como un fin sino como un vehículo para alcanzar cambios positivos en prácticas de efecto colectivo, tanto públicas como privadas.
Civic Technology and Open Government - Global #civictech #opengov has 7,413 members. Global exchange on civic technology, open government, open data,...
Google team focused on election information and civic features within Google products
Center for Civic Innovation
Atlanta, GA, USAThe Center for Civic Innovation focuses on improving the efficiency of public organizations and increasing civic participation. We are Atlanta's City Lab.
This study introduces a framework for evaluating the democratic potential of civic apps, distinguishing six criteria: inclusiveness, deliberation, influence, publicity, mobilization, and knowledge production.
MassChallenge is the global network for innovators working to solve massive challenges.
The Center for Civic Education is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation dedicated to promoting an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries.
Plural Policy (formerly Civic Eagle)
MinnesotaShape the future of public policy with Plural’s intuitive, AI-powered legislative tracking and stakeholder collaboration tools. Effectively influence US federal and state legislation and say goodbye to clunky legacy software and manual spreadsheets.
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