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A non-profit that works to address the underrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the technology and innovation sectors in Canada.
"A tool to help Democratic campaigns sift through data on hundreds of millions of people across the U.S....It will help campaigns decide who to call, text, email and target with digital advertisements during this contentious and unprecedented election year and beyond."
Since Sliced Bread
SEIU Washington DCSince Sliced Bread was a national call for fresh, common sense ideas, organized by the SEIU.
Disaster Relief by Amazon
Seattle, WA, United States of America"A five-member team of Amazon product and program managers connecting with nonprofits worldwide and are ready to respond to requests for resources during a disaster." - GovTech
"Verification Swiss Army knife", including lookups of video clips to find them in context elsewhere
Online Deliberation Singapore (ODSG)
Lower Kent Ridge Road, National University of Singapore, SingaporeA platform and a process to engage Singapore citizens in policy deliberation
Local Inspector Value-Entry Specification (LIVES)
Yelp, Inc, New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA, USARestaurant hygiene scores from the City of San Francisco will be imported onto Yelp business pages
The number one reason people give for not getting involved in an issue or election is that they don’t know how. Solving this problem led us to create Democracy.com. Our groundbreaking free-to-join platform makes citizen action as easy as buying a book online.
Parli-N-Grams
Parliament Square, London, UKChart the frequency of words and phrases in UK Parliament debates
Thinking about GovTech: A brief guide for policymakers
53 Milverton Road, London, UK(PDF) Thinking about GovTech (2019) introduces the concept of GovTech and identifies eight activities that policymakers can undertake to foster national GovTech innovation ecosystems and help to steer them towards positive outcomes for citizens and public administrators.
Jamnevisi
Tehran“Jamnevisi” provides a platform which public – specially scholars and stakeholders – can participate in the process of providing the draft of country’s legal texts; a platform which significantly will result in the improvement and debugging of legal texts of the country.
Narendra Modi's app
New DelhiLets together script the rise of New India
IssueVoter
United States of America (the)Giving everyone a voice in our democracy
Data Cívica
Mexico City, CDMX, MexicoMás datos para más personas. Usamos datos, desarrollamos tecnología y capacitamos para construir ciudadanía y organizaciones más fuertes.
Turing Institute AI for science and government (ASG)
The Alan Turing Institute, Euston Road, London, UKA major integrated research programme with a goal to deploy AI and data science in priority areas to support the UK economy.
Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future
a trade group representing peer-to-peer texting apps
ManaBalss.lv (MyVoice)
Riga, LatviaLatvian "civic-initiatives platform ManaBalss.lv (MyVoice), developed and run by an NGO Foundation of Public Participation, MyVoice."
Crowdicity is an idea management software solution that can be used to harness the ideas of your employees, customers, and stakeholders to drive innovation.
Guides, case studies and resources for government & civil society on the "what, why & how" of open data.
Choose Your Own Fake News is an interactive "choose your own adventure" game.
WAYS: What Aren't You Seeing?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Enhancing everyday visualisation practice through generative and evaluative design tools for data scientists
En première ligne
FranceFostering solidarity networks against the COVID-19
Build a modern movement with The Groundwork, a community engagement platform for nonprofits and social enterprises.
AmericaSpeaks was a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization whose mission was to
Until this day, the only way to access the Securities and Exchange Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) database of filings from public corporations and financial entities was to go to a special reading room in Washington, DC, or to pay private information services.
Rousseau
Italy (Italia)The original direct democracy decision-making site for the Italian Five Star Movement
Aspen Institute principles for smarter regulation in cities
Aspen Institute, Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, USASee how local governments are responding to tech solutions to persistent problems #InnovatingRegulation
This extension filters through and hides all of the locations on the OK vaccine portal which currently don't have appointments.
YECAS
Cacique Guaymallén 1065, Las Heras, Mendoza, ArgentinaResident feedback
Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons
487 Central Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA“Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons” showcases over a hundred sharing-related case studies and model policies from more than 80 cities in 35 countries.
NYC Blockchain Center
New York City Economic Development Corporation, Liberty Street, Manhattan, New York, NY, USAthe City’s first public-private NYC Blockchain Center
Solving Problems Using Technology
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, USAI-Lab students work in interdisciplinary teams to address urban and civic challenges in the Dudley and Upham’s Corner neighborhoods.
Decolonize This Place
New York CityDecolonize This Place is an action-oriented movement centering around Indigenous struggle, Black liberation, free Palestine, global wage workers and de-gentrification.
Remix
San FranciscoA single platform to design for multiple transportation modes to thrive in your city.
The chatbots are easily accessed via Whatsapp, Messenger and webchat for smartphones and via SMS for feature phones.
Factmata
114 Whitechapel High St. London E1 7PTEmpowering everyone with a better understanding of content.
This group is intended to serve as a venue for discussing three major issues: the magnitude of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, the medical steps indicated to deal with it, and practical responses to the new social challenges it poses in everyday life and in the political work of left activists.
The 9 elected Brigade members "represent the needs, ideas, and goals of all the Brigades and strengthen the network and community."
Urban Knowledge Exchange
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)The Urban Knowledge Exchange Southern Africa (uKESA) is an online platform built to benefit urban development decision makers, urban practitioner, researcher or policy maker by providing knowledge on related issues.
Topl
708 Main street, Houston, TX, USAWe're an impact technology company building a blockchain to help you prove your ethical and sustainable practices. .
TED action platform
TED Conferences, Hudson Street, New York, NY, USAthe Knight Foundation gave the TED conference a $985,000 grant to help develop TED.com into an “action platform,” to help channel people moved by a powerful talk into taking meaningful action on the issues being raised
Notices from SeeClickFix
New Haven, CTSeeClickFix makes it easy for neighbors to request information and services from local service providers. But what about when these organizations need to reach out to the public to give them useful information and important updates?
Beta Blocks
Boston, MAExploring new approaches for community-led innovation in public spaces.
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