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Covid-19 Mutual Aid UK
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)A directory of over 900 COVID mutual aid local groups all across the UK, mostly via Facebook groups, and a backgrounder on what they are and how to start one.
Another Google Doc: a growing list of mutual aid pandemic disaster care
Crowdsourced document curated by Newspeak House
The chatbots are easily accessed via Whatsapp, Messenger and webchat for smartphones and via SMS for feature phones.
An interactive map lets readers explore the 2016 election in new detail.
COVID-19 map
Taiwan (T'ai-wan)Members of g0v.tw built a page that matches government information on the recent movements of confirmed coronavirus patients with users' location history based on Google Maps Timeline to check whether or not they may have had contact with the patients, and if so — where and when.
Technology and Social Change 2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Many people become engineers or designers because they hope to change the world for the better using technology.
from National Geographic
Survey160
272 1st Avenue, New York, NY, USASurvey 160 is a software-as-a-service tool which seeks to improve traditional polling by using SMS messaging to reach audiences who are not responsive to phone surveys and are underrepresented in existing online panels.
The Most Influential Young People in Government Across the World
To secure the necessary financial and technical resources to publish large quantities of data online in user-friendly formats
COVID19CZ je společná aktivita několika českých technologických firem a IT nadšenců zaměřená na pomoc v boji s nákazou COVID-19.
COVID-19 self-assessment tool
OntarioAnother open source self-assessment tool, by the Ontario government
Daily situation reports and data from the World Health Organization
Find Meetups about Civic Hacking and meet people in your local community who share your interests.
A holiday invented to encourage more people to run for local elected office
Brightest COVID-19 Relief
Brightest, Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USAConnecting coronavirus relief and aid orgs with support
Impact Challenge Bay Area 2019
San FranciscoThe Google.org Impact Challenge Bay Area is an open invitation to organizations across the Bay Area to submit their ideas to address some of the most challenging societal issues facing our community today. The 5 boldest and brightest ideas will be selected to receive $1 million in funding and support from Google.
How can today’s public servants use technology and design to deliver high-quality public services and engagement opportunities?
Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2018
United States of America (the)This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget, jointly with the executive department that issues the most federal grant awards, to: (1) establish government-wide data standards for information reported by grant recipients, (2) issue guidance directing federal agencies to apply those standards, and (3) require the publication of recipient-reported data collected from all agencies on a single public website.
Open 2018: Platform Cooperatives
Conway Hall, London, United KingdomCOLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE COOPERATIVE ECONOMY
A knowledge base website that collects public health information on the novel coronavirus from WHO, CDC, NYS, and NYC.
covid19italia.help
RomeA crowdsourcing platform, run by volunteers, to share useful and verified information on the Coronavirus pandemic in Italy
The Emanuel administration hoped to harness the city’s trove of digital data to improve Chicagoans’ health, safety, and quality of life.
Data61
AustraliaWe collaborate with governments to facilitate better discovery of data, to make data available while protecting privacy, and to perform advanced analytics on data.
Google shares aggregate location data with public officials to show where stay-in-place orders are being followed
Northern Ireland Open Government Network (NIOGN)
Northern IrelandThe Northern Ireland Open Government Network (NIOGN), established in 2014, is an alliance of individual citizens, activists and representatives of community and voluntary organisations.
U_Code
DresdenThe Horizon 2020 project U_CODE (Urban Collective Design Environment) aims to create an environment for urban co-design.
RadicalxChange Foundation is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to democratic innovation and institutional design through operational partnerships and experimental projects between academia, government, art, technology, and beyond.
Tech Diplomacy Academy
IndianaOnline education platform: "Learn new ways of working at the intersection of innovation, business, and geopolitics, and discover the role you or your organization can play in a future where technology advances freedom."
Political monitoring. Set apart by heritage, personal touch and breadth of coverage.
[W]e explore c.125 companies operating in the Responsible AI space
Voteview
Los Angeles, CAVoteview allows users to view every congressional roll call vote in American history on a map of the United States and on a liberal-conservative ideological map including information about the ideological positions of voting Senators and Representatives.
Common Crawl maintains a free, open repository of web crawl data that can be used by anyone.
Civic Engagement Microgrant Program
Arlington, VAMicrogrants of up to $3,000 will be awarded, on a rolling basis, to STEM groups led by master’s, PhD, postdoc, or professional students to design and execute projects that create dialogue with public officials, local community leaders, and the public around issues of common concern.
TextOut has been trusted by hundreds of candidates and organizations across the U.S. since 2018.
Open candidate information for UK elections covering all 2,015 areas
MetroLab’s In the Lab Initiative focused on GenAI for Local Governments, a task force
Parliament Watch (Thailand)
Bangkok, ThailandAn open-source comprehensive platform that serves as a one-stop solution for monitoring Thailand's parliament.
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