Comprehensive collection of open verification tools and methods

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The Responsive City: Engaging Communities Through Data-Smart Governance [Stephen Goldsmith, Susan Crawford] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Leveraging Big Data and 21st century technology to renew citiesand citizenship in America The Responsive City is a guide to civic engagement andgovernance in the digital age that will help leaders link importantbreakthroughs in technology and data analytics with age-old lessonsof small-group community input to create more agile

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Map of Open Data, Civic Technology and social innovation in Latin America

• The People
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• Civic data

CHRS

• human rights

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a novel about democracy in the age of algorithms

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• Civic fiction

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.

• COVID-19

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Digital Impact (formerly Markets for Good) is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab to improve the data infrastructure for social good and help civil society organizations use digital resources safely, ethically and effectively.

• Get funding
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• Adjacent Fields

This dataset is part of an ongoing effort to inventory each dataset in the City of KCMO.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

People’s Press is a fictional community magazine exploring the use of digital social innovation in the year 2030

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• Civic imagination

Grassroot is a civic tech tool plaform that uses web, mobile app, USSD, Whatsapp and social media, it allows informal settlements citizens to engage with other members, call meetings, take votes, mobilise rallies and create actions lists. Communities can also start crowdfunding campaigns to raise funds for example the campaign to raise funds for the construction of new toilets in the Mzondi community in Ivory Park which raised about R68 890, excedeeding the community's R60 000 goal. Communities can also create community groups for different purposes. In total as of 17 October Grassroot had a total of 19 433 groups. In total Grassroot has about 169 037 users (October stats).

• apps
• WhatsApp

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• Organize campaigns
• Advocacy tech

Measures for Justice is on a mission to make accurate criminal justice data available to spur reform.

• racial equity
• criminal justice

• Civic data
• Civic literacy
• Justice tech

Mobile micro-fundraising and awareness platform for charities

• apps

• Civic crowdfunding platforms
• Hyperlocal news and citizen media
• Mapping

A collaboration of government, nonprofits, and you to map all the trees of San Francisco's urban forest and understand the ecosystem services they provide.

• Sustainable cities and communities

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• Civic data
• Data visualization

Chatham House is establishing a Commission on Democracy and Technology in Europe to help investigate the nexus of technological change and the future of democratic governance.

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Liberté Living-Lab is a new collaborative workspace for tech, civic & social innovation. Our ambition is to accelerate projects addressing key societal challenges. #techforgood

• Hubs

The Annenberg Innovation Lab is a curious, creative and committed Think & Do Tank at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

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Collect the place-based data you need using our easy mobile tools and web dashboard. Create your own survey or engage around community health, safety, commercial development, blight, historic resources, and more. Quickly export your data for Excel or as a Shapefile.

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• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

Re-designing Service Delivery

• Gender Equality

• Social impact design firms
• Civic apps outfits

Inside Airbnb is an independent, non-commercial set of tools and data that allows you to explore how Airbnb is being used in cities around the world.

• Airbnb

• The Tech
• Civic data
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• Courses

We build open source software, digital infrastructure, and governance frameworks to enable public-private collaboration and the seamless exchange of transport data.

• cities
• mobility

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• Microsoft

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Now part of Tech Impact. Helping Nonprofits Make Smart Technology Decisions

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One IT solution for all participatory budgeting activities. Available as SaaS or self-hosted.

• Participatory budgeting

Das zentrale Datenportal für Wirtschaft, Kultur, NGO/NPO, Forschung und Zivilgesellschaft. Das Open Data Portal bietet eine Plattform um auf Daten aus den

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• Civic data
• Open data publishing portals

Our mission at WeGovNYC is to bring New Yorkers together to create the world’s best municipality.

• cities

• Support civic projects with tech

Pocket Law is an offline legal library for students with no internet connection at home, and for courts with limitedinternet connectivity. Additionally, smaller or younger law firms can also subscribe to use this legal library.

• The Tech
• Civic data
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Check out the world leading Air Pollution API.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Smart Cities and sensors

Looking to transform public services and influence government? Grab a desk and join the startups and civic servants driving the govtech revolution.

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• Govtech

Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government [Gavin Newsom, Lisa Dickey] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. “A fascinating case for a more engaged government, transformed to meet the challenges and possibilities of the twenty-first century.” —President William J. Clinton A rallying cry for revolutionizing democracy in the digital age

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• Books

The Dangerous Speech Project was founded in 2010 to study speech (any form of human expression) that inspires violence between groups of people – and to find ways to mitigate this while protecting freedom of expression.

• hate speech

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• Data science for social good

LABIC are a series of labs aimed at fostering civic innovation in Ibero-America, in order to boost social transformation, democratic governance, and social, cultural and economic development.

• The People
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• Co-design

Contains over 200,000 government financial documents

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• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

DebateWise.org is an online database of expert-curated debates on popular topics.

• The Tech
• Civic forums
• Engagement tech

A speculative story sprint collection

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Civic fiction

It looks like the end of the road for a site that offered what was once cutting-edge access to Web-based data visualization.

• IBM

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“The Checkpoint tipline is primarily used to gather data for research, and is not a helpline that will be able to provide a response to every user.”

• WhatsApp

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The Local Office Function Index (LOFI) is a standardized, nationwide dataset of what your elected officials are responsible for and how you can engage with them.

• local

• Civic data
• Ballot information
• Data schemas and standards

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Generamos nuevas formas de participación ciudadana a través de la tecnología.

• The People
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• Civic hacking meetups

NPP Off The Record ist ein Podcast zu unseren Reportagen und Recherchen, der einen Einblick in die redaktionelle Arbeit gibt. Er erscheint regelmäßig am 1.

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Gov Pod, a podcast series by Microsoft, takes us on a journey to understand how the cloud, AI and blockchain—among other technologies—simplifies the lives of citizens, first responders, and defense organizations while enabling more transparency in how governments provide their services.

• podcasts

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• Govtech

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• Civic data
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The most comprehensive visualization of U.S. public data. Data USA provides an open, easy-to-use platform that turns data into knowledge.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Helping citizens and communities to give their view on civic issues through Messenger chatbots

• The Tech
• Bots
• Emerging tech

User-friendly justice. With data and technology we co-create high quality justice based on what we need now.

• research

• The People
• The Tech
• Govtech

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• Data science for social good