Civic Tech Field Guide
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Civic Signals
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USACivic Signals aims to inspire and connect designers and technologists to build more flourishing, public-friendly digital spaces.
Civic Hall is launching the Digital Learning Center (DLC) to address the nonprofit digital leadership gap by providing professional development classes and workshops aimed specifically at building the digital, data and technology literacy of New York City nonprofit organizations and their leaders.
Yelp's Consumer Protection Initiative
Yelp, Inc, New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA, USAToday we're excited to announce we’ve joined forces with ProPublica to incorporate health care statistics and consumer opinion survey data onto the Yelp business pages of more than 25,000 medical treatment facilities.
Citizen interaction design
Michigan, USAin which students are partnered with a local community in Michigan for the purpose of using information and technology to effect change in how citizens interact with and are served by local units of government.
MSc Media and Communications (LSE Data and Society)
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AEMSc Media and Communications (Data and Society)
The Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington brings together experts in law, information, and computer science to enhance technology policy.
Senseable Cities
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139Urban imagination and social innovation through design & science
Citizen Engagement tools and services for city governments
BU Initiative on Cities
75 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, USAThe Initiative on Cities engages with urban leaders, academics, and policy makers from around the world to help plan for the development of essential services and sustainable infrastructure necessary for cities to flourish.
Gobo lets you control what you see on your feed, and what gets hidden
a comprehensive catalogue of civic engagement software
The Project on Democracy and the Internet
450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USATo field-leading study of the challenges that democracy faces in the digital age and what reforms are needed
Readie EU
58 Victoria Embankment, LondonReadie was a European digital policy centre that promoted digital policies that benefit society and drive economic growth.
Coding it Forward
Washington, DCWe're empowering the next generation of technology leaders to create social change.
Civic Projects Directory
908a N 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19123, USABrowse our community’s project directory to identify where you can volunteer.
A research paper aiming to determine which standards for civic data are “best” to open up government data.
A wiki collection of peacetech tools
Data & Policy is a peer-reviewed, open access venue dedicated to the potential of data science to address important policy challenges.
Momentum is dedicated to teaching and learning the craft of popular movements fighting for justice.
Civic User Testing Group (CUTGroup) Chicago
222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL, USACUTgroup gives residents the opportunity to be a part of the design process for emerging civic technology initiatives through user testing and focus groups
DSI Futures
EuropeWe believe that with a better understanding of what future social and environmental challenges and opportunities might look like, and of how digital technologies might evolve in the near future, we stand a better chance of achieving our more positive vision for the future.
the Centre For Innovation & Technology
45 Moffat Avenue, Bulawayo, Zimbabwewe provide an open community space, an incubator that is vibrant and enables a collaborative environment for innovators and startups to think through their ideas, and develop their solutions, so as to turn these opportunities into meaningful products, services, and businesses
NYU Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center (VIDA)
New York UniversityThe Visualization and Data Analytics Research Center at NYU consists of computer scientists who work closely with domain experts to apply the latest advances in computing to problems of critical societal importance, and simultaneously generate hypotheses and methods that new data sources and data types demand.
Governing.Digital is a clearinghouse for trustworthy information and analysis about digital governance for governments, technology companies, nonprofits, journalists, and the public.
Extensive Tracxn 2018 report on the Govtech startup investment landscape.
Bureau ouvert
Assemblée nationale, 126 Rue de l'Université, Paris, FranceParliamentary Initiative to open the National Assembly to citizens and the civic tech community
Journalism Funders Forum and Journalism Funders Confidential
Oranjeplein 106 Maastricht, NetherlandsEuropean Foundations And Journalists Working Together To Ensure More Effective And Impactful Funding Of Journalism.
Civic Quarterly is a publication about transforming government with digital tools & design thinking.
Civic Discourse
1110 Vermont Ave NW Washington D.C. 20005Civic Discourse is a platform that encourages conversation and discourse around policy issues that affect our communities and our nation.
Our monthly newsletter is one of the ways we keep up with each other and share resources, funding opportunities and challenges. Now, we’re opening it up to our wider community.
The Markup
New York CityWe are a new publication illuminating how powerful institutions are using technology in ways that impact people and society.
Planning Resource
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Find news, appeals decisions & best practice for development management & strategic planners on PlanningResource
Open Raleigh Brigade
Raleigh, NCThe Open Raleigh Brigade believes government can work for the people, by the people in the 21st century. We are a volunteer organization advocating for open government, open data, and open innovation. We believe civic tech is a great way to impact our community.
MIT Privacy Legislation: Law and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)This course brings together engineering students from MIT with law students from Georgetown Law School to explore current issues in privacy policy and technology.
"Citizinvestor was an online crowdfunding platform specifically focused on raising money for public projects and community infrastructure"
Chicago's weekly event to build, share, and learn about civic tech.
Techtopia is a multidisciplinary research and teaching initiative that brings together Harvard students and faculty around the biggest issues in tech today.
Journalism in the 21st century involves finding, collecting, analyzing and visualizing data for stories. The Journalism School offers foundational courses in data‐driven journalism as well as a three-semester M.S. in Data Journalism degree for students interested in advanced skills.
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.
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