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Website that shows country-by-country coronavirus social distancing responses
ChangeByUs
PhiladelphiaChange by Us is a place for citizens to put ideas into action to make their city a better place to live.
A parodical -- but functional -- polling place lookup site modeled on 'What's for fucking dinner?'
DemTools is designed to help empower civil society organizations, political parties and legislatures around the world by applying technology solutions to common challenges
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Sandy Coworking Map
New York CityIn the light of Hurricane Sandy displacing the region's businesses, this is a map of area business helping each other out. Here you will find locations to work, recharge, and reconnect.
This Citizen Budget eDemocracy tool can show where tax dollars are spent, and allow the public to provide feedback more easily. With the Citizen Budget, you can cut or increase spending in various categories, and see how your choices would raise or lower taxes.
Zakonodajni Monitor
Slovenia (Slovenija)The Legislative Monitor is a user-friendly interactive tool that provides a unique insight into the adoption of legislation in Slovenia and a review of the activities of Members of the National Assembly.
Register to vote on Snapchat
Venice Beach, Los Angeles, CA, USARegister to vote on Snapchat
Hong Kong Legislative Council / 立法會
Hong KongData analysis and visualization of Hong Kong's legislative activity
The Self-Quarantine Manifesto
DemocracyOS
Buenos AiresDemocracyOS is an online space for deliberation and voting on political proposals. The software aims to stimulate better arguments and come to better rulings.
CouncilStat NYC
New York City Council, Broadway, New York, NY, USAA source of complaint data to help NYC's City Council be more responsive to constituents
a crowdsourced resource for technologists building things related to the coronavirus outbreak
Janaagraha Center for Citizenship & Democracy
Thimmaiah Road, Govinda Chetty Colony, Rajiv Gandhi Colony, Vasanth Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJanaagraha’s mission is to transform quality of life in India’s cities and towns.
OpenShed
AustraliaOpen Shed helps you share with your community to access what you need and help your neighbours. Tools, sporting equipment, musical instruments, appliances and much more!
Shared Nation is a new form of civic engagement that allows thousands of people to pool resources and make collective decisions in order to have a big impact on global issues.
Networked European Democracy
EuropeTo explore the different ways that people at the local level can influence conversations and policy making at the European level.
Barefoot Law
UgandaBarefoot Law offers free legal information and assistance to people through social media, SMS, Skype calls, andcommunity engagement.
At Louder we've spent a lot of time asking people to give reach to what they believe deserves more attention. This page is dedicated to the lessons we've learned.
United Kingdom Digital Service Standard
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe Service Standard helps teams to create and run great public services.
Red Blue Voice
Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaRed Blue Voice was a social network providing users with tools to broadcast their social and political messages.
a case study by GovLab
Govtech Summit
ParisOrganised by PUBLIC and supported by French President Emmanuel Macron, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and the European Commission, the GovTech Summit gathers European leaders and innovators to explore how new technologies can improve public services and democratic practices.
Commonplace
LondonBoost understanding, get consensus and deliver projects that people love with our all-in-one citizen engagement platform.
A knowledge base website that collects public health information on the novel coronavirus from WHO, CDC, NYS, and NYC.
Open Savannah
2222 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, USAAs a Code for America Brigade, we're part of a national network of civic-minded volunteers who contribute their skills toward using the web as a platform for local government and community service.
Pledgebank
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIt let people set up pledges in the form: ‘I will do something, if a certain number of people will help me’.
This Slack has over 1,300 members of the journalism-tech community from around the world, who chat in over 40 topical and geographic channels.
Rally
BerlinRALLY.org makes it easy for individuals, groups, social causes and non-profits to fundraise online with no minimum donation requirements.
Islamabad hackathons
PakistanUsing and creating technology to spark civic engagement, promote responsive government, and foster public-private collaboration for social change.
Team Digitale
Via della Mercede, 9 00187 Rome (RM) - ItalyDigital innovation for citizens and for the development of the country. Replaced by the Department for Digital Transformation.
Lyft is offering free or discounted rides and bikes to the polls.
BillCam
Civic Hall, West 22nd Street, New York, NY, USAFind any State or Federal bill and, if you like, share it live through social media
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.
I am in the city / 我地.市正
Hong KongHong Kong's Neighborhood forum //「我地.市正」(Ourland Searching) 係一個街坊媒體。 用家可以查詢即時位置或選擇位置附近 1 公里內發生的社區事件: 公共設施 社區活動 社區議題 街坊可以隨時隨地「報料」: 匯報社區問題，仲可以一直跟進事態發展。
Voatz
50 Milk St, Boston, Massachusetts, USAVoatz is on a mission to make voting safer and more accessible. All citizens have a right to vote regardless of their circumstance.
ePart
Italy (Italia)ePart è la soluzione web per la gestione partecipativa dei cittadini alla gestione degli ambienti urbani. Consente ai cittadini di interagire con l'amministrazione pubblica segnalando disagi e disservizi presenti sul territorio
Michael Knapp is the CEO and founder of Green River, a software design and development firm that has worked extensively with local governments. He is passionate about social justice, and his firm’s most prominent recent project has involved working with cities to end homelessness. We spoke with him about his experiences with the government procurement Read More
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