Esri's GIS mapping software is the most powerful mapping and spatial data analytics technology available. Unlock the full potential of your data and improve operational & business results with our location platform.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

This group is for events hosted by Open Austin (http://www.open-austin.org/), for people interested in open government, open data, & civic technology.At our Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetups we typically

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

PeaceTech Lab works to reduce violent conflict using technology, media, and data to accelerate and scale peacebuilding efforts. An independent nonprofit organization, the Lab brings together engineers and activists, MBAs and conflict experts, social scientists, data scientists, and other innovators to develop effective peacebuilding solutions.

• peace

• The People
• Build something
• Supporting public sector from outside government

The Tech4Germany Digitalization Fellowship brings IT talent, designers and entrepreneurs together with government agencies and ministries to solve burning challenges for the federal government over three months.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Blockchain technology offers solutions to many of the toughest challenges facing countries around the world.

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

A statement of 12 principles for online, participatory lawmaking.

• The People
• Participatory democracy
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech

Fast Forward — Accelerating technology nonprofits. Fast Forward provides funding, training, mentorship, and community for tech-based nonprofits.

• The People
• Build something
• Accelerators

An international network of organizations who believe that digital technology opens new channels for citizens to more meaningfully engage in the public sphere and have a positive impact on their communities.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

Join us at CampaignCon 2017, a Global technology and activism skillshare near Johannesburg on 7-9 November 2017

• In-person meetings
• Conferences

The USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and Wise Entertainment have assembled a powerful coalition of experts in media, communications, data, technology and journalism to ensure everyone knows how much census participation benefits their community.

• census

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Organize campaigns

PeaceTech Lab works to reduce violent conflict using technology, media, and data to accelerate and scale peacebuilding efforts. An independent nonprofit organization, the Lab brings together engineers and activists, MBAs and conflict experts, social scientists, data scientists, and other innovators to develop effective peacebuilding solutions.

• Hubs

Visualizing Iran

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping

We must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government.

• The People
• Build something
• Find a job or hire someone

The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) create a specification and sponsors an open source project to unlock the massive opportunity in the IoT market, accelerating industry innovation and helping developers and companies create solutions that map to a single open specification. The OCF’s vision for IoT is that billions of connected devices (devices, phones, computers and sensors) will communicate with one another regardless of manufacturer, operating system, chipset or transport. With the OCF fulfilling this promise, anyone – from a large technology company to a maker in their garage – can adopt the open standards of OCF to innovate and compete, helping ensure secure interoperability for consumers, business, and industry.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data schemas and standards

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.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

in 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.

• rural

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Courses

The system attaches to a drone, and drops small incendiaries known as “dragon eggs” from a safe height, at a much lower cost and personal risk than a helicopter.

• fires

• Tech for public challenges
• Emerging tech
• Disaster response and humanitarian tech

The Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington brings together experts in law, information, and computer science to enhance technology policy.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Research and policy centers

The World's First Robot Lawyer

• apps
• LGBTQI
• refugees

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Artificial Intelligence

Assisting low- and moderate-income individuals and families to move from the Crisis of poverty to being able to make real Choices in their lives through the practical application of innovative technology, public policy expertise, and community outreach.

• Graveyard
• Access social benefits

The Lawyers Hub exists to provide a nexus between Law and Technology and uses technology as a leverage and improve access to justice and the business of law. Community of Lawyers in Africa promoting Access to Justice through Innovation and Technology.

• Civic data

Code For New Mexico is not-for-profit, volunteer-driven community outreach that improves people’s lives through technology. We believe in putting technology to work in service of our local communities to better the lives of our citizenry.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Hear from all of your residents and better connect to your community's heartbeat with Zencity, a cross-channel platform that takes civic engagement to the next level

• cities

• Media
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

A comprehensive study that examines best practices, policies and progress made by state governments in their use of digital technologies to better serve their citizens and streamline operations.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

A first-of-its-kind technology, data science, and design internship program for innovative students to solve pressing problems in US federal agencies.

• Find a job or hire someone
• Fellowships

We're empowering the next generation of technology leaders to create social change.

• The People
• Meet the others

Leveraging open civic data and technology to improve access to local government, and community services.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

BetaNYC is a civic organization dedicated to improving lives in New York through civic design, technology, and data.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

We empower communities to work together and build innovative technology for the public good.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Open science

CUTgroup gives residents the opportunity to be a part of the design process for emerging civic technology initiatives through user testing and focus groups

• The People
• Graveyard
• Build something

Building 21st Century Government with Technology Talent

• The People
• Fellowships
• Building inside government

Tactical Tech is a non profit that explores the political and social role of technology in our lives.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital literacy
• Emerging Tech Organizations

We're a global technology consultancy. We help you invent what's next, and bring it to life with technology. In weeks, not years.

• The People
• Build something
• Civic teams at tech companies

Race to the White House was a program that used GPS technology and Geocaching to create a game to engage the public in a conversation about the presidential election and to discuss issues that were important to participating youth and their community.

• The Tech
• Media
• Games and gamification

Collaborative, real-time incident response tool for first responders.

• apps
• fires

• Civic data
• Tech for public challenges
• Crowdsourcing

CivicWomen is a collaboration of technologists, entrepreneurs, politicos, dreamers and more who believe the Internet and technology can make the world a better place for everyone.

• women

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

The Code for America Brigade Network is a national alliance of community organizers, developers, and designers that are putting technology to work in service of our local communities.

• The People
• Graveyard
• Meet the others

A group for civic hackers, innovative government employees, and concerned citizens for the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and Saint Paul) metro area. Focusing, but not limited to, on creating a better citizen and government collaborative experience in the Twin Cities through technology. Associated with the Code for America Brigade.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Tech Solidarity was a 501(c)4 grass-roots organization with the motto 'technology serves people'. It represents a failed attempt in the period 2016-2018 to organize tech workers around an ethical agenda.

• Graveyard
• Organize campaigns

Fogo Cruzado (Cross-fire) is a laboratory of data on armed violence that aggregates and makes data and information available through an application for mobile technology combined with a database. It is a collaborative digital platform that aims to record the incidence of shootings and the prevalence of armed violence in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro and Recife.

• apps
• gun safety

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

We forge partnerships between neighbors who use technology to improve interactions with, and access to, public services.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

L'Atelier BNP Paribas 2017 report on "how technology is renewing civic engagement". (PDF file)

• reports

• Learn about civic tech
• Reports
• Defining the field

Believing that technology provides endless opportunity, Microsoft Philanthropies works in creating a future where everyone has access to endless possibilities.

• Microsoft

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

Join Boston Area Research Initiative for a public conversation centered on the opportunities and challenges of installing kiosks throughout the city.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

FiscalNote gives you access to the technology that can transform how you manage emerging and persistent issues in your environment.

• Bureaucracy tech

We are a Silicon Valley-based technology company that partners with cities to rethink the permitting and development process.

• The Tech
• Govtech

Governing.Digital is a clearinghouse for trustworthy information and analysis about digital governance for governments, technology companies, nonprofits, journalists, and the public.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• News and blogs

When we talk about digital identity, digital ID and digital identification, we are really describing how digital technology is altering identification programs - programs that existed before in analogue ways.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Identity

Granicus empowers modern digital government with the latest in cloud technology that connects 160 million people with over 4,000 government organizations at the local, state and federal levels.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

The hundreds of progressive organizers attending NOI’s RootsCamp voted — and SmartVAN won as the Most Valuable Technology!

• The People
• Get funding
• Awards and prizes