All In: Data for Community Health is a nationwide learning collaborative that helps communities build capacity to address the social determinants of health through multi-sector data sharing collaborations.

• health
• Good health and well-being

• Civic data
• Digital literacy

This 7 point framework will help government departments with the safe, sustainable and ethical use of automated or algorithmic decision-making systems.

• Govtech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Government AI strategies

A great overview map and gallery of the global trend toward open streets

• mobility

• Civic maps

Circular City Studio, a program established with support from NYCEDC, encourages entrepreneurs to reimagine urban environments and help New York City address short, medium, and long term challenges facing our city. The 2020 iteration empowers engineers, inventors, and entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds to pilot technologies that support NYC's sustainability agenda and rethink energy, waste, and recycling systems in New York City. Selected teams will deploy products and services in testbeds around Manhattan and Brooklyn, working with program partners, domain experts, and research institutions to deliver solutions and introduce relevant technologies that can support community needs.

• Climate action

• Incubators

OneCity allows developers and businesses to identify, evaluate and compare investment opportunities that align with official spatial strategiesWe deliver current information and analysis on a single platform, incorporating data from over thirty qualified sourcesOneCity can be integrated into Local Authority GIS systems, to streamline and support land use planning

• cities

• Civic data
• Mapping tools
• Urban planning

• Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR, AR, MR)

Add, view, or discuss places of value to your local community (including Assets of Community Value and assets owned and run by the community).

• local
• neighborhoods

• Crowdsourcing
• Civic maps

The Digital Due Process Clinic provides high-quality, pro bono services to those affected by these systems.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Legal tech
• Pro bono and volunteer

Tools and practices for making products and services accessible to everyone.

• guides

• Govtech
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

The State of Mobile Internet Connectivity report is the annual flagship publication of the Connected Society programme.

• reports

• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D
• Connectivity

A beautiful media tribute to the civilians who show up with cameras to document injustice

• racial equity

• Cameras

The Anti-Racism Extended Reality Studio, or UA-ARXRS hopes to test the capacity of immersive and interactive “extended reality” tools, including volumetric video capture, virtual reality and digital narrative.

• racial equity

• Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR, AR, MR)

The 2020 documentary explores the government of Boston, Massachusetts, from racial justice, housing, climate change action and more. Wiseman's documentaries do not have a standard narrative arc, narration, or interviews, but are based on observation of day-to-day organizational life, in this case the activities of Boston's city government in fall 2018 and winter 2019. Much of the film follows Mayor Marty Walsh in activities such as meetings with aides, addressing business leaders about the impact of climate change on the Harbor, listening to veterans at Faneuil Hall on November 11, observing Thanksgiving Day at Goodwill Industries, and giving his state of the city address at Symphony Hall. A second major theme of the film is public servants helping people in need: the eviction prevention task force, another task force on economic advancement for Latina women, and an economic development adviser working with an ethnically-focused grocery store.[2]

• Govtech
• Shows and films

Low cost, mobile air quality and other environmental sensors installed on City vehicles. The City Scanner is a low-cost alternative to traditional methods of collecting environmental data. The sensor attaches to the roof of vehicles and collects detailed data at a more geographic level than traditional fixed-position sensors. The City Scanner sensors capture data related to environmental conditions including air quality (particulate matter 1, 2.5, and 10), temperature, humidity, and road conditions in New York City. The solar-powered sensors are removable and do not permanently alter vehicles.

• air quality
• cities

• Smart Cities and sensors

The Infrastructure Accessibility Index - IAT© highlights areas with ample services and easy pedestrian access to different types of infrastructure. IAT© is based on the "15-minute city" idea, which says that all important facilities and services for urban dwellers should be easily accessible within a 15-minute timeframe. We assess infrastructure accessibility by surveying the facilities reachable within 15 minutes on foot, by car and by public transport.

• cities

• Civic data
• Indicators

The IT University of Copenhagen and the Danish Agency of Digitisation have established a Research Centre for Government IT. The purpose of the centre is to contribute to research-based knowledge and competence development regarding government IT projects, including operation and maintenance of IT systems.

• Govtech
• Research and policy centers

Though successive generations of digital technology have become increasingly powerful in the past twenty years, digital democracy has yet to realize its potential for deliberative transformation.

• Digital Public Infrastructure

Tracking the development and thinking of the newest undergraduate program at UM's Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning

• cities

• Newsletters

PDX CitySync is an ambitious, innovative project from the eGovernment Team and the City of Portland. Currently in Beta, built on Drupal 7.

• Engagement tech
• Ideation
• Issue reporting

After the installation, users can decide which messages they want to receive. Then, they will start getting notifications, assigned to one of six categories: alarms (emergencies), safety (e.g. meteorological warnings), breakdowns (e.g. water and sewage), housing estate (neighbourhood messages directed from individual housing estate councils), air (smog reports, exceeded dust particle limits, free communication), transport (road works, communication difficulties).

• apps
• cities

• Issue reporting

Advancing the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies for the benefit of humanity.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital literacy
• Tech or Digital Policy

It educated policymakers and the public on a wide range of issues. CPSR incubated numerous projects such as Privaterra, the Public Sphere Project, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the 21st Century Project, the Civil Society Project, and the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference. Founded by U.S. computer scientists at Stanford University and Xerox PARC, CPSR had members in over 30 countries on six continents. CPSR was a non-profit 501.c.3 organization registered in California.

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Peer networks
• Predecessors

Created by, for and with disabled practitioners, Disability Futures is an initiative—developed in partnership with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by United States Artists—to spotlight the work of disabled creatives across disciplines and geography and amplify their voices individually and collectively.

• Fellowships
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

In this report, we dive into the history of public investment in technologies at the foundation of Big Tech, and the imbalances between these investments and the returns to the public sector.

• reports

• Ethical tech and responsible tech
• Decentralization

A program that helps public intrapreneurs within cities around the world to develop their data innovation ideas into reality by providing dedicated support across a 6 month period.

• cities

• Civic data
• Govtech
• Building inside government

Cybersecurity for Democracy is a research-based effort to expose online threats to our social fabric – and recommend how to counter them. We are part of the Center for Cybersecurity at NYU.

• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity
• Research and policy centers

The MSCAPP curriculum is a three-legged stool, building foundational knowledge of computer science, statistics, and public policy analysis.

• Degree programs
• Tech or Digital Policy

Humanity Innovation Labs is an agile consultancy that offers Mixed Methods Research, UX/UI, and Industrial Design services for emerging technologies within wearable computing (e.g. physical devices and digital experiences).

• Civic and social impact companies
• Design

An engagement program

• homelessness
• crime
• Sustainable cities and communities

• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy
• Digital participation platforms

Where ideas and action intersect to create real social impact.

• Research and policy centers
• Academic programs

Over the next seven years, building on the work we’ve already done to reimagine safety net services, we will partner with 15 states to reach 13 million people and unlock $30 billion in benefits in the areas of food assistance, health care, and other basic needs through our new Safety Net Innovation Lab.

• Access social benefits
• Supporting public sector from outside government

The NoC a collaborative initiative among academic institutions with a focus on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications, and legal issues concerning the Internet.

• Partner networks
• Research and policy centers

Twitter's community-based approach to misinformation

• civic features
• X (Twitter)

• Media
• Fight disinformation
• Civic features

An academic and practitioner-focused journal on all aspects of technology and communities.

• Information & Communication Tech for Development ICT4D
• Academia
• Journals

A short guide to help keep journalists and their sources safe

• guides

• Media
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

Community engagement and organising in the rural wards of Swansea

• Participatory democracy
• Participatory budgeting
• Citizen Engagement

The public-private initiative supports Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and women-led small businesses, nonprofits, cooperatives, and technology startups that are building a more equitable and sustainable future for New York City.

• Govtech
• Fellowships

A framework to assess automated decision systems and to ensure public accountability

• reports

• The Tech
• The People
• Artificial Intelligence

Bring a healthy new energy to your city’s conversations, and build trust with your community along the way.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

A New City O/S: The Power of Open, Collaborative, and Distributed Governance (Brookings / Ash Center Series, Innovative Governance in the 21st Century)

• books

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Books

Explore and evaluate your city's resilience, to plan for a strong future.

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

This tool kit, developed by a national workgroup of civic data stakeholders, aims to support data sharing and integration done well.

• guides
• racial equity
• toolkits

• The Tech
• Civic data

We want AI to benefit the world, so we must be thoughtful about how it’s built and used

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Artificial Intelligence

Just enter the website URL into the tool and it will let you know the accessibility issues it finds.

• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Calgary's First Inclusive Usability Testing Service

• User research
• Assistive and Accessible Tech
• User research groups

A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computers, by Shannon Mattern

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Books

A guide to digital accessibility created by US Digital Services

• guides

• Govtech
• Assistive and Accessible Tech

Become a Media and Technology Policy Expert

• Academic programs

Collaborating with Philadelphians to design better City policies and services.

• Govtech
• Co-design
• Design