We are an organization that defends and promotes Internet freedom, through concrete actions of research, dissemination and defense in cases where there is a violation of digital rights.

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Organize campaigns

The Transit Innovation Partnership is a public-private initiative launched by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Partnership for New York City with the mission to make New York the global leader in public transit.

• mass transit
• mobility

• Public Private Partnerships

Digital Rights Monopoly is a game that reflects core digital rights issues affecting youth in marginalized regions, and offers pathways to build a healthier internet in local communities.

• The Tech
• Media
• Adjacent Fields

Create modern web applications that evaluate household data against eligibility rules for 31 different City, State, and Federal benefits programs (including SNAP, Cash Assistance, WIC, HEAP, and more).

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Civic data

Reveal hidden gender bias

• Gender Equality

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Artificial Intelligence

Philadelphia’s Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics (MONUM) pilots experiments that offer the potential to improve radically the quality of City services. To design, conduct and evaluate pilot projects in these areas, MONUM builds partnerships between constituents, academics, entrepreneurs, non-profits and City staff.

• cities

• The People
• Graveyard
• Build something

Search, browse, subscribe and comment on your City Council bills, council members and events.

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Participatory democracy

A research lab that addresses local issues through participatory data practices: methods, approaches and tools for co-creation to learn about and through data.

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

The Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics was formed in 2010 as one of the first municipal innovation offices in the world. Our research and design projects tackle a range of topics — from civic engagement to city infrastructure to education. Our team comes from a diverse array of backgrounds and our work comes in many different flavors.

• The People
• Build something
• Public sector innovation labs

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

Driven by data, not bias, I’ll help you discover how aligned our leaders are with the issues that matter most to you and start a more courageous conversation about Australia’s future.

• Engagement tech
• Voting and elections
• Matching views to votes

DAP Portal is a comprehensive new research tool that includes dozens of datasets indicating harassment and potential displacement from New York City housing.

• housing

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

Heavy-duty electric vehicle manufacturer delivering clean, quiet transportation for all.

• mobility

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges

The Data Ethics Canvas is designed to help identify potential ethical issues associated with a data project or activity. It promotes understanding and debate around the foundation, intention and potential impact of any piece of work, and helps identify the steps needed to act ethically.

• guides

• Adjacent Fields
• Civic data
• Ethical tech and responsible tech

We want you to work for the City of Los Angeles. However, the process involved in getting a City Job can be a bit confusing. This site exists to help explain the process and help make it easier to pursue a public service career.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Tea Base is a DIY community art space in the basement of the Chinatown Centre in Toronto.

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Organizations

It is a collective of people using their skills to create things for the public good. Sometimes this involves tech, sometimes community organising, sometimes it's just talking about and understanding a problem from different points of view.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Uber's open-source, WebGL-powered visualization frameworks

• mobility
• Uber

• Civic data
• Data visualization
• Mapping tools

The NewCities Summit gathered top entrepreneurs, policymakers, corporate leaders, designers and thinkers to work together to improve life in cities. The sixth edition of the Summit took place in Incheon Songdo, South Korea from June 7-9, 2017 on the theme Thriving Cities: The Building Blocks of Urban Wellbeing. The new city of Incheon Songdo has been […]

• The People
• Meet the others
• Conferences

Event management tailored for Free and Open Source community conferences.

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

CiviCRM is an open source CRM built by a community of contributors and supporters, and coordinated by the Core Team. CiviCRM is web-based software used by a diverse range of organisations, particularly not-for-profit organizations (nonprofits and civic sector organizations). CiviCRM offers a complete feature set out of the box and can integrate with your website. CiviCRM is created and used by a global community of tens of thousands of individuals and organisations. Our vision is that 'all organisations – regardless of their size, budget, or focus – have access to an amazing CRM to engage their contacts and achieve their missions'.

• Organize campaigns
• Manage volunteers
• CRM

The planning news website, featuring articles, op-eds, jobs, courses, and information for the planning, design, and development community.

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

We're a brigade of Code for America, which means that we're a volunteer group of coders who like to work on software projects for the good of our community.

• indigenous

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

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

The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government

• The Tech
• The People
• Get funding

Citizens creating solutions to improve cities and communities in Belgium

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

We pursue our mission largely through our award-winning website, OpenSecrets.org, which is the most comprehensive resource for federal campaign contributions, lobbying data and analysis available anywhere. And for other organizations and news media, the Center's exclusive data powers their online features tracking money in politics - counting cash to make change. Our OpenSecrets Blog features newsbreaking original reporting about money-in-politics, including the sort of investigative work that won the Society of Professional Journalists' 2013 award for Public Service in Online Journalism.

• Watchdogging and transparency

Totem is an online learning platform on using digital security tools and tactics effectively for journalists, activists, and trainers.

• trainings

• Media
• Digital security and privacy
• Civic literacy

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

Human rights defenders need evidence, law and research to advocate justice and accountability. We develop tools and strategies that make this information accessible.

• human rights

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy

Advancing peace through social innovation

• Build something
• Incubators

We bring together government, industry, and communities to unleash creativity and solve national challenges.

• census

• The People
• Build something
• Public sector innovation labs

A fast way to get digitally safe & secure.

• Adjacent Fields
• Digital security and privacy
• Cybersecurity

An online forum for community discussion

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Apptorney is a platform agnostic mobile application that uses natural language processing and content indexing and categorization to provide user friendly search functionality to its users. Utilizing a dynamic search engine, users are able to navigate and search through resources that are relevant to their needs such as Legislation, Subsidiary Legislation, Fields of Law and Case Law. These are all individually indexed, cross-referenced and linked within the comprehensive master database, giving the user complete access to all relevant resources, including a lawyers/ firm repository, in one tool

18 - 20 November 2019 in Rotterdam

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

The BlocPower Smart Cities platform connects investors and community members to green building projects that save energy and improve health outcomes in financially underserved communities.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Resource matching and sharing

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

Citizen Engagement tools and services for city governments

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Reading lists

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

Backfence was a place for community news and info written by you and your neighbors

• The Tech
• Media
• Graveyard

Meditect offers an innovative mobile solution which combines blockchain and artificial intelligence to allow pharmacists and patients to scan their medicines and thus ensure their authenticity.

• Good health and well-being

• Tech for public challenges

Free Wi-Fi should really be free

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

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

Posters and social media resources for Canva users

• print resources

• COVID
• COVID Engagement Projects

Readie was a European digital policy centre that promoted digital policies that benefit society and drive economic growth.

• The Tech
• The People
• Govtech

Kremlin Watch is a strategic program of the European Values Center for Security Policy which aims to expose and confront instruments of Russian influence and disinformation operations focused against Western democracies.

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation

Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities

• racial equity
• surveillance

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Drones

The Parker Foundation was founded on October 5, 1971 for charitable purposes leading to the betterment of life for all people of San Diego County.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors