Civic Tech Field Guide

Instituto Update

Brazil (Brasil)

Instituto Update is an institute of intelligence and technology that works to strengthen the ecosystem of political innovation in Latin America.

Small Media is a London-based action lab, providing digital research, training and advocacy solutions to support the work of civil society actors that provides assistance to at-risk communities globally.

I am in the city / 我地.市正

Hong Kong

Hong 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。

Code Island

Providence, RI

We are the official Code for America brigade in Rhode Island, an all-volunteer organization of people looking to improve our community through technology.

Chicago Community Trust

Chicago, IL

Our Region's Community Foundation

BuzzFeed Outside your bubble feature

A new feature on some of our most widely shared articles.

Knight Media Forum

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, USA

Gathering leaders in journalism, technology and philanthropy to explore the ways to strengthen local news and our democracy.

Attorned

Canada

Attorned is a platform that links clients to lawyers through a bidding system. It increases access to justice by presenting a large pool of lawyers from multiple sectors.

COVID19.NYC

A knowledge base website that collects public health information on the novel coronavirus from WHO, CDC, NYS, and NYC.

ArchiveSocial

212 W Main Street Durham, NC 27701

Social Media Archiving Built for Government Transparency

Ride Report

Portland, OR

From bikes to scooters and everything in between, dockless mobility offers cities a range of new options and challenges. Ride Report is your comprehensive toolset to manage emerging mobility services.

apps
cycling

Project Callisto

United States of America (the)

Project Callisto helps survivors of sexual assault and harassment on college campuses document sexual assault, seek counseling, and start an investigation.

harassment

Smart Cities Dive

Smart Cities Dive provides the latest news and trends on sustainable, connected and livable cities.

Code for Jersey City

Jersey City, NJ

Code for Jersey City is a nonpartisan, civic-tech, volunteer community group that collaborates with local government and community partners

Open Savannah

2222 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, USA

As 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.

Poligonal

Engeldamm 28, 10179 Berlin, Germany

customisation of our city walks, workshops, and seminars to your thematic requirements and individual interests.

Association for Computational Linguistics

Computational linguistics is the scientific study of language from a computational perspective. Computational linguists are interested in providing computational models of various kinds of linguistic phenomena.

The Cost of Shutdown Tool (COST)

Pakistan

a data-driven online tool that to allows us to quickly and easily estimate the economic cost of Internet disruptions

Narrative Initiative

594 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA

Narrative Initiative is a training and networking resource for leaders and organizations dedicated to building fairer, more inclusive societies.

Black to the Future Public Policy Institute

The Black to the Future Public Policy Institute is a policy advocacy and leadership training fellowship that provides the tools needed to transform Black communities into constituencies that wield independent, Black political power at the municipal, state, and federal level.

racial equity

Boston Smart Cities Playbook

Boston, MA

Innovations in American Government Award

Cambridge, MA

The Innovations in American Government Awards is the nation's preeminent program devoted to recognizing and promoting excellence and creativity in the public sector.

Paint the Town

New York City

Paint the Town is a collaborative data art project. It allows anyone to paint a New York City tax lot to any color they choose.

BillCam

Civic Hall, West 22nd Street, New York, NY, USA

Find any State or Federal bill and, if you like, share it live through social media

Facebook Positions des candidats

France

Facebook lance un outil pour faciliter l’accès aux programmes des candidats à la présidentielle

Schema.org

Schema.org is a collaborative, community activity with a mission to create, maintain, and promote schemas for structured data on the Internet, on web pages, in email messages, and beyond.

Data schemas and standards

World Smart City Awards

Barcelona, Spain

The World Smart City Awards seek to recognize pioneering projects, ideas and strategies that promote sustainable urban development around the globe.

Center for Civic Education

The Center for Civic Education is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation dedicated to promoting an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries.

OpenSMC

San Mateo County, CA, USA

Open San Mateo County, aka OpenSMC (http://opensmc.org/), is a Code for America (http://www.codeforamerica.org/) Brigade serving the County of San Mateo and its 16 cities, 4 towns and unincorporated communities.

Plural Policy (formerly Civic Eagle)

Minnesota

Shape 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.

Mozilla Foundation

Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA

Established in 2003, guided by the Mozilla Manifesto, the Mozilla Foundation believes the Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible to all.

Open Access UK

London

Open Access UK: monitor lobbying meetings with Government

Betanyc Slack

New York City

An online forum for community discussion

Ford Foundation Tech Fellow

Ford Foundation Building, East 43rd Street, New York, NY, USA

The Ford Foundation did something unique—it hired technologists and embedded them in its grant-making teams. It was part of a foundation-wide effort to better understand the growing influence of data and technology on social justice issues.