Every network tells a story

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Advocacy tech

The laws MPs are voting on this week, explained in plain English. Landing in your inbox every Sunday.

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Parliamentary and congressional monitoring

Our pro bono teams of data scientists and engineers harness the power of data and technology to help nonprofits, government agencies, and academic institutions have greater impact on the communities they serve

• Civic data
• Pro bono and volunteer

A privacy tool that lets you scan any website and see how you are being surveilled

• Digital security and privacy

At the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan seek to advance human potential and promote equal opportunity.

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

DataBasic is a suite of easy-to-use web tools for beginners that introduce concepts of working with data. These simple tools make it easy to work with data in fun ways, so you can learn how to find great stories to tell.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

The Housing Data Coalition (HDC) is a group of individuals and organizations who collaborate on their use of public data to further housing justice in New York City.

• housing

• The Tech
• The People
• Civic data

Consultez différemment.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

segítünk tisztán látni - tracks public meetings

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Drone maps and 3D models processed in the cloud for construction, mining, energy, & more.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT INTERNET AND SOCIETY RESEARCH THINK TANK BASED IN HONG KONG

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

With Team, users join an online community of supporters and speak directly with their friends about the causes and candidates they care about.

• apps

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Campaign tools

• Hubs

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.

• cities

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

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

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

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

• civic features
• Facebook

• Voting and elections
• Matching views to votes

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

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

• cities

• The People
• Get funding
• Smart Cities and sensors

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.

• Adjacent Fields
• Foundational layers
• Civic literacy

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.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

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.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

Open Access UK: monitor lobbying meetings with Government

• The Tech
• Advocacy tech
• Watchdogging and transparency

An online forum for community discussion

• The People
• Meet the others
• Socialize online

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.

• The Tech
• The People
• Emerging tech

We're a bunch of civic-minded technologists, designers, and topic experts using our skills to improve Atlanta and the world.

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

With curbside delivery on the rise, get a quick free tool to help you know when customers arrive to pickup their order.

• cities

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

changing how public value is imagined, practiced and evaluated to tackle societal challenges.

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

On the Layman’s Lawyer, individuals and businesses can offer or request services related to online documentcreation.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

Perquè la democràcia es fa entre tots i totes.

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Data science for social good

Driving business growth through effective marketing

• Organize campaigns
• Digital rights

• The People
• Learn about civic tech
• Civic fiction

• The People
• Meet the others
• In-person meetings

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

• The Tech
• The People
• Advocacy tech

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.

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Build something

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。

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

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

• The People
• Meet the others
• Civic hacking meetups

Our Region's Community Foundation

• The People
• Get funding
• Funders & donors

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

• The Tech
• Media
• Filter bubble poppers

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Participatory democracy

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

• Media
• In-person meetings
• Conferences

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.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Legal tech

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

• COVID
• COVID Engagement Projects

Social Media Archiving Built for Government Transparency

• The Tech
• Media
• Civic data

Use the LOVELAND Next App to survey properties or look up property information while you're on the go!

• apps
• land

• Urban planning

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

• The Tech
• Engagement tech
• Online forums

Colab notebooks allow you to combine executable code and rich text in a single document, along with images, HTML, LaTeX and more.

• Google

• The Tech
• Emerging tech
• Emerging Tech Tools

Our goal at Transitland is to make sense of the jumble here in the SF Bay Area. We're mapping those buses, trains, streetcars, ferries, and even cable cars.

• mass transit
• mobility

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Data visualization

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

• The Tech
• Govtech
• Engagement tech

"Verification Swiss Army knife", including lookups of video clips to find them in context elsewhere

• extensions

• The Tech
• Media
• Fight disinformation