Communicating with the government
Digital communication channels between constituents and representatives, trying to improve the feedback loop. See also:
City Scrapers
A community open source project designed to standardize, scrape and share public meetings in a central database, in collaboration with City Bureau's Documenters program.
Liquid Democracy
Our mission is to promote the advantages of online participation in all kinds of contexts, from international organisations to small local initiatives.
Do Gooder
Create campaign websites and embed email, call-in, fundraising and social network actions targeting politicians and decision makers anywhere in the world.
Mobile Justice
Watchdogging apps for voter suppression, police brutality, and bullying
ConsultVox
Co-constructing territories by mobilizing citizen intelligence
CityGrader
A social platform where you can grade your local government, start discussions, and collaborate together to improve your city.
Weatherford, Texas
Weatherford's official website where citizens can find information and different services including a mobile app featuring bill pay, web mapping, issue reporting; an online payment section; a manageme...
Cicero
Legislative district matching and elected official data
The Effect of Bureaucratic Responsiveness on Citizen Participation
What effect does bureaucratic responsiveness have on citizen participation?
SEMA
We gather citizen voices to improve public services
SeeClickFix
Officials and neighbors have come together on SeeClickFix to resolve millions of issues. Let's get to work!
Mi Senado
Mi Senado: Aplicación Oficial del Senado de la República de Colombia (en tiempo real)
Outreach Grid
Collaborate across agencies to combat homelessness at the Point of Work on one unified platform.
People's Assembly
People's Assembly is a website that provides information about elected representatives for example, finding out what member of parliaments have been saying in parliament and it allows citizens to prov...
Involved
Involved is an application that connects you with all of your elected officials through polling and direct messaging
From Voicemails to Votes
A human-centered investigation by The OpenGov Foundation into the systems, tools, constraints, and people who drive constituent engagement in Congress.
VOXMAPP
VoxMapp Baseline allows you to collect high quality data even in contexts of crisis; VoxMapp Feedback ensures communities participate and remain at the center of the initiative; and VoxMapp Management...
WITNESS
WITNESS is an international nonprofit organization that trains and supports people using video in their fight for human rights.
Ethelo
Ethelo decisions is a web platform or business intelligence tool built to help groups, communities or organization to find effective decisions quickly and fairly.
Justice Today
Justice Today is a mobile application that protects citizens from crime and utilizes artificial intelligence to educate citizens on the steps to take when victimized. The platform also allows citizens...