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Government transparency

Governments have the responsibility to share information with citizens in a readily understandable way. Openness and accountability will help to strengthen democracies and guarantee trust. The process of demanding transparency should also include public participation and citizen engagement. These platforms were created with the goal of offering information on how governments are spending money or implementing policies and what are the best ways in which citizens could monitor these processes.

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Open Gov Guide
opengovpartnership.org/open-gov-guide

Open Gov Guide

The Open Gov Guide is the “how-to” resource on applying open government principles to real-world challenges.

Washington, DC
Govtech, Government transparency, Fieldwide resources
Open Budget Survey
internationalbudget.org/open-budget-survey

Open Budget Survey

First launched in 2006, the Open Budget Survey is the world’s only independent, comparative, and fact-based research instrument to measure these essential aspects of governance and accountability: Par...

Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Budget explorers
The Common News
thecommon.news

The Common News

The Common makes it easy to follow city council meetings, read meeting minutes, and stay informed about local decisions that affect your community.

Chicago, IL
since 2025
Government transparency, Watchdogging and transparency, Govtech
Revolving Door Project (RDP)
therevolvingdoorproject.org

Revolving Door Project (RDP)

RDP scrutinizes executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve the broad public interest.

Washington, DC
Government transparency, Watchdogging and transparency
Making Sense of Open Government: A Conceptual Framework and Ideas for Future Research | Perspectives on Public Management and Governance
academic.oup.com/ppmg/article-abstract/6/2-3/80/7227227?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false

Making Sense of Open Government: A Conceptual Framework and Ideas for Future Research | Perspectives on Public Management and Governance

"[T]his article proposes an open government framework that integrates multiple concepts related to open government and categorizes them as either constitutive components or potential results"

Oxford, UK
since 2023
Govtech, Government transparency, Learn about civic tech
The Authoritarian Stack
authoritarian-stack.info

The Authoritarian Stack

This project maps the "Authoritarian Stack"—a network of firms, funds, and political actors turning core state functions into private platforms.

Europe
since 2025
Network visualizations, Watchdogging and transparency, Consumer watchdogging
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
foia.gov

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

The basic function of the Freedom of Information Act is to ensure informed citizens, vital to the functioning of a democratic society.

Washington, DC
since 1966
Civic tech legislation and policy, Predecessors & Pioneers, Access to information
fragdenstaat.at

FragDenStaat.at

FragDenStaat.at ist das Anfrage-Portal des Forum Informationsfreiheit. Es erleichtern Ihnen, Anfragen nach dem Informationsfreiheitsgesetz zu stellen und zu verwalten.

Austria (Österreich) 🇦🇹
Access to information, Government transparency
Red Internacional de Justicia Abierta (RIJA)
redjusticiaabierta.org

Red Internacional de Justicia Abierta (RIJA)

En RIJA promovemos reformas de justicia abierta y centradas en las personas para mejorar la confianza ciudadana en las instituciones judiciales y la protección de derechos fundamentales.

Buenos Aires
Open justice, Partner networks and coalitions, Government transparency
Panopticon
panopticon-app.io

Panopticon

A new social media platform in civic tech

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2025
Artificial Intelligence, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
corruption
Bellingcat Council Meeting Transcript Search
council-search.bellingcat.com

Bellingcat Council Meeting Transcript Search

This is a local democracy reporting tool that enables researchers to search auto-generated transcripts of Council meetings for different authorities across the UK and Ireland.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Government transparency, Watchdogging and transparency, Artificial Intelligence
I Plan de Parlamento Abierto del Congreso de los Diputados (2025 - 2027) de España
congreso.es/es/cem/parlamento-abierto

I Plan de Parlamento Abierto del Congreso de los Diputados (2025 - 2027) de España

La Mesa del Congreso de los Diputados ha aprobado el I Plan de Parlamento Abierto (2025-2027), desarrollado en el marco de la Alianza de Gobierno Abierto (OGP).

Madrid (Spain)
since 2025
Civic tech legislation and policy, Policy, Government transparency
Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Datos Abiertos Legislativos Paraguay
datos.congreso.gov.py/opendata/index

Datos Abiertos Legislativos Paraguay

En este portal se pueden acceder a información relevante respecto de la Tramitación de un Proyecto de Ley en el Congreso Nacional, información de los Parlamentarios, Comisiones asesoras, Sesiones plen...

Asunción, Paraguay
since 2015
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Open data publishing portals
Riksdagens öppna data
riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/riksdagens-oppna-data

Riksdagens öppna data

Riksdagens öppna data

Stockholm
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Open data publishing portals
dati.camera.it
dati.camera.it

dati.camera.it

Il portale dei dati aperti della Camera dei deputati promuove l'accesso, il riuso e la condivisione dei dati della Camera, a favore della partecipazione democratica, della trasparenza e dell'interoper...

Rome
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Open data publishing portals
Parlamento Aberto
parlamentoaberto.leg.br

Parlamento Aberto

O parlamento aberto é uma forma de interação entre os cidadãos e o Parlamento que assegura a transparência e o acesso à informação pública, a prestação de contas (accountability), a participação do ci...

Brasília - Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil
since 2020
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Public engagement with parliaments and legislatures
guides
dati.senato.it
dati.senato.it/sito/home

dati.senato.it

Il punto per l'accesso diretto ai dati del Senato della Repubblica. Aggiornamenti quotidiani di informazioni facilmente e liberamente utilizzabili (dati aperti) che riguardano ogni aspetto dell'attivi...

Rome
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Open data publishing portals
Datos Abiertos Legislativos (Camara de Chile)
camara.cl/transparencia/datosAbiertos.aspx

Datos Abiertos Legislativos (Camara de Chile)

En esta sección se puede acceder a los antecedentes que se producen con ocasión de la tramitación de un proyecto de ley, información de los parlamentarios y leyes ya publicadas, en un formato que perm...

Valparaíso
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Civic data
Datos Abiertos Legislativos (Congresso Nacional de Chile)
opendata.congreso.cl

Datos Abiertos Legislativos (Congresso Nacional de Chile)

El Congreso Nacional pone a disposición de la ciudadanía su iniciativa de DATOS ABIERTOS LEGISLATIVOS, que se enmarca en el principio de Transparencia y acercamiento de la labor legislativa que se des...

Valparaíso
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Civic data
Stortinget Åpne data
data.stortinget.no

Stortinget Åpne data

Stortingets datatjeneste tilbyr uttrekk fra databaser som benyttes i Stortingets parlamentariske saksbehandling.

Oslo, Norway
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Open data publishing portals
Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice
tictec.mysociety.org/democratic-transparency-community-of-practice

Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Community of Practice

A community of practice organized by mySociety TICTeC and the Civic Tech Field Guide in 2024-2025.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Parliamentary and congressional monitoring, Government transparency, Partner networks and coalitions
Access to Information Community of Practice
tictec.mysociety.org/ati-community-of-practice

Access to Information Community of Practice

A community of practice organized by mySociety TICTeC and the Civic Tech Field Guide in 2024-2025.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Government transparency, Partner networks and coalitions, Access to information
Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard Hub
gov.uk/government/collections/algorithmic-transparency-recording-standard-hub

Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard Hub

The Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) establishes a standardised way for public sector organisations to publish information about how and why they are using algorithmic tools.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2023
Registers of government AI, Govtech, Government transparency
Engagic
engagic.org

Engagic

City council meeting scraping and agenda packet summarization, for the whole country

Civic data, Government transparency, Artificial Intelligence
Karton revolucija
revolucija.ba

Karton revolucija

Pozivamo vas sve koji niste dio raspalog sistema i koji posjeduje etičke i moralne norme i želite u budućnosti postati dio naše borbe ili na bilo koji drugi način dati doprinos da nam se pridružite. |...

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina / Босна и Херцеговина) 🇧🇦
since 2020
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Specific campaigns
Evidence and Methods Lab
evidenceandmethodslab.org

Evidence and Methods Lab

We are a technology-driven initiative that strives to make information more accessible and foster accountability in Africa’s public sector.

Kampala, Uganda
Government transparency, Watchdogging and transparency, Access to information
Open Dev Africa
opendev.africa

Open Dev Africa

"[A] network of more than 700 members across 21 countries unified in the belief that the Francophone world should have a stronger voice in the Open Government Partnership (OGP), where English-speaking...

Nairobi
since 2025
Govtech, Government transparency, Partner networks and coalitions
Open Government Partnership (OGP), Open Dev Africa
BIMI
bimi.budgit.org

BIMI

Chat with Nigeria's Fiscal and Public Finance Data Platform with Intelligence

Nigeria 🇳🇬
since 2025
Artificial Intelligence, Bots, Generative AI
Promise Tracker (Mzalendo)
tracker.mzalendo.com

Promise Tracker (Mzalendo)

The Promise Tracker tracks the progress of the ruling party, Kenya Kwanza, in actualizing its pledges as contained in the party manifesto from 13th September 2022 when President William Ruto was sworn...

Kenya 🇰🇪
since 2023
Promise trackers, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
TICTeC 25
Diários do Clima
diariosdoclima.org.br

Diários do Clima

O Diários do Clima filtra informações dos diários oficiais municipais para você encontrar o que precisa mais fácil e rapidamente

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
Environmental data, Civic data, Parliamentary and congressional monitoring
Climate action, TICTeC 25
Congress Alerts
sites.google.com/view/whatismyrepdoing/home

Congress Alerts

Congress Alerts is a lightweight SMS service that texts U.S. constituents a concise, human-readable digest of how their Representative and two Senators voted - no apps, log-ins, or jargon required.

Pennsylvania
since 2025
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
Bron
bron.live

Bron

Doorzoek meer dan 2 miljoen overheidsdocumenten op één plek.

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱
Access to information, Watchdogging and transparency, Journalism
TICTeC 25
CoST Infrastructure Transparency Initiative
infrastructuretransparency.org

CoST Infrastructure Transparency Initiative

CoST, the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST) is one of the leading global non-profits improving transparency, participation and accountability in infrastructure to deliver quality infrastru...

London
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
Industry, innovation, and infrastructure, corruption
+integridad
dava999.github.io/masintegridadmx.github.io

+integridad

Nuestra misión es consolidar los temas de Gobierno Abierto y anticorrupción en la agenda pública de nuestro estado.

Puebla, MX
since 2021
Government transparency, Watchdogging and transparency
Volt Data Lab
voltdata.info

Volt Data Lab

O Volt Data Lab é uma organização que dá suporte ao jornalismo há mais de 10 anos, oferecendo consultoria, análise e serviços de tecnologia e jornalismo de dados para veículos de notícias e ONGs de to...

São Paulo
since 2015
Media, Journalism, Civic and social impact companies
Legislatech
legisla.tech/?ref=voltdata.info

Legislatech

O Legislatech é uma ferramenta de clipping de órgãos públicos e da imprensa, com monitoramento em tempo real

São Paulo
since 2023
Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency, Media and social media analysis
commercial
Transparentes
transparentes.cl

Transparentes

Transparentes es una invitación a tomar el mando y construir un espacio donde la transparencia y la ciudadanía sean parte de cada jugada de la sociedad civil.

Chile 🇨🇱
since 2025
Government transparency, Watchdogging and transparency, Parliamentary and legislative tech
UWhatGov
you.whatgov.co.uk

UWhatGov

View parliamentary debates formatted like your favourite chat app.

London
Parliamentary and congressional monitoring, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency
WhatsApp, Newspeak House
Observatório Privacidade
observatorioprivacidade.com.br

Observatório Privacidade

Privacidade e Proteção de Dados no Congresso Nacional

São Paulo
since 2024
Digital security and privacy, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Watchdogging and transparency
congressMCP
congressmcp.lawgiver.ai

congressMCP

An MCP server allowing AI agents and MCP clients to interface with the Congress.gov API

Austin, TX
since 2025
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Artificial Intelligence, Agentic AI
Pixi Bücher
bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Publikationen/Pixi/Pixi_node.html

Pixi Bücher

You can't start early enough – that's why we have short Pixi books on the topics of privacy and transparency for kindergarten-age children.

Bonn, Germany
Civic literacy, Digital security and privacy, Government transparency
youth, books
Informationsfreiheitsgesetz
bmi.bund.de/DE/themen/moderne-verwaltung/open-government/informationsfreiheitsgesetz/informationsfreiheitsgesetz-node.html

Informationsfreiheitsgesetz

Das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz (IFG) schafft einen voraussetzungslosen Anspruch auf Zugang zu amtlichen Informationen bei Behörden des Bundes.

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪
since 2006
Civic tech legislation and policy, Access to information, Government transparency
Escazú Agreement
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escaz%C3%BA_Agreement

Escazú Agreement

The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, better known as the Escazú Agreement (Spanish: Acuerdo de...

Latin America
Civic tech legislation and policy, Access to information, Government transparency
Africa Freedom of Information Centre
africafoicentre.org

Africa Freedom of Information Centre

A pan-African, membership-based civil society network and resource center promoting the right of access to information, transparency, and accountability across Africa.

Uganda 🇺🇬
since 2007
Partner networks and coalitions, Access to information, Government transparency
Jonmat
jonmat.nullfull.kr

Jonmat

Verified restaurant map based on the history of congressional donations (국회의원 후원금사용내역을 기반으로 한 검증된 맛집지도)

Seoul
Crowdsourcing, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
corruption
Minesweeper Thailand
elect.in.th/minesweeper

Minesweeper Thailand

Targeting Senators from the NCPO network

Thailand (Prathet Thai) 🇹🇭
Games and gamification, Watchdogging and transparency, Government transparency
Wet open overheid (Woo)
rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/wet-open-overheid-woo

Wet open overheid (Woo)

The Netherlands's open government act

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱
since 2021
Civic tech legislation and policy, Government transparency, Govtech
The Netherlands (national government)
Instituto de Governo Aberto
institutodegovernoaberto.com.br

Instituto de Governo Aberto

Transparência, participação e inovação para uma sociedade mais justa, inclusiva e igualitária

São Paulo
Government transparency, Govtech, Academia
Αποφάσεις Συλλογικών Οργάνων Moschato-Tavros
dimosmoschatou-tavrou.gr/apofaseis

Αποφάσεις Συλλογικών Οργάνων Moschato-Tavros

Decisions of collective bodies in Moschato-Tavros

Moschato-Tavros
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Govtech, Government transparency
政治獻金數位化 (g0v Campaign Finance)
campaign-finance.g0v.ctiml.tw

政治獻金數位化 (g0v Campaign Finance)

Crowdsourced project to digitize campaign finance records and detect corruption

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
Crowdsourcing, Civic data, Watchdogging and transparency
g0v
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