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Govtech

In the Civic Tech Field Guide, we primarily focus on examples of govtech that seek to improve society to make it more just and democratic, not just more digital or efficient. We recognize that this is a subjective, values-based perspective of govtech. There is a much larger government IT industry that exceeds this focus.

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amsterdam.nl/innovatie

Stedelijke Innovatie Amsterdam

Een stad die klaar is voor de toekomst. Hier werken we aan, samen met bewoners, bezoekers, bedrijven en overheid. Verschillende specialisten onderzoeken de invloed van technologie op Amsterdam.

Amsterdam
Govtech, Innovation teams and labs
city
DOGE Master Database
wired.com/story/doge-collecting-immigrant-data-surveil-track

DOGE Master Database

WIRED: DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.

Washington, DC
since 2025
Tech for Bad Hall of Shame, Govtech
surveillance, Project 2025
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304387825000045?via%3Dihub&utm_source=Burnes+Center+List&utm_campaign=8431a0ebb1-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8331c04252-44815c7f8e-683651584

The uneven reach of the state: A novel approach to mapping local state presence

A machine learning model trains on geo-located survey data to predict state presence.

Norway (Norge, Noreg) 🇳🇴
since 2025
Peer-reviewed research, Govtech, Artificial Intelligence
surveillance
Federal Balancing Act
us.abalancingact.com/federal-budget-simulator

Federal Balancing Act

An Interactive Budget Simulation

United States of America 🇺🇸
Budget explorers, Govtech, Engagement tech
United Arab Emirates' Regulatory Intelligence Office
gulftoday.ae/news/2025/04/14/uae-launches-worlds-first-ai-enabled-ecosystem-in-government

United Arab Emirates' Regulatory Intelligence Office

The new model includes the development of the largest national legislative database, which integrates not only federal and local legislation but also judicial rulings, government processes, services,...

Abu Dhabi
since 2025
Govtech, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Artificial Intelligence
CircuLaw
circulaw.nl

CircuLaw

Unlocking regulatory innovation for the circular economy transition.

Amsterdam
since 2021
Economic development, Govtech, Policy explainers
sustainability, Sustainable cities and communities, supply chain
AI Security Institute (AISI)
aisi.gov.uk

AI Security Institute (AISI)

The AI Security Institute is the largest team in a government dedicated to understanding AI capabilities and risks in the world.

London
Artificial Intelligence, Govtech, Trust & Safety
gov.ro/en/news/press-statements-by-prime-minister-nicolae-ionel-ciuca-at-the-beginning-of-the-cabinet-meeting1677757339

Project Ion

"Developed by Romanian researchers, Ion’s main task will be to scan social networks to inform the government “in real time of Romanians’ proposals and wishes” - The Guardian quoting the press release

Bucharest, Romania
since 2023
Artificial Intelligence, Govtech, Big listening
The First Branch LLM
techpolicy.press/could-congress-leverage-ai-to-help-restore-faith-in-us-democracy

The First Branch LLM

The First Branch LLM (Large Language Model) concept map below imagines the critical infrastructure needed at the enterprise level to create an accessible, accountable, and permanent information system...

Washington, DC
since 2024
Artificial Intelligence, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Govtech
Open Gov Challenge Awards
opengovpartnership.org/the-open-gov-challenge/open-gov-challenge-awards

Open Gov Challenge Awards

The Open Gov Challenge Awards recognize the best initiatives submitted to the Open Gov Challenge, a global call to action aimed to encourage ambition in ten areas of open government critical to streng...

Washington, DC
Awards and prizes, Govtech
Open Government Partnership (OGP)
AI71
ai71.ai

AI71

We are building conversational AI assistants that can streamline access to public information, deliver empathetic support around-the-clock, and strengthen bonds between governments and people.

Abu Dhabi
Artificial Intelligence, Bots, AI Constituent Service
Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD)
broadbandusa.ntia.doc.gov/funding-programs/broadband-equity-access-and-deployment-bead-program

Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD)

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program provides $42.45 billion to expand high-speed Internet access by funding planning, infrastructure deployment and adoption programs.

Connectivity, Govtech
broadbandmap.fcc.gov/location-summary

FCC National Broadband Map

This map displays where Internet services are available across the United States, as reported by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to the FCC. The map will be updated continuously to improve its accur...

Washington, DC
since 2022
Connectivity, Govtech, Civic maps
United States (federal government)
European Digital Identity
commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/european-digital-identity_en

European Digital Identity

A personal digital wallet for EU citizens and residents

Belgium (België / Belgique / Belgien) 🇧🇪
Govtech, Identity
Improving Delivery of the Social Safety Net: The Role of Stigma
academic.oup.com/jpart/article-abstract/34/2/270/7280562?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false

Improving Delivery of the Social Safety Net: The Role of Stigma

Article in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory by Jessica Lasky-Fink and Elizabeth Linos

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2023
Access social benefits, Govtech, Peer-reviewed research
LegWiki
github.com/DanielSchuman/Policy/wiki

LegWiki

Organizing Info About Congress

Washington, DC
Govtech, Internal government tech capacity
Every CRS Report
everycrsreport.com

Every CRS Report

We’re publishing reports by Congress’s think tank, the Congressional Research Service, which provides valuable insight and non-partisan analysis of issues of public debate. These reports are already a...

Washington, DC
Govtech, Open knowledge, Research tools
American Governance Institute
americalabs.org

American Governance Institute

The American Governance Institute develops ideas and educates policymakers on innovative approaches to strengthening American democracy, state capacity, and federal governance.

Washington, DC
Govtech, Internal government tech capacity
I Was A Fed (@iwasafed) Instagram
instagram.com/iwasafed

I Was A Fed (@iwasafed) Instagram

Here we will share the stories of real federal workers and how their termination will affect the American people. 🇺🇸

United States of America 🇺🇸
Story-based campaigns, Narrative tech organizing, Celebrating public service and public servants
Project 2025, labor
RestoredCDC.org
restoredcdc.org/www.cdc.gov

RestoredCDC.org

An archival version of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website as of January 6, 2025

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2025
Govtech, Archives
health, Project 2025
Projects interrupted when 18F was disbanded
18f.org/projects

Projects interrupted when 18F was disbanded

An overview of the projects that were terminated when the Trump Administration disbanded 18F

United States of America 🇺🇸
Govtech, Service delivery
Project 2025
Federal Unionists Network (FUN)
federalunionists.net/home

Federal Unionists Network (FUN)

The Federal Unionists Network (FUN) is an informal association of federal unionists and our allies organizing to support each other in strengthening our unions, improving our agencies and building sol...

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2025
Civic tech unions, Govtech, Celebrating public service and public servants
Project 2025, labor
Feds Work for You (@fedsworkforyou) Instagram
instagram.com/fedsworkforyou

Feds Work for You (@fedsworkforyou) Instagram

We make America work. Federal workers working for you.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Story-based campaigns, Govtech, Celebrating public service and public servants
Project 2025, labor
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
doge.gov

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

"An official website of the United States government" but mostly an embedded X feed

since 2025
Govtech, Tech for Bad Hall of Shame
Project 2025
The Situate AI Guidebook: Co-Designing a Toolkit to Support Multi-Stakeholder Early-stage Deliberations Around Public Sector AI Proposals
arxiv.org/abs/2402.18774

The Situate AI Guidebook: Co-Designing a Toolkit to Support Multi-Stakeholder Early-stage Deliberations Around Public Sector AI Proposals

By Anna Kawakami, Amanda Coston, Haiyi Zhu, Hoda Heidari, Kenneth Holstein

Carnegie Mellon University
since 2024
Govtech, Artificial Intelligence, Playbooks and design principles
guides
App CieID - Carta di Identità Elettronica (CIE)
cartaidentita.interno.gov.it/info-utili/cie-id

App CieID - Carta di Identità Elettronica (CIE)

Gestisci la tua identità digitale e accedi velocemente ai servizi online con l’app CieID.

Rome
Official digital identity systems, Identity, Govtech
apps
We the Builders (alt USDS)
wethebuilders.org

We the Builders (alt USDS)

Here, you'll find stories from real government employees: How we save you time and money, how we protect your personal information, and how DOGE's dangerous dismantling of government technology puts y...

Washington, DC
since 2025
Building inside government, Build something, Narrative tech
Project 2025, labor
openpolicy.blog.gov.uk

Policy Lab (GOV.UK)

Uses design, innovation, and people-centered approaches to improve policymaking

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Innovation teams and labs, Govtech, Design
United Kingdom (government)
State of Digital Government Review (UK)
gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-digital-government-review

State of Digital Government Review (UK)

This review examines the state of digital government in the UK, highlighting successes, challenges, and root causes

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2025
Reports, Govtech, Learn about civic tech
United Kingdom (government)
Local Government Information Unit (LGiU)
lgiu.org

Local Government Information Unit (LGiU)

An independent, local authority membership organisation supporting councils around the world.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 1983
Peer networks, Govtech, Supporting public sector from outside government
local
Understandable Budget (Közérthető Költségvetés)
kozertheto.k-monitor.hu

Understandable Budget (Közérthető Költségvetés)

The aim of this Municipal Budget Visualisation Tool is to make the management of local governments transparent to the local population and the wider society.

Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺
Budget explorers, Government transparency, Govtech
The Digital Services Coordinators Database
dscdb.edri.org

The Digital Services Coordinators Database

Provides a comprehensive overview of all enforcement authorities and the cases they have taken against online platforms under the Digital Services Act

Brussels
since 2025
Ethical tech and responsible tech, Govtech, Find your representatives
Renovate the Public Hearing
renovatethepublichearing.ca

Renovate the Public Hearing

Renovate the Public Hearing is an initiative created by the Centre for Dialogue to act as a convener and catalyst to pilot changes to the provincial local government land-use public hearing requiremen...

Burnaby, Canada
Communicating with the people, Govtech, Democratic Innovations
Civil Service Strong
civilservicestrong.org

Civil Service Strong

People, organizations, and communities across the country are joining together to ensure our civil servants have resources if they are targeted or attacked.

since 2025
Supporting public sector from outside government, Govtech, Specific campaigns
Project 2025
LABX
labx.gov.pt

LABX

Centro para a Inovação no Setor Público

Rua de Santa Marta no. 55
Innovation teams and labs, Govtech
Agência para a Modernização Administrativa (AMA)
ama.gov.pt/web/agencia-para-a-modernizacao-administrativa/inicio

Agência para a Modernização Administrativa (AMA)

A Agência para a Modernização Administrativa, I.P. (AMA) é o instituto público responsável pela promoção e desenvolvimento da modernização administrativa em Portugal.

Rua de Santa Marta no. 55
Govtech, Digital transformation
Acessibilidade Digital Challenge
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6yjSymkGdev05IgIkVz62K87ppczbET9DOPslMld5unputw/viewform

Acessibilidade Digital Challenge

O Acessibilidade Digital Challenge visa capacitar as equipas técnicas dos municípios portugueses a obterem a Declaração de Acessibilidade para os seus sítios web

Rua de Santa Marta no. 55
Assistive and Accessible Tech, Govtech, Challenges
city, Sustainable cities and communities
oecd.org/en/publications/global-trends-in-government-innovation-2024_c1bc19c3-en.html

Global Trends in Government Innovation 2024

This report analyses nearly 800 case studies from 83 countries and identifies five critical trends in government innovation that are reshaping public services.

OECD, Rue André Pascal, Paris, France
since 2024
Learn about civic tech, Reports, Govtech
ChatGPT Gov
openai.com/global-affairs/introducing-chatgpt-gov

ChatGPT Gov

ChatGPT Gov is designed to streamline government agencies’ access to OpenAI’s frontier models.

Artificial Intelligence, Govtech
ChatGPT
Observatoire des algorithmes publics
odap.fr

Observatoire des algorithmes publics

Odap is the French citizen observatory for public sector algorithms. It creates and gathers information on algorithms and AI systems used by government agencies in France, to make them more transparen...

France 🇫🇷
since 2024
Artificial Intelligence, Govtech, Registers of government AI
i.AI and NHS England Collaboration Charter
ai.gov.uk/projects/nhs-collaboration

i.AI and NHS England Collaboration Charter

The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI), an innovative team of technical experts at the heart of government, and NHS England (NHSE) have signed a first-of-a-kind Collaboration Charter to supp...

10 Downing Street
since 2024
Govtech, Artificial Intelligence, Bureaucracy tech
Good health and well-being, United Kingdom (government)
Scout (GOV.UK)
ai.gov.uk/projects/scout

Scout (GOV.UK)

An AI-powered tool that improves government major project delivery by automatically analysing thousands of documents to help detect problems earlier, enabling timely interventions that keep critical p...

10 Downing Street
Govtech, Bureaucracy tech, Artificial Intelligence
United Kingdom (government)
GOV.UK Wallet
gov.uk/government/news/digital-driving-licence-coming-this-year

GOV.UK Wallet

The UK government is launching a GOV.UK Wallet and App to simplify access to services and documents like digital driver’s licences

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Govtech, Identity, Official digital identity systems
apps, United Kingdom (government)
Consult (GOV.UK)
ai.gov.uk/projects/consult

Consult (GOV.UK)

Consult is a machine learning and LLM-powered tool to automate the processing of public consultations.

10 Downing Street
Communicating with the government, Engagement tech, Govtech
United Kingdom (government)
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-science-innovation-and-technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, ensure that new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK and drive forward a modern dig...

London
since 2024
Govtech, Digital transformation
United Kingdom (government)
Humphrey
gov.uk/government/news/shake-up-of-tech-and-ai-usage-across-nhs-and-other-public-services-to-deliver-plan-for-change

Humphrey

A package of tools to speed up the work of civil servants and make them deliver ministerial plans more quickly.

10 Downing Street
Govtech, Artificial Intelligence, Bureaucracy tech
United Kingdom (government)
Connect (GOV.UK)
ai.gov.uk/projects/connect

Connect (GOV.UK)

i.AI are using AI to match capacity to demand in the Grid connections queue

10 Downing Street
Govtech, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning
Affordable and clean energy, United Kingdom (government)
Parlex and Lex
ai.gov.uk/projects/parlex-and-lex

Parlex and Lex

Equipping policy makers and researchers with AI-driven tools to explore legislation, analyse parliamentary developments, and empowering them in the policy making process.

10 Downing Street
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Govtech, Artificial Intelligence
United Kingdom (government)
rAPId
ai.gov.uk/projects/rapid

rAPId

An end-to-end solution to sharing data across government

10 Downing Street
Civic data, Open government data, Govtech
United Kingdom (government)
Minute (GOV.UK)
ai.gov.uk/projects/minute

Minute (GOV.UK)

Minute is a secure AI transcription service that produces customisable summaries in the formats that public servants need.

10 Downing Street
Govtech, Speech recognition, Artificial Intelligence
United Kingdom (government)
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