The Tech

The Tech

A product directory of thousands of civic tech products and services, organized by their functions in democracies.

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Represently
represently.com

Represently

Tell your advocates' stories. Change policy.

since 2017
Communicating with the government, Engagement tech, Govtech
Blue Feed, Red Feed
graphics.wsj.com/blue-feed-red-feed

Blue Feed, Red Feed

See Liberal Facebook and Conservative Facebook, Side by Side. Last update 2019

Wall Street Journal
Filter bubble poppers, Media, The Tech
Google Acclima partnership
blog.aclima.io/aclima-and-google-partner-to-map-outdoor-air-quality-with-street-view-vehicles-c33c4245f4c5?gi=e9c1eb40e530

Google Acclima partnership

Aclima announces a new partnership with Google Earth Outreach to map and better understand outdoor air quality.

since 2015
Emerging tech, Smart Cities and sensors, The Tech
Google
Offener Haushalt
offenerhaushalt.de

Offener Haushalt

Diese Seite wird nicht länger aktiv betreut oder gewartet.

Austria (Österreich) 🇦🇹
since 2010
Civic data, Data visualization, The Tech
Civil Cops
web.archive.org/web/20211128225047/http://civilcops.com

Civil Cops

Report Civic & Social Issues through our Artificially Intelligent chat & voice interfaces integrated onto all the major social media channels

New Delhi
since 2017
Civic data, Communicating with the government, Dashboards
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) (HOTOSM)
hotosm.org

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) (HOTOSM)

HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.

1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005
since 2009
Adjacent Fields, Civic data, Crowdsourcing
OpenStreetMap, humanitarian
Meta VR for Good
about.meta.com/community/vr-for-good

Meta VR for Good

Meta's collection of VR for social good stories

Facebook, Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA
Build something, Emerging Tech report orgs, Emerging tech
Meta
Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning
arxiv.org/abs/1906.05433

Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning

Here we describe how machine learning can be a powerful tool in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping society adapt to a changing climate.

Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech
Climate action, research
Facebook Suicide Prevention
about.fb.com/news/2017/11/getting-our-community-help-in-real-time

Facebook Suicide Prevention

Facebook’s new “proactive detection” artificial intelligence technology will scan all posts for patterns of suicidal thoughts, and when necessary send mental health resources to the user at risk or th...

1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025
Artificial Intelligence, Emerging tech, The Tech
civic features, suicide prevention, Facebook
WeAct!
weact.campact.de

WeAct!

Die Petitionsplatform von Campact

Verden (Aller), Germany
Advocacy tech, Campaign tools, Petitions
Preteckt
preteckt.com

Preteckt

Preteckt studies vehicle data from buses to predict system failures at least 48 hours before the Check Engine light is activated and the bus must be removed from service. Preteckt’s insights have the...

88 Union Ave, Memphis, Tennessee 38103
since 2014
Civic data, Data science for social good, The Tech
mass transit, mobility
Apple Maps COVID-19 Testing Locations
register.apple.com/covid-19

Apple Maps COVID-19 Testing Locations

As a healthcare provider, lab, or other business, follow these steps to submit information on COVID-19 testing locations that Apple may display to its users.

Cupertino, CA
Civic data, COVID, COVID Data Projects
civic features, Apple
Hemiciclo
hemiciclo.pt

Hemiciclo

Democracia em tempo real

Portugal 🇵🇹
since 2015
Advocacy tech, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
Voatz
voatz.com

Voatz

Voatz is on a mission to make voting safer and more accessible. All citizens have a right to vote regardless of their circumstance.

50 Milk St, Boston, Massachusetts
since 2014
Blockchain, Engagement tech, Emerging tech
Climate Change AI Newsletter
climatechange.ai/newsletter

Climate Change AI Newsletter

E-newsletter for Climate Change AI

Emerging Tech Report Tools, Emerging tech, The Tech
ePart
epart.it

ePart

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 disserv...

Italy (Italia) 🇮🇹
since 2010
Civic forums, Engagement tech, Online forums
GovTech Catalyst
gov.uk/government/collections/govtech-catalyst-information

GovTech Catalyst

GovTech Catalyst competitions help the public sector identify and work with cutting edge technology firms.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Engagement tech, Funders & donors, Get funding
United Kingdom (government)
Monday.com
monday.com

Monday.com

Project Management tool

Emerging Tech Report Tools, Emerging tech, The Tech
Network Connectivity across American Communities
data.newamerica.org/nann_networks_map

Network Connectivity across American Communities

Heatmap of partner and peer networks across the US

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2019
Civic data, Civic maps, Data visualization
Stanford AI Lab (SAIL)
ai.stanford.edu

Stanford AI Lab (SAIL)

The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) has been a center of excellence for Artificial Intelligence research, teaching, theory, and practice since its founding in 1962.

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA
Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech, The Tech
Indigo Trust
indigotrust.org.uk

Indigo Trust

The Indigo Trust funds organisations using digital technologies to improve transparency and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa

Indigo Trust, Wilton Road, London, UK
Advocacy tech, Funders & donors, Get funding
Executive Command
ed.icivics.org/node/594/resource

Executive Command

Ever wondered how you’d do as President of the United States? Find out with Executive Command!

since 2010
Games and gamification, Media, The Tech
Open Justice
openjustice.doj.ca.gov

Open Justice

A transparency initiative led by the California Department of Justice that publishes criminal justice data so we can understand how we are doing, hold ourselves accountable, and improve public policy...

California
Civic data, Govtech, Open justice
state
IssueVoter
issuevoter.org

IssueVoter

Giving everyone a voice in our democracy

United States of America 🇺🇸
since 2016
Communicating with the government, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Engagement tech
US Election 2020
BuildUp
howtobuildup.org

BuildUp

We transform conflict in the digital age

California
since 2014
Filter bubble poppers, Media, The Tech
Peace, justice, and strong institutions
Bill To Text
billtotext.com

Bill To Text

BillToText.com turns PDFs of federal legislation into text files. It provides a formatted document that you can download and edit with a word processor program.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Engagement tech, Participatory democracy
Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI)
cssh.northeastern.edu/bari

Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI)

The Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) is an interuniversity partnership that pursues original urban research on the cutting edge of scholarship and public policy, with an emphasis on opportunitie...

360 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts
Civic data, Participatory democracy, The Tech
neighborhoods
Caravan Studios
caravanstudios.org

Caravan Studios

We build apps that help communities organize, access, and apply local resources to their most pressing problems.

435 Brannan St, San Francisco, California
Emerging Tech report orgs, Emerging tech, Social impact design firms
General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)
developers.google.com/transit/gtfs

General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)

Format for exchanging static public transit information.

Civic data, Data schemas and standards, The Tech
OpenMapKit
github.com/posm/OpenMapKit

OpenMapKit

Master Directory for OpenMapKit

since 2015
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Collection of eIdentity and eSignature solutions
joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/eidentity-and-esignature

Collection of eIdentity and eSignature solutions

A resource from Joinup

European Commission, Rue Philippe Le Bon, Brussels, Belgium
Civic tech catalogs, Engagement tech, Govtech
WhatsApp Research Awards for Social Science and Misinformation
whatsapp.com/research/awards

WhatsApp Research Awards for Social Science and Misinformation

For this first phase of our program, WhatsApp is commissioning a competitive set of awards to researchers interested in exploring issues that are related to misinformation on WhatsApp.

Menlo Park, California
since 2019
Fight disinformation, Funders & donors, Get funding
research, WhatsApp
Highrise
highrise.nfb.ca

Highrise

An Emmy-winning, multi-year, many-media, collaborative documentary experiment at the National Film Board of Canada, that explores vertical living around the world.

Canada 🇨🇦
Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech, The Tech
Assembl
bluenove.com/en/offers/assembl

Assembl

Massive collective intelligence is the capacity to mobilize communities on a large scale (hundreds and thousands of participants) around key stakes and challenges to co-create new solutions in a short...

Paris
since 2014
Civic forums, Engagement tech, Online forums
ChatGPT
District Info NYC dashboard
council.nyc.gov/district-info

District Info NYC dashboard

Learn about the issues that are important to New Yorkers in your Council District and across the city, from potholes to affordable housing to the immigrant experience and beyond.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2018
Civic data, Data visualization, The Tech
Patch
patch.com

Patch

The best breaking news, stories, and events from the Patch network of local news sites

since 2008
Hyperlocal news and citizen media, Media, The Tech
Before the Storm
petlab.parsons.edu/redCrossSite/gamesBTS.html

Before the Storm

A game of forecasts and action

Greeley Square Station 4 East 27th Street New York, NY 10001-9998
since 2011
Games and gamification, Media, The Tech
Listening Post Collective
listeningpostcollective.org

Listening Post Collective

The Listening Post Collective provides journalists, newsroom leaders, and non-profits tools and advice to create meaningful conversations with their communities.

Internews Network, 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC
Engagement tech, Hyperlocal news and citizen media, Media
March for Our Lives
marchforourlives.com

March for Our Lives

Join the movement. Sign up to join us on the Road to Change, where we'll be registering people to vote across the country and demanding change to save lives.

since 2018
Games and gamification, Media, The Tech
MoveOn Petitions
petitions.moveon.org

MoveOn Petitions

Sign people-powered petitions from across the country, start your own, and view past petition victories.

since 1998
Advocacy tech, Campaign tools, Petitions
Atvirasteismas
atvirasteismas.lt

Atvirasteismas

The aim of the tool is to help Lithuanian citizens to understand how courts and judges work in their country. Transparency International chapter

Lithuania (Lietuva) 🇱🇹
Advocacy tech, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
Wahllokalfinder
wahllokalfinder.herokuapp.com

Wahllokalfinder

Hier findest du eine Übersicht aller Wahllokale: Wähle deine Stadt aus, gib deine Adresse ein und finde dein Wahllokal in wenigen Sekunden.

since 2017
Engagement tech, The Tech, Voting and elections
Election Tools
electiontools.org

Election Tools

Free, practical resources for election officials

since 2016
Election administration, Engagement tech, The Tech
Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) Sierra Leone
dsti.gov.sl

Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) Sierra Leone

To use science, technology and innovation to support the Government of Sierra Leone to deliver on its national development plan effectively and efficiently; and to help transform Sierra Leone into an...

State House, Freetown, Sierra Leone
Build something, Building inside government, Civic data
OpenGov Open Data
web.archive.org/web/20191202024148/https://opengov.com/products/the-opengov-cloud

OpenGov Open Data

OpenGov’s comprehensive open data and financial transparency solutions help agencies of all sizes drive accountability, make data more useful, engage the public, and unlock economic potential.

Washington, DC
since 2012
Civic data, Dashboards, Data visualization
CKAN
publiccode.yml
github.com/italia/publiccode.yml#the-publiccodeyml-standard

publiccode.yml

A metadata description standard for public software

Rome
Civic data, Civic tech catalogs, Data schemas and standards
Library of Congress Machine Readable Cataloging
loc.gov/marc

Library of Congress Machine Readable Cataloging

The MARC formats are standards for the representationand communication of bibliographic and related information in machine-readable form.

Washington, DC
since 1999
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, The Tech
United States (federal government)
SAFELAB
safelab.socialwork.columbia.edu

SAFELAB

The SAFElab is a research initiative focused on examining the ways in which youth of color navigate violence on and offline.

1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027
Emerging Tech Report Projects, Emerging tech, Learn about civic tech
racial equity
bluenove
bluenove.com

bluenove

bluenove is a technology and consulting company that pioneers massive collective intelligence and is actively committed to civic tech. They operate the Assembl collective intelligence platform.

Levallois-Perret, France
since 2014
Engagement tech, Participatory democracy, Ideation
Association Civic Tech Europe
Jakarta Smart City
web.archive.org/web/20210228210918/http://smartcity.jakarta.go.id

Jakarta Smart City

Issue reporting, cameras, and sensors to improve government efficiency in Jakarta

Jakarta
since 2014
Emerging tech, Smart Cities and sensors, The Tech
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