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We help the leaders of culture, advocacy, and business do the most good they can for the most people possible.

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A small woman-owned software consultancy dedicated to building open-source, human-centered, secure, agile solutions to support the delivery of government services that increase equity of opportunity.

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• Building in the private sector

What’s a weeknote? It’s a short, regular update sharing what we’ve been working on, learning, and thinking about as we build South Africa’s digital government.

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PeMS is open-source software that is designed, developed, and maintained by Compiler LLC on behalf of Caltrans Traffic Operations.

• mass transit

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a weekly newsletter from The Verge about the latest battles between Big Tech and Big Government — from the juicy palace intrigue to the devastating consequences of their political games.

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We are an outcomes agency at the intersection of business, politics, and policy. Ideas alone are not enough. We make change possible.

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Tool to make it effortless to meet people you live next to

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Grassroots Analytics is a Washington, DC tech company breaking down barriers in fundraising for forward-thinking candidates, causes, and nonprofits.

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We can build what we need for care and connection.

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Footnotes will draw on the collective knowledge of the TikTok community by allowing people to add relevant information to content on our platform.

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Givefinity's platform makes tracking volunteer hours easy.

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This paper examines emerging experiences with chatbots in government interactions, with a focus on exploring what public administration practitioners and scholars should expect from chatbots in public encounters.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Bots
• Peer-reviewed research

Erasmus Mundus Master of Science in Public Sector Innovation and eGovernance

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This report scans the landscape of AI use in the public sector at the state and local level, evaluating its benefits and harms through the examples of chatbots and automated tools that transcribe audio, summarize policies, and determine eligibility for benefits.

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• Artificial Intelligence
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"By conducting a national-scale field experiment among 949 provincial-level agencies in China....results show that legal regulative pressure and social normative pressure make agencies more likely to respond within the legal timeframe and provide the requested information."

• Peer-reviewed research
• Access to Information

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. | Cardboard revolution in Bosnia

• Watchdogging and transparency
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"I found the real Spotify accounts of celebrities, politicians, and journalists."

• culture

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Geeks who love the NHS

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O Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil tem a atribuição de estabelecer diretrizes estratégicas relacionadas ao uso e desenvolvimento da Internet no Brasil e diretrizes para a execução do registro de Nomes de Domínio, alocação de Endereço IP (Internet Protocol) e administração pertinente ao Domínio de Primeiro Nível ".br".

• Predecessors
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The Future of Life Institute's AI Safety Index provides an independent assessment of seven leading AI companies' efforts to manage both immediate harms and catastrophic risks from advanced AI systems.

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• Ethical tech and responsible tech
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Popular Democracy is 50 grassroots organizations across 34 states and DC, who unapologetically demand transformational change for Black, brown and low-income communities. We upend politics as usual to forge a representative, multiracial government and society where we all thrive – no exceptions.

• racial equity

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The Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS) is a nonpartisan think tank that engages experts across the U.S., allied, and partner nations to deliver concrete, technically sound policy research.

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English to English translation tool from the British government.

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Encouraging talented individuals to advance their research in the areas of data science, public policy, demographics, digital art, creative industries, and economic development.

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The Civic Tech Scholars [paid] internship program empowers emerging leaders in STEAM fields with practical skills and knowledge through real life social impact projects and a robust network of mentors.

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EU Web Portal for Video-mediated Public Service Interpreting: To improve access to basic services for migrants and refugees

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• Translation and linguistic representation
• Resettlement

The Better Futures Institute, in collaboration with San Antonio's 311 department, empowers the city's 1.5 million residents via the 311SA mobile app.

• Communicating with the government
• 311 Systems

People behind innovative tools and ideas for the next generation of democracy.

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A Decidim WhatsApp chatbot feature that allows people without an email address and/or low connectivity to participate in Decidim instances

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• Engagement tech
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• Bots

We help our clients move faster, with less risk, by creating products and services that earn and maintain trust.

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Through research, analysis, convenings, and public education, the Project produces solutions that facilitate our nation’s transition to a well-functioning democracy that truly represents our increasingly diverse population.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Voting and elections
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@unitedstates is a shared commons of data and tools for the United States. Made by the public, used by the public.

• Civic data
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Ausgezeichnet werden kommunale Projekte, die in der Praxis nachweislich funktionieren und das Potenzial haben, bundesweit als Vorbild zu wirken.

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• Awards and prizes

A broad coalition of 130+ tech, economic justice, consumer protection, labor, environmental justice, and civil society organizations launched the People’s AI Action Plan to provide a direct counter-weight to President Trump’s industry-backed AI executive orders and agenda.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Manifestos
• Governance of AI

The Philanthropy Data Commons (PDC) is a shared sector-wide governance and technical infrastructure that fosters trust, enables new ways of managing data and information as a sector asset, creates more possibilities in our collective work, and spurs more equitable access to resources in philanthropy.

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• Open philanthropy
• Tools for Funders

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"The new location alert feature can spare Snapchat users from sending message updates." - The Verge

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Platform for citizen assemblies in Czechia

• People Powered

• Participatory democracy
• Sortition & Citizen Assemblies

• People Powered

• Democracy organizations

Two days of intensive collaboration, knowledge sharing, and strategic planning for the future of digital public infrastructure.

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• Identity
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You want to support downtown redevelopment but aren’t sure where to start. This playbook is for you.

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• Economic development
• Playbooks and design principles

We’re imagining, studying, and building public spaces and public goods on the internet.

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• Research and policy centers
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Government Relations & Advocacy Software

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The Open Wallet Foundation (hosted at the Linux Foundation) brings developers, standard development organizations and academia together to facilitate global interoperability of verifiable credentials, by establishing best practices and through collaborative development of digital wallet technology to enable standards-based OSS components that issuers, and wallet providers can rely on.

• Identity
• Open source
• General purpose open source tools

This guide seeks to serve as a comprehensive toolkit to enable different parties to make informed decisions around proposed digital ID systems.

• guides

• Govtech
• Identity
• Design