A background explainer and snapshot of the Access to Information community at this moment in time, Summer 2024.

Over the period of a year, The Civic Tech Field Guide team met with democracy activists working in countries whose democracies are under active threat. A surprising finding was the overlap in these groups’ needs. What resources can begin to address these needs, and what more can we, as a field, do to help?

We’re thrilled to share that we’ve been selected for Next Generation Internet Search, a European project to support “entrepreneurs, tech-geeks, developers, and socially engaged people” to challenge the way we search and discover information and resources on the internet. Our Portugal-based curator Matt Stempeck (hi) has teamed up with Eticas.ai, a Spanish company that’s productizing the ability […]

The White House wants our ideas on how to improve public participation and community engagement with the federal government. And we’re answering that call as a community.