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Predecessors Pioneers

Explore 50 projects in the Predecessors Pioneers category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

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Working for an MP (w4mp)

The Working for an MP website is a resource for anyone working for a British Member of Parliament or with an interest in how Parliament works.

Parliament Square, London, UK
2000

Open Source Initiative

As steward of the Open Source Definition, we set the foundation for the open source software ecosystem.

West Hollywood
1998

Open Source Definition

A long-standing and heavily-cited definition of what it means for a tech project to be "open source"

California
2006

Dods Political Intelligence Platform

Political monitoring. Set apart by heritage, personal touch and breadth of coverage.

London
1832

Center for Democracy and Technology

The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is the leading nonpartisan, nonprofit organization fighting to advance civil rights and civil liberties in the digital age.

Washington, DC
1994

Closing The Gap Conference

The Closing The Gap Conference is an annual assistive technology conference that presents an opportunity to deepen your assistive technology (AT) knowledge and strengthen your implementation strategies.

1982

IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology

Focuses on bringing together practicing technologists and researchers to facilitate understanding of the complex interaction between technology, science and society, its impact on individuals and society in general, professional and social responsibility in the practice of engineering, science, and technology, and open discussion on the resulting issues.

1972
https://beta.nyc/ActiveOpen-source

BetaNYC

We empower individuals and local communities to build a civically engaged technology ecosystem and provide for an honest and inclusive government. We want New York’s governments to work for the people, by the people, for the digital era.

Manhattan Borough President
https://x-road.global/ActiveOpen-source

X-Road

X-Road, the data exchange layer for information systems, is a technological and organizational environment enabling a secure Internet-based data exchange between information systems.

Tallinn
1998