Boston
61Fresh
An experimental Boston Globe Lab geo-focused Twitter aggregator
The Boston Globe, Exchange Place, Boston, MA, USA
7000 Languages
We create free language-learning software for Indigenous communities around the world.
745 Atlantic Ave, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
ActBlue
We're a nonprofit fundraising platform for campaigns and organizations and the small-dollar donors who support them
ActBlue, Summer Street, Somerville, MA, USA
ActiVote
- www.activote.net
- Citizen Engagement, Civic literacy, Engagement tech, Matching views to votes, Participatory democracy, Polling, Tech tools, Voter assistance
A single civic action each day ensures that a voter will never miss an election and feel empowered showing up to the polls.
1 Avery St, Boston, MA, USA
AI Initiative
- thefuturesociety.org
- Artificial Intelligence, Learn about civic tech, Peer-reviewed research, Research and policy centers, The Tech
The AI Initiative is dedicated to shaping the global policy framework to govern the rise of Artificial Intelligence, addressing holistically short-, mid- and long-term governance challenges.
Cambridge, MA, USA
Assessing Civic Tech: Additional Tools & Resources
We have compiled and organized more detailed information on specific topics to help operationalize recommendations in the guides and provide links to useful articles, examples and existing evaluation reports we found in our research.
Boston
Beta Blocks
- www.boston.gov
- Emerging Tech Projects, Engagement tech, Fight disinformation, High-tech civic tech, Media, Participatory democracy, Public input and engagement tools, Sensors, Soliciting new ideas, The Tech, Trustmarks
Exploring new approaches for community-led innovation in public spaces.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI)
- www.northeastern.edu
- Civic data, Engagement tech, Open data publishing portals, Participatory democracy, Public input and engagement tools, Soliciting new ideas, The Tech
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 opportunities created by novel digital data.
360 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Boston CityScore
CityScore is an initiative designed to inform the Mayor and city managers about the overall health of the City at a moment’s notice by aggregating key performance metrics into one number.
1 City Hall Square, Boston, MA, United States
Boston’s Smart Streets page
City page covers which tracking technologies are in place, why, and what they mean for privacy
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Clear Ballot
Clear Ballot is re-imagining elections with the world's most innovative and transparent voting system.
Boston, MA, USA
Code for Boston
Code for Boston addresses local social and civic challenges through creative uses of technology.
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Count Love
- countlove.org
- Activism aggregators, Advocacy tech, Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping, The Tech
Protests for a kinder world.
Cambridge, MA, USA
Data for Justice Project
We hope the project will arm activists, advocates, journalists, policy makers, and elected officials with relevant, timely information about how government functions—so we can fix it when it doesn’t.
Massachusetts, US
Data Lanterns
- datalanterns.com
- Adjacent Fields, Artistic interventions, Campaigns, Citizen science, Data visualization tools and platforms, Emerging Tech Projects, Tech for public challenges, The People
illuminating local water quality through data performances for collective action
75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Election performance index
- elections.mit.edu
- Advocacy tech, Civic data, Data schemas and standards, Report cards and audits, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency
The premier assessment tool to evaluate election administration across the nation.
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Evaluating Civic Technology Design for Citizen Empowerment
Civic technology should empower us as citizens.
75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Free Software Foundation
A nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom. We defend the rights of all software users.
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
Boston, MA 02110
USA
Impactive (formerly OutVote)
- www.outvote.io
- Activism aggregators, Advocacy tech, Campaign tools, Peer to peer SMS, Relational organizing, The Tech
Outvote is a friend-to-friend texting app for political campaigns. We allow you to digitally volunteer for campaigns by reaching out to your friends with
240 Elm Street, Somerville, MA 02144, USA
Innovate Government course at Harvard Kenney School
To collaborate with government clients to understand the problem space and develop real solutions.
79 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge, MA 02138, United States- 1
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