Digital Civic Infrastructure Initiative

The Digital Civic Infrastructure Initiative is a new Harvard Kennedy School program (in the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, led by Danielle Allen) helping local governments use technology to strengthen democracy, transparency, and citizen engagement, with an early output being Open Book, a free open-source municipal budget-transparency tool.

Cambridge, MA

2026

Advocacy tech, Budget explorers, Building inside government, Building in the private sector, Build something, Citizen Engagement, Digital transformation, Government transparency, Govtech, Learn to build, Participatory democracy, Supporting public sector from outside government, The People, The Tech, Watchdogging and transparency

Building Permit Application Pre-Check

Today, the City of Toronto is launching Building Permit Application Pre-Check, an online self-check tool that uses AI to help applicants identify potential issues in eligible building permit applications before submitting them to the City.

Toronto

2026

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Building inside government, Digital transformation, Permitting

beta.gouv.fr

Nous créons des services publics numériques

Bonne-Nouvelle, Paris, France

Building inside government, Digital Government Units (DGUs), Digital transformation, Innovation teams and labs, Public sector innovation labs

La Suite numérique

L'espace de travail ouvert et souverain des agents de l'État

Bonne-Nouvelle, Paris, France

Building inside government, Digital sovereignty, General purpose open source tools, Group communication tools, Internal government tech capacity

Developers Italia

Developers Italia è il progetto pubblico che promuove un modo condiviso di pensare, costruire e far evolvere il software della Pubblica Amministrazione

Building inside government, Digital transformation, Government Interoperability, Open source

Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA)

ISPRA monitora l'andamento degli impatti.

Rome

Building inside government, Citizen science, Environmental data

Government of British Columbia

The official website of the Government of British Columbia.

Building inside government, Open government data, Service delivery

The City of Sault Ste. Marie

The official City of Sault Ste. Marie website, your central hub for municipal services, community information, and local updates.

Canada

Building inside government, Open source, Service delivery

Comune di Trento

Trento

Building inside government, Digital transformation, Service delivery