Civic technology

Draft

Introduction

“Civic technology - technology (mainly information technology) that’s spurring civic engagement to participate in public good development, enhancing citizen communications, improving government infrastructure, or generally making national and local governments more effective.[1][2] It encompasses civic applications, platforms supporting government bodies and institutions and other software enabling those goals.” (Wikipedia, Aug 19, 2014)

Software

• Some Citizen science software, in particular crowd sourcing application, could be used for various purposes. E.g. see the Excites projects
• Google Civic Information API

Links

• Pulling back the curtain on civic tech, Dec. 4, 2013, 9:04 a.m., Posted by Jonathan Sotsky, The Knight Blog.
• The Emergence of Civic Tech: Investments in a Growing Field. Knight Foundation, 2013.
• Huffington Post's Civic tech entries
• Promoting civic innovation through technology (Google's plans)