Civic Tech Gleanings From New Media Ventures New Innovation Round
Yesterday, New Media Ventures announced the 13 organizations that it has selected to share $1.2 million in seed funding for the seventh round of its...
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Forward Progress
New York City Council approves Civic Hall @ Union Square, 100 influential people in digital government, & more
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Fighting Information Disorder
6 tools to fact-check and spot fake news, layoffs at Upworthy, & more
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First Post: Monopoly Stacks
Celebrate National Day of Civic Hacking at Civic Hall; monopoly reigns in the high-speed internet space; and more
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A Manifesto for Public Technology
If democratically elected governments are going to be able to meet their citizen’s desires to limit and control the activities of digital companies, then a new class of public servants are going to have to be trained up to do that work.
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New Spill Tracker Enlists Crowd to Help Monitor Pollution After Hurricanes
The SkyTruth Spill Tracker collects pollution reports in one place, and makes the information available to the public as well as the relevant authorities.
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vTaiwan: Public Participation Methods on the Cyberpunk Frontier of Democracy
In the midst of the signal failure known as the US electoral season, here’s something to be inspired about: a true story about rational deliberation on a national scale.