Civictech

This is the second in a short series of month notes about our Neighbourhood Warmth project. It has also been crossposted on the blog of our project partner, mysociety. Month 1 We wrapped up our first instalment of monthnotes with thoughts on how to tackle our overarching enquiry: “How can we support…

In 2017, I left my job as a UX designer at Google to work for local government. A lot of people questioned my decision. Google is a dream job for many — the quintessential fun, well-paid workplace for super smart people. And aside from that, people were in disbelief that…

In 2017, I left my job as a UX designer at Google to work for local government. A lot of people questioned my decision. Google is a dream job for many — the quintessential fun, well-paid workplace for super smart people. …

In this series, you’ll hear stories from USDSers and learn why they decided to join, why they stay, and how their work is making an impact for Americans. — Sam Feudo (he/him/his), the inaugural intern at U.S. Digital Service (USDS). Sam is attending The Ohio State University and graduating in May 2023. He is from Cleveland, Ohio. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to intern at The White House? In 2023, USDS launched our inaugural internship program as…

Coming from a computer engineering background I have dealt for many years with data — building data acquisition systems for experimental Physics. This had a lot to do with structure, formats, volumes, encoding etc. to make data transmission as fast as possible. Since a few years I take another view…

Are you a Civic Tech innovation initiative in North Africa? Join our Community of Practice and become your region’s civic tech community ambassador. CTIN’s Regional Ambassador Programme aims to grow our network and expand our current Community of Practice to include and highlight more civic tech innovators, organisations, researchers, practitioners…

You just got hired at a company that you’ve really been looking forward to working for. You’ve talked to the interviewers, staff, and other engineers. You love the work, and you can’t wait to get started. There’s only one issue: onboarding. You complete the HR paperwork and sit through countless…

Reflections from the Evidence Mapping Project In 2022, the Civic Tech Innovation Network (CTIN) embarked on an exploratory research study that aimed to pull together existing research on civic tech initiatives (and their applications) within Africa. In this regard, we formed a partnership with the South Africa Centre for Evidence…

We need to fight for the nimble, interoperable, open, and platform-agnostic govtech we deserve. Vendor Consolidation and Local Government Innovation CivStart Board Member and longtime advocate for civtech startups, Doug Matthews, recently received a cheerful invitation to participate in a vendor-hosted webinar that led to a rare (for him) public declaration on the state of the…