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Update: We were honored to contribute an interactive Quarter in Review piece to the most recent edition of National Civic Review (first published in 1912!!). Take a moment to breathe and look back on the first few months of 2026:
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Curating the Curators - Civic Tech Field Guide: January-March 2026 Highlights - National Civic League
The Civic Tech Field Guide, curated by Matt Stempeck, is the world's largest catalogue of tools and resources covering the full breadth of 'tech for the common good'. In collaboration with Matt, the National...
https://www.nationalcivicleague.org/ncr-article/curating-the-curators-civic-tech-field-guide-january-march-2026-highlights/
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Update: We further streamlined the quick-search view on category pages.
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CONSUL Democracy launches version 2.5, adding AI features (Links)
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Habermas vs. Google: Not in His Name (Links)
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Update: Added political unit sections for projects by the national governments of Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, South Africa, and Kenya, and updated the existing. We now have 365 national government projects.
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Political units
A rich, crowdsourced collection of thousands of democracy tech projects from around the world.
https://app.civictech.guide/political-units
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We're celebrating our 10th birthday today! 🥳 Thanks to everyone who's contributed to the Field Guide over the years. 🧁 Want to buy us a cupcake to celebrate?
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Pinterest said he violated laid-off colleagues’ privacy. Now he’s going public (Links)
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Voice Media: Sweden’s Digital ID System Hacked, Public’s Data Sold on Dark Web - Independent News Roundup (Links)
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Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages (Links)
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The Infrastructure of Trust: How Local Civic Hubs Are Rebuilding Democracy Across Rural America (Links)
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Sacred Cows: What Did We Stop Questioning in Digital Government Delivery, but Should Now? ()
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Update: The Tech Platforms have official logos associated with them now! If a project is by or explicitly about a mainstream tech platform, we tag it here.
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All Platforms
A rich, crowdsourced collection of thousands of democracy tech projects from around the world.
https://app.civictech.guide/platforms
about 1 month ago
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Update: We've moved the Happening Today block, featuring today's events and opportunity deadlines, higher up on the app homepage:
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Explore the Civic Tech Field Guide
A rich, crowdsourced collection of thousands of democracy tech projects from around the world.
https://app.civictech.guide/#today
about 1 month ago
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Update: Thumbnails of project images should contain the entire image (rather than crop them) across the entire site now.
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Explore the Civic Tech Field Guide
A rich, crowdsourced collection of thousands of democracy tech projects from around the world.
https://app.civictech.guide/
about 1 month ago
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Social Media Lab
about 2 months ago
Also, here's a quick ~1-minute video overview of our Deepfakes Tracker Research Portal, which is chock-full of practical resources, including games to teach digital literacy and tools to detect deepfakes, that you can use now. Please share far and wide. 🙏
deepfakestracker.org
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There's a new job open: Operations Manager at MuckRock Foundation. Details: $55,000-$70,000 Remote (US) Apply here:
www.muckrock.com/jobs/operati...
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MuckRock
MuckRock is a collaborative news site that gives you the tools to hold the government accountable.
https://www.muckrock.com/jobs/operations-manager/
about 2 months ago
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There's a new job open: Chief of Staff at Luminate Group. Details: London Apply here:
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Chief of Staff
ROLEThe Chief of Staff will act as a key strategic partner to the CEO and the Executive team, ensuring organizational alignment, operational effectiveness, and seamless internal communication. This role...
https://app.beapplied.com/apply/ojfyaz9wki
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There's a new job open: Senior Advocacy Officer, Asia, Digital Public Infrastructure & Inclusive Financial Systems at Gates Foundation. Details: Singapore (in-person) Apply here:
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Senior Advocacy Officer, Asia, Digital Public Infrastructure & Inclusive Financial Systems
The Foundation We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have...
https://gatesfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Gates/job/Singapore/Senior-Advocacy-Officer--Asia--Digital-Public-Infrastructure---Inclusive-Financial-Systems_B021463-1
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There's a new job open: Deputy Director, AI Delivery & Government Partnerships-Africa at Gates Foundation. Details: Nairobi or Nigeria, Ethiopia, or South Africa Apply here:
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Deputy Director, AI Delivery & Government Partnerships-Africa
The Foundation We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have...
https://gatesfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Gates/job/Nairobi-Kenya/Deputy-Deputy-Director--AI-Delivery---Government-Partnerships-Africa_B021471-2
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There's a new job open: Associate Director - Strategic Initiatives at Institute for Information, the Internet, and Democracy. Details: $76,335 - $107,823 NU Boston Campus (hybrid) Apply here:
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Associate Director - Strategic Initiatives
About the Opportunity JOB SUMMARY The Institute for Information, the Internet, and Democracy seeks to support rigorous research on the problems of the contemporary information ecosystem, and to evaluate...
https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/Associate-Director---Strategic-Initiatives_R138846
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There's a new job open: Associate Director, Global Communications at Open Society Foundation. Details: London Apply here:
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Associate Director, Global Communications
Associate Director, Global Communications. London. Posting Date: 03/26/2026. Deadline: 04/05/2026 Role Title: Associate Director, Global Contract Type: Regular Reporting To: Director, Executive and Geographic...
https://osfglobal.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSF/job/London/Associate-Director--Global_JR-0003718
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There's a new job open: Director of Programs at Open Society Foundation. Details: Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, or Mexico City Apply here:
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Director - Programs
Director - Programs. Rio de Janeiro. Posting Date: 03/18/2026. Deadline: 04/02/2026 Role Title: Director, Programs Contract Type: Regular (8 year Opportunity) Reporting To: LAC Managing Director, Programs...
https://osfglobal.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSF/job/Rio-de-Janeiro/Director---Programs_JR-0003800
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There's a new job open: Director of Policy and Impact at Demos. Details: £80,000 Greater London (Hybrid) Apply here:
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Director of Policy and Impact
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
https://demos.co.uk/director-of-policy-and-impact/
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There's a new job open: Staff Designer at Thunderbird. Details: $150000-170000 US, $125000-145000 CAD, £72000-86000 UK Remote UK, Canada, or US Apply here:
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Mozilla Careers — Staff Designer — Open Positions
Mozilla is hiring a Staff Designer in Remote Canada, Finance, Security, Strategy, Operations, Data & Ads, Strategy, Operations, Data & Ads, Security, Security, Firefox,…
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/careers/position/gh/7623856/
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There's a new job open: Studio Lead at The Maybe. Details: 50,000 for 8 months Remote Apply here:
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Request for Proposals: Studio Lead
Contract term: May-December 2026 pilot contract, with potential to extend.Time commitment: Flexible based on outcomes and deliverables; est 20 hrs/wk.Budget: Our total budget for the 8-month term is...
https://www.themaybe.org/rfp-studio-lead
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BREAKING: Go Vocal has acquired Open Source Politics!
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OSP has built open source participatory engagements with DemocracyOS, Consul, and Decidim. Go Vocal is open core, meaning you can view the code but not use it.
LaSuite.coop
will spin out as a SCIC.
about 2 months ago
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There's a new job open: Development Director at Center for Tech and Civic Life. Details: $116,487 - 141,487 USD Chicago, IL or remote (US) Apply here:
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Center for Tech and Civic Life - Development Director
Salary: $116,487.32 - $141,487.32Location: Chicago, IL or remote in the U.S.Intended start date: May 18, 2026Start of application review: April 1, 2026. We often close jobs early to be able to review
https://centerfortechandciviclife.recruitee.com/o/development-director
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There's a new job open: Organizing Associate at Center for Tech and Civic Life. Details: $62,320 - $77,153 USD Chicago, IL or remote (US) Apply here:
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Center for Tech and Civic Life - Organizing Associate
Start date: May 2026Location: Remote in the U.S. with Heavy Travel (up to 35% of the time)Type: Full-time, ExemptSalary: $62,320.72 to $77,153.04Benefits:Medical, dental, and vision insuranceGenerous
https://centerfortechandciviclife.recruitee.com/o/organizing-associate-3
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Newspeak fellows evaluated a collection of 'best in class' civic tech projects to develop an impact evaluation methodology. It includes some novel agentic AI evaluation. Attend tomorrow night:
luma.com/4j8zzq1s
Initial approaches and rankings:
2025.newspeak.house/awards
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The Political Technology Awards · Luma
The Newspeak House Political Technology Awards celebrates landmark projects in the field of political technology. The awards are judged by the 2025–26 cohort…
https://luma.com/4j8zzq1s
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Update: We've also begun adding more featured videos to profiles based on the YouTube channel data we already had -- there are now 70 profiles with videos. You can add a video embed to your profile when you add or edit it. <https://app.civictech.guide/add>
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Update: Profiles with YouTube videos now have a larger block dedicated to those featured videos below the main profile content. For example, you can watch the trailer for the Changing Lanes documentary on its profile page:
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Digging the NYC Open Data week schedule. It's worth checking out to see who's doing what interesting things, regardless of whether you're in NYC:
opendataweek.nyc/events/list/
@betanyc @nycofficeoftech
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Events from March 18 – March 22 – NYC Open Data Week
Changing any of the form inputs will cause the list of events to refresh with the filtered results.
https://opendataweek.nyc/events/list/
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Update: We've added an AI chat option (in addition to browsing and search) to our Tool Finder page:
app.civictech.guide/tools
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Civic Launchpad
Discover the latest product launches on the Civic Tech Field Guide
https://app.civictech.guide/tools
about 2 months ago
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There's a new job open: Operations Associate at Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI). Details: $47,586 – $70,000 Washington, D.C. (hybrid) Apply here:
kgi.georgetown.edu/operations-a...
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Operations Associate – Knight-Georgetown Institute
Research & Commentary
https://kgi.georgetown.edu/operations-associate/
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Update: We've updated the social icons on profile pages so that they're a more reasonable size.
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about 2 months ago
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Update: Newly launched projects will now have a Fresh Launch banner on their profile pages for the first ten days they're in our collection. Share your launch to get one:
app.civictech.guide/launch
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There's a new job open: Co-Director at Midwest Academy. Details: 172,000 Remote (US) Apply here:
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Co-Director
We are seeking a dynamic organizer-trainer to share the role of Director of the Midwest Academy. Building on the Academy’s remarkable decades-long legacy, the Co-Director will design new initiatives…
https://midwestacademy.com/job/midwest-academy-full-time-co-director/
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Update: The lists of Fellowships, Job Boards, and Volunteering opportunities on the Jobs page now show the 10 most recent entries and provide links to the full page view for each.
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Update: We've also added a table view of open roles, so you can search and sort our job listings by title, hiring organization, location, salary, or application deadline.
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Update: We've improved the data filters on the Jobs page, which means you'll now see more of the jobs we share in the newsletter on this page. And made a host of other legibility improvements.
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There's a new job open: Research Associate 2 at MIT Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism. Details: $85,000 - $105,000 Cambridge, MA Apply here:
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Positions | LCAU
Main navigation
https://lcau.mit.edu/positions
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There's a new job open: Trust and Storytelling Fellowship (TAS) at Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact (MISI). Details: $7,500 stipend Boston Apply here:
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Open Call: Trust and Storytelling Fellowship (TAS)
The Center for Media Innovation & Social Impact at Boston University invites applications to its 2026-27 Trust and Storytelling Fellowship.…
https://sites.bu.edu/misi/trust-and-storytelling-fellowship/
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There's a new job open: Comms Manager at Our House. Details: £720/month (freelancer) Remote (UK) Apply here:
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A new edition of our newsletter just went out! This week's launch season Read it online:
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Democracy Innovators Podcast
4 months ago
🎙️ Matt Stempeck is founder and curator of the
@civictechguide.bsky.social
, which lists civic tech projects from all over the world. With 20 years experience in civic tech, Matt has a profound understanding of what makes a project successful and what makes it fail.
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Matt Stempeck on the Civic Tech Field Guide and why projects succeed or fail
YouTube video by Democracy Innovators Podcast
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Update: We've clarified the language about adding your project (versus sharing someone else's project) on the add form, and fixed an issue where confirmation emails didn't always go out.
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Tonight's the deadline for our job opening! Take a break from the Oscars and send over your cover letter (note) and CV and you're all set:
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Thanks to everyone who's already applied, we're reading every application and it's a very strong set of candidates.
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