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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:

Update: We further streamlined the quick-search view on category pages.

CONSUL Democracy launches version 2.5, adding AI features (Links)

Habermas vs. Google: Not in His Name (Links)

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.

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? www.every.org/civic-tech-f...

Pinterest said he violated laid-off colleagues’ privacy. Now he’s going public (Links)

Voice Media: Sweden’s Digital ID System Hacked, Public’s Data Sold on Dark Web - Independent News Roundup (Links)

Unionized ProPublica staff are on strike over AI, layoffs, and wages (Links)

The Infrastructure of Trust: How Local Civic Hubs Are Rebuilding Democracy Across Rural America (Links)

Sacred Cows: What Did We Stop Questioning in Digital Government Delivery, but Should Now? ()

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.

Update: We've moved the Happening Today block, featuring today's events and opportunity deadlines, higher up on the app homepage:

Update: Thumbnails of project images should contain the entire image (rather than crop them) across the entire site now.

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

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...

There's a new job open: Chief of Staff at Luminate Group. Details: London Apply here:

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:

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:

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:

There's a new job open: Associate Director, Global Communications at Open Society Foundation. Details: London Apply here:

There's a new job open: Director of Programs at Open Society Foundation. Details: Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, or Mexico City Apply here:

There's a new job open: Director of Policy and Impact at Demos. Details: £80,000 Greater London (Hybrid) Apply here:

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:

There's a new job open: Studio Lead at The Maybe. Details: 50,000 for 8 months Remote Apply here:

BREAKING: Go Vocal has acquired Open Source Politics! 4euyi.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/mr/sh/6rq... 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.

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:

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:

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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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>

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:

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

Update: We've added an AI chat option (in addition to browsing and search) to our Tool Finder page: app.civictech.guide/tools

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...

Update: We've updated the social icons on profile pages so that they're a more reasonable size. app.civictech.guide/p/aspiration...

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 app.civictech.guide/p/data-docs%...

There's a new job open: Co-Director at Midwest Academy. Details: 172,000 Remote (US) Apply here:

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.

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.

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.

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:

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:

There's a new job open: Comms Manager at Our House. Details: £720/month (freelancer) Remote (UK) Apply here:

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🎙️ 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.

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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