We help the world understand how to govern better by using civic technologies and how to make technologies more civic by adopting democratic principles in design, service delivery, and information sharing.
About Us
Our mission is to embed democratic values into the digital governance policies and statutes of nation states and the private corporations that operate the public squares of the 21st century.
In service of that goal, we bring good ideas in digital democracy to light, document who’s making a difference, and help codify what’s working to achieve maximum positive public impact. We believe democracy works best when we are best informed, so we seek to educate the public, press, and lawmakers about how and where disruptive technologies strengthen societies instead of dividing them. Learn more.
- Recommendations on improving implementation of the Freedom of Information Act and data transparencyToday, our director provided brief remarks in response to the White House’s request for feedback from the public about proposed federal commitments to improve public access to data. The following written recommendations are the (longer) version of that public comment, with specific tactical and strategic recommendations for improving administration of the Freedom of Information Act …
- Request for public feedback on improving U.S. government compliance with the Freedom of InformationIn August, our director was appointed by the acting Archivist of the USA (AOTUS) to the U.S. Freedom of Information Act Advisory Committee as one of the non-governmental members who advocates for better access on behalf of the public, press, and good government watchdogs. For those unfamiliar, this federal advisory committee was established in 2014 …
- Open questions on open government in the USAThis coalition letter from good governance groups and individuals devoted to ethics asks the Biden administration to detail its plans for restoring government transparency and accountability, with dozens of specific questions and requests for information regarding specific commitments necessary to continue that process. The letter may be downloaded as a PDF with footnotes instead of …
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