In 2016, Micah Sifry, Erin Simpson and Matt Stempeck (then director of civic technology on Microsoft’s Technology and Civic Engagement Team) collaborated to organize a taxonomy of civic tech. Their ...

An early Civic Hall presentation for beta members (photo: @VeronicaLudwig) NEW YORK—On Tuesday Andrew Rasiej and his business partner Micah Sifry will open Civic Hall, a 21st century community center ...

Baltimore incubator Hutch has picked its fourth and largest cohort yet. Hutch was launched by downtown software company Fearless to support civic tech companies that are working in the area of digital ...

If you've ever spent a day on hold with a government agency, you know there has to be a better way. Now, the emerging field of 'civic tech' is trying to find it. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with ...

Code for America, the nonprofit and nonpartisan group at the forefront of civic tech, is preparing for National Day of Civic Hacking 2019, which will take place on Sept. 21. National Day of Civic ...

Matt Jukes shares what he learned at the recent Code for America Summit, which is one of the must attend events for those working in civic tech. The Code for America Summit is perhaps the biggest ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. While more grants than private investments were made during the ...

Espy Thomson ’21 says she used to think of government as being “all about policy and politicians; pretty detached from the actual experience of most of the public.” But her own recent experience as a ...

As of October, Code for DC is no more. On the civic tech organization’s 11th anniversary, it officially rebranded to Civic Tech DC. The org, which meets monthly, was previously an affiliate of Code ...