Founded in 2012, Civic Tech DC is a non-partisan, non-political group of volunteer civic hackers working together to solve local issues and help people engage with the city.
Our twice-monthly meetups are open to anyone and offer a chance to learn more about what we do, contribute to a current project, or just snag some free pizza!
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The list of projects we’re working on is always changing! Here are a few of our current projects:
Create a way to automate the name and address validation process for ballot initiative petitions.
An integrated library of open source programs to test datasets of social media activity for signs of coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB).
An open source CRM software for abortion funds, created by abortion funders and friends of abortion funders. DARIA went into service in July 2016 for the DC Abortion Fund and is now used by multiple abortion funds across the U.S.
Use the data from the biennial Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS) to identify trends and outliers related to voter registration, voter roll maintenance, mail ballots, provisional ballots, voter turnout, and other aspects of how elections are run in states and counties across the U.S.
Automate mapping of urban vegetation from street level imagery to create a layer for exploring which areas of a city might be at greater risk during future heat waves.
Founded in 2012, Civic Tech DC is a non-partisan, non-political group of volunteer civic hackers working together to solve local issues in the Washington, DC area and helping people engage with the city. We host twice-monthly hacknights and other events to gather, discuss, and get stuff done.
We’re looking to bring people with all different skill sets together to maximize our potential. Civic hackers aren’t just developers — they’re journalists, lawyers, designers, and interested citizens in general. The more community participation, the better.
To contact us, please email team@civictechdc.org.