Coordinating Open Technology among Public Agencies

The Civic Commons Wiki is a collaborative encyclopedia documenting best-practices and open standards for file formats, APIs, agile development processes, open source software, and supporting policies and licenses in the civic sector.

Civic Commons was originally a partnership between OpenPlans and Code for America. As of 2015, neither organization is affiliated with Civic Commons - it is an entirely community run resource.

Policy & Guidelines

• Open Government Policy & Guidelines
• Open Data Policy & Guidelines
• Open Source Policy & Guidelines
• Open Standards Policy
• Open Source Case Studies, Re-Use Examples, etc
• Legal and Procurement Issues Guide
• Social Media Policy
• Civic Technologies and Social Justice Issues

Software & Standards

• Open Source Apps
• Data Standards
• Taxonomy of Apps & Standards
• Standards Priorities

Initiatives & Organizations

• Open Government & Data Initiatives
• Civic Technology Organizations
• Government Open Source Organizations

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