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Action research center studying and co-designing data-driven & participatory decisions #data #opendata #innovation #datacollaboratives #crowdlaw. Learn more at: thegovlab.org

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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 26/06/2026
💥 Today is an important milestone. We’re excited to launch the #ObservatoryofPublicSector AI, a new research initiative focused on one important question: What builds government capacity in the age of AI? Over the past year, more than 150,000 public servants across the United States have participa
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 18/06/2026
(1/5)🏆 Today, The GovLab, UNESCO, & Microsoft, with a Steering Committee of Indigenous data experts, launched the New Commons Incubator for Indigenous Languages and Culture It supports Indigenous-led efforts to develop data commons that preserve, steward & govern language & cultural resources
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 29/04/2026
Virginia reviewed decades of rules before bringing in AI. The result: 35.7% fewer requirements, 12M words cut, and clearer guidance. A practical model for regulatory reform that works for how people live and work. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/ai-regu...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 14/04/2026
AI can cut public funding, or help communities access it. In @fastcompany.com, @bethnoveck.bsky.social shows how #GrantWell helps local governments navigate complexity and claim the funds already set aside for them. 🔗 rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/grantwe... 🔗 www.fastcompany.com/91525531/gra...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 08/04/2026
We’re launching #RethinkingRegulationwithAI. Across countries, regulation is growing faster than institutions can process. ReguLens, built with @ilo.org, helps organizations analyze proposals and engage earlier in policy debates. Read more: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/policy-...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 06/11/2025
🌍💻NEW REPORT: Social Data for Health📊🩺 Drawing on 290+ studies, 5 studios, numerous interviews & 23 expert reviews, we look globally at how #health researchers use social #data, key challenges, & actions for #policymakers, funders & researchers. wellcome.org/insights/rep...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 15/10/2025
We're also proud to celebrate the work of CERTI Amazonia for its "Amazon Rainforest Evolution Index". It won a prize for "Enhancement of a Data Commons" for building a data commons focused on environmental monitoring within the Legal Amazon region in Brazil. Read: www.newcommons.ai/winners/amaz...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 15/10/2025
We’re proud to celebrate the Malawi Voice Data Commons (MVDC), a winner of the 2025 New Commons Challenge for Development of a Data Commons! 🎉 The MVDC seeks to create a voice data commons to enable citizens to report emergencies in local languages. Read more: www.newcommons.ai/winners/mala...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 14/10/2025
NYC has 2,800+ public spaces. But no easy way to find them. chriswhong.bsky.social built a map using open data, AI, and “vibe coding.” Open data isn’t just transparency. It’s an infrastructure for public good. buff.ly/ecdFKgv #ResearchRadar #RebootDemocracy
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 01/10/2025
📣 Spain’s Supreme Court just made algorithmic transparency a constitutional right. A huge step forward for democracy. @jlmarti.bsky.social breaks down the significance of the Bosco ruling and why it matters beyond Spain. 🧵 Read: buff.ly/J36Ig6K #GlobalAIWatch #DigitalDemocracy
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 29/09/2025
Today on Reboot Democracy: A close review of friend.com, the AI “wearable” marketed across NYC subways as a cure for loneliness. It listens, responds, and records, without consent. What should we do about it? 📖 buff.ly/C71FHe9 #ResponsibleAI #TechEthics #RebootDemocracy
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 16/09/2025
🎙️ TOMORROW at 2PM ET: Join Senior Fellow Dr. @alisterfmartin.bsky.social for a free InnovateUS workshop on how AI is cutting through red tape to unlock access to SNAP, WIC, Lifeline, and more. 💻 Register here: innovate-us.org/leveraging-a...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 11/09/2025
💡 How can AI help people enroll in federal benefits? Join Dr. @alisterfmartin.bsky.social for an @innovateus.bsky.social workshop on how improve equity in benefit enrollment using AI. @linkhealth.bsky.social, @ahdemocracy.bsky.social 📅 Sept 17, 2pm ET 💻 Register: innovate-us.org/leveraging-a...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 08/09/2025
🚀 Join our Reboot Democracy Workshops this fall, an @innovateus.bsky.social series led by @bethnoveck.bsky.social, and Danielle Allen, @harvardash.bsky.social Real practitioners, real tools starts Sept 11! Learn more and register for workshops: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/reboot2...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 02/09/2025
📢 Happening this week 📢 The State of Open Data Policy Summit 2025 is Sept 4 (12–2:20PM ET). 🏛 Public, private sector and civil society panels 🌍 Leaders from Kenya, India, UK, USA, and France 👉 Register: bit.ly/45rKCV2 #OpenData #AI
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 27/08/2025
🚨 The Fourth Annual State of Open Data Policy Summit is Next Week! 🚨 We've hosted a 4-part seminar series to unpack the Fourth Wave. Find it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3EA... and summaries at opendatapolicylab.org/blog/ 💻Register to continue the conversation this year on Sept 4: bit.ly/45rKCV2
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 26/08/2025
🗳️ New @innovateus.bsky.social Series: Reboot Democracy: Designing Democratic Engagement for the AI Era Learn to design AI-powered participatory processes & turn community voices into policy. 📅 Starts Sept 11 With @bethnoveck.bsky.social, @harvardash.bsky.social events.zoom.us/ev/AsyVb0keS...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 21/08/2025
Last year’s State of Open Data Policy Summit explored the question, “Are we entering a Data Winter or a New Wave of Open Data?” Find the recap here: bit.ly/3VgkXIV 💻Register to continue the conversation this year on Sept 4: bit.ly/45rKCV2
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 21/08/2025
🔆In this weeks News That Caught Our Eye: Sen. Josh Hawley launches an investigation into whether Meta's AI bots pose harm to children, America’s largest landlord agrees to stop using AI-powered software to fix rental prices under a DOJ settlement, & more. 📖 Read the full edition: buff.ly/RzjeQRg
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 15/08/2025
🚨State of Open Data Policy Summit Private Sector and Civil Society Panel Announcement🚨 Leaders from The Omidyar Network, CurrentAI, and the Open Invention Network will tackle “Unlocking Value Responsibly.” 💻REGISTER TODAY: bit.ly/45rKCV2
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 14/08/2025
🤩Heard the buzz about Data Commons but not exactly sure what they are? Read our report “A Blueprint to Unlock New Data Commons for AI.” incubator.opendatapolicylab.org/files/data-c... 🗓️Learn more at the Open Data Policy Summit on Sept 4: bit.ly/45rKCV2
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 14/08/2025
🎯 Transform your government org from bureaucratic to vital! FREE @innovateus.bsky.social workshop w/ Michele Zanini co-founder of the Management Lab 📆 Aug 20, 2:00 PM ▶️ Learn to build entrepreneurial, agile public organizations that deliver results Register: events.zoom.us/ev/Ah_h4XGr2...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 12/08/2025
🚨 Public Sector Panel at the Open Data Policy Summit 🚨 Leaders from PARIS21, Global Partnership for Sustainable Data, U.S. Dept. of Commerce & Republic of Kenya will explore open data policy in a fragmented world. 🗓️ Register: bit.ly/45rKCV2
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 11/08/2025
⚡ Free AI for Law Enforcement Workshop Series Join @innovateus.bsky.social to learn responsible AI use in public safety. For officers, analysts, policymakers & community leaders. Covers AI tech, ethics & accountability. W/ @stateofnewjersey.bsky.social, starts 9/4: innovate-us.org/workshop-ser...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 08/08/2025
🗓️ What might the Fourth Wave look like beyond 2025? Learn from global leaders at the State of Open Data Policy Summit on September 4 at 12:00PM ET.Register now: bit.ly/45rKCV2 Looking for pre-reading? Check out our report, A Fourth Wave of Open Data? arxiv.org/abs/2405.04333
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 05/08/2025
🚨 Amandeep Singh Gill, UN Under-Secretary-General and Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies, will open the State of Open Data Policy Summit!🚨 🕛 12:00PM ET, Sept 4 💻 Register now: bit.ly/45rKCV2
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 10/07/2025
🎉 NOW LIVE: Free AI Training for Public Sector Legal Professionals from @innovateus.bsky.social Ready to transform your legal practice? innovate-us.org/ai-legal
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 30/06/2025
🌐 Upcoming @innovateus.bsky.social Workshop: AI Regulation Across Borders w/ @northeasternu.bsky.social's @ricksva.bsky.social Learn who's setting AI rules globally & why it matters. 📆 7/8, 2 p.m. ET Register: innovate-us.org/ai-regulatio...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 27/05/2025
☁️Dreaming Better Elections Into Reality @bethnoveck.bsky.social analyzes @ucl.ac.uk's Aleš Čáp and Sir Geoff Mulgan's recent whitepaper and explores how Electoral Integrity Institutions could shift focus from detecting deepfakes to blocking their spread. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/researc...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 14/05/2025
🎓 "AI is the single most transformative event of your lifetimes." @bethnoveck.bsky.social's Kean University Honors Convocations remarks challenges graduates to become public entrepreneurs in the AI age. Read her Four P's for leading with purpose on Reboot Democracy: buff.ly/OXqcXoK
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 12/05/2025
🏫 Principals & educators: Learn how AI can enhance literacy instruction in your school! Join our free @innovateus.bsky.social workshop "From Vision to Implementation: AI for Principals" May 14 at 4pm ET. 🤖📚 Register: innovate-us.org/from-vision-... Sponsored by the @burnescenter.bsky.social
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 07/05/2025
🌍 AI Governance Lessons: Listening to Public Servants NJ's streamlined AI survey garnered 5,000 responses in 3 weeks ⚡️ Dubai's comprehensive year-long approach? Only 4% participation 📊 Read what this means from @bethnoveck.bsky.social on Reboot Democracy: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/global-ai-watch
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 05/05/2025
Today at 11:00 AM ET, we'll be hosting our final informational webinar on the New Commons Challenge. Don't miss out on your chance to learn about this exciting innovation challenge to foster responsible uses of AI for humanitarian response & localized decision-making us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 05/05/2025
🚨 NEW: "The federal government just unveiled its grand vision for AI adoption—without a plan for the people who'll make it happen." Read Alberto Rodriguez Alvarez's take on why OMB's AI memos need workforce training to succeed. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/omb-ai-memos-need-for-training
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 30/04/2025
🔍 @bethnoveck.bsky.social's analysis of UAE's AI Legislative Office raises crucial questions 🤔 Will this experiment offer lessons for democracies, or showcase the pitfalls of prioritizing efficiency over deliberation? 🏛️ rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/UAE_AI_...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 29/04/2025
📍@agneman.bsky.social and colleagues have developed a machine learning approach to measure state capacity at hyper-local levels, combining citizen surveys with geographic data to reveal gaps invisible to traditional metrics. More from @bethnoveck.bsky.social: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/researc...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 28/04/2025
Start-ups, NGOs, think tanks: it’s time to act. The New Commons Challenge is offering $100,000 to two orgs that power local decision-making and disaster response! Join the movement toward fostering data commons for public interest purpose. Informational webinars on 1 and 5 May. newcommons.ai
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 28/04/2025
Meanwhile, through @innovateus.bsky.social, @burnescenter.bsky.social our Rethinking Reading: AI for Literacy Achievement Series is using AI to improve educational outcomes. Learn more and sign-up: events.zoom.us/ev/Amj1r7ret...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 21/04/2025
🔍 70 years after Sardar Patel called for reform, India's civil service is transforming through #MissionKarmayogi. Digital learning for millions, from AI to policy. On India’s Civil Service Day, learn on how India is building citizen-centric governance: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/india-c...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 16/04/2025
📢 New on Reboot Democracy: @jlmarti.bsky.social argues we must treat citizen participation as sacred. Democracy needs quality deliberation, not just quantity of engagement. Brazil's innovations show the way forward. @bsky.app rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/transfo...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 15/04/2025
💡 AI for Impact's AI-EP project is empowering families by building AI tools WITH communities, not just FOR them. 🔄 The result? IEPs that parents can actually understand, regardless of language barriers or technical jargon. @burnescenter.bsky.social rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/designi...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 15/04/2025
💡 AI for Impact's AI-EP project is empowering families navigating special education. We're building AI tools WITH communities, not just FOR them. 🔄 The result? IEPs that parents can actually understand, regardless of language barriers or technical jargon. Read more rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/designi...
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 14/04/2025
(1/4) CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR DATA COMMONS FOR AI 🏆Today, The Open Data Policy Lab (a collaboration btwn The GovLab & @microsoft.com launched The New Commons Challenge—an innovation challenge to foster the creation of data commons that can support generative AI developed in the public interest.
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 14/04/2025
📊 NEW: Brazil's parliament is pioneering citizen engagement through e-proposals, public consultations & more. But are we pursuing the right goals? Read part 1 of @jlmarti.bsky.social analysis on Reboot Democracy today: rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/transfo... @bethnoveck.bsky.social
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 08/04/2025
📣 The Future of Democracy: AI-Enhanced Cristiano Ferri responds to our series on Brazil's AI-powered citizen engagement, warning that "participation isn't just symbolic" only if it "feeds into the political process in meaningful ways." @bethnoveck.bsky.social buff.ly/8dwTc7t
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 07/04/2025
En esta charla, presentada por Sofía Bosch Gómez, exploraremos procesos y herramientas que facilitan la integración del diseño participativo en la definición de problemas y el desarrollo de soluciones innovadoras a problemas públicos con el apoyo de la inteligencia artificial.
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 07/04/2025
🌎 Brazil's Senate collected 30M+ votes on legislation through their Public Consultation portal. Our final post on Brazils' Senate explores how AI can transform this system from yes/no voting to rich deliberative democracy. @bethnoveck.bsky.social buff.ly/82mbVas
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 01/04/2025
🧠 New on Reboot Democracy: Branching Out: A Third Legislative Chamber for the AI Age by Eduardo Albrecht of @unu-cpr.bsky.social proposes digital counterparts to help us engage with AI governance systems. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/third-h... @bethnoveck.bsky.social
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 31/03/2025
🇧🇷 Brazil's Senate uses an online "e-Citizenship" portal to revolutionize citizen engagement. Our latest post on Reboot Democracy examines how AI can help select, translate, and summarize citizen input, making democracy more accessible. rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/ai-lawm... @bethnoveck.bsky.social
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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 27/03/2025
🚀 🔮 In June we're bringing together state leaders, at @princetonupress.bsky.social to develop practical frameworks for effective AI in government. States are the innovation labs where responsible AI can transform public services! @bethnoveck.bsky.social rebootdemocracy.ai/blog/States-...
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