State Capacity AI Hackathon: Public Engagement

Want to use technology to improve how government works? In June, 80 people used AI to prototype 20 tools that can transform how government delivers services. A few of those tools continue to be built. We're hosting another hackathon (improved with your feedback!) for civic technologists, government practitioners, researchers, advocates, and anyone who wants to build tools that help government deliver. The theme for this hackathon is Public Engagement: Community Board (CB) Operations — CBs want tools that help them run more efficiently and make decisions faster. Build a Meeting Assistant agent to support parliamentary procedure and resolution writing. Create a Knowledge Base chatbot to speed up new member onboarding. Build a Tracker that connects resolutions to relevant agencies and follows outcomes.Public Voice At Scale — Governments receive an incredible amount of feedback. They need tools that facilitate inclusive, equitable, and effective democratic participation. What 311 complaint patterns can you identify - and how might you highlight voices missing from the data? What problems might be solved by leveraging social media and other unstructured feedback channels? How can AI and tech help agencies seek out and digest input from historically underserved and underheard constituents?Judge Specials — Hear what's been frustrating our Judges day-of and meet the moment by building solutions to their problems! Brought to you by the State Capacity Ecosystem team, Civic Roundtable, and the CUNY Public Interest Technology (PIT) Lab with the simple goal of forcing collisions between government and technology. Thank you to Judges Raj Korpan, Jeremy Ney, Sara Lind! More to be announced. Please sign up for our Slack to facilitate team matchmaking and be the first to hear about future events: https://airtable.com/app4aVWTmY27Uxcd2/pagYnmFXPMLRIeAiq/form