Solving the Nation’s Problems Through Civic Tech Collaboration

The Opportunity Project leads local and federal efforts to create digital solutions to real-life problems quickly. Learn more.

America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers Solving the Nation's Problems Through Civic Tech Collaboration How can communities tackle the climate crisis? What can consumer protection groups do to help low-income renters and small landlords? How can the federal government assure equity in COVID-19 spending? The U.S. Census Bureau's The Opportunity Project (TOP) is leading efforts to solve these and other national challenges by bringing technologists, governments, and communities together to quickly create digital products using federal open data. Read More To date, more than 1,500 individuals, 30 federal agencies and hundreds of organizations have participated in TOP, leading to 135 new open data tools including apps, websites, mapping tools, data visualizations, games and more. After five years of successful Census Bureau-led TOP sprints, the team is now scaling this model to put federal agency and local-government partners in the driver's seat. Continue reading to learn more about: Putting open data in the hands of technologists, communities Local government, tech and community engagement How TOP works Help us spread the word about America Counts. Share this story on social media or forward it to a friend. Share This You May Be Interested The Opportunity Project Helps Streamline the Sharing of COVID-19 Test Results: The Census Bureau and Department of Health and Human Services led a technology "sprint" to create tools to capture and securely transmit COVID-19 tests data. Learn More About America Counts America Counts tells the stories behind the numbers in a new inviting way. It features stories on various topics such as families, housing, employment, business, education, economy, emergency preparedness, health, population, income and poverty. Contact our Public Information Office for media inquiries or interviews. Don't miss an America Counts story! Subscribe here.

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