CitySourced – Empowering Citizens

by Fardeen on November 8, 2009

CitySourced is an innovative civic management tool empowered by freedomspeaks.

The basic use of this simple tool is to enable the common man to identify and report any civil issues to the local government for a quick resolution. This tool provides a great oppurtunity to the government to efficiently utilize technology for saving costs and at the same time improving their accountability to the citizens they serve. Whats more – the tool can be highly effective as a collaboration platform.

The iPhone app is amazing and very simple to use.

Citisourced was a TechCrunch50 finalist. A crowd pleaser on a number of levels. Check out the exclusive video from the CEO as well as a demonstration of the iPhone app. The novelty of this application could cause it to rise above the rest in the mobile application world. A micro local app that actually makes an impact in the real world.

Tagged as: apps, citisourced, iPhone, review, technology

  • jenmcfadden
    Fardeen,
    You should also check out SeeClickFix.com. They have been up and running for a little over a year. and have a great site that is particularly compelling, from both a content and revenue perspective, for local publishers/bloggers. The tool allows citizens to report community concerns like potholes to public officials and have conversations around bigger issues like traffic calming and blighted neighborhoods. SeeClickFix launched in 25,000 towns last week and released a new Text-Widget to partner with their existing Map Widget for hyper-local sites. (see: http://seeclickfix.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-compact-seeclickfix-text-widget.html).

    SeeClickFix is being used by media partners such as The New York Times, Philly.com, and Gannett's newly-launched InJersey sites to create not only a hub for community engagement, but also as a source generator for stories. In New Haven, reporters for the New Haven Independent and The New Haven Register used it to find sources for a story on illegal ATVs on city streets (http://seeclickfix.blogspot.com/2009/04/illegal-atvs-on-city-streets-is-hot.html). Also, David Cohn from Spot.us used it to scope out potholes in Oakland (http://spot.us/pitches/147/posts/16 and http://seeclickfix.blogspot.com/2009/05/community-minded-cyclists-do-pothole.html). This led to a story by Spot.us that was funded by The Tribune.

    Journalists can create watch areas that can be used to source stories in their coverage areas (http://bit.ly/slAsa). City officials can create watch areas to find out what their constituency is concerned about and non-profit organizations can embed the SeeClickFix widget into their websites to provide an additional way to engage with their volunteers and donors.

    SeeClickFix has even gone international and is being used in Terni, Italy! http://seeclickfix.blogspot.com/
    Best,
    Jennifer
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