Open Government

"The project helped show us the user-centered design process from the ground up. It showed how effective the process was and how we could do it ourselves in the future... We had read books about usability testing and user-centered design, but you helped us learn the skills and demystified the process. It’s a new skillset that our organization can continue to use on our own." 

-Daniel Newman, Co-Founder, Executive Director of MapLight.org

Challenge

As part of its pilot, the PolicyOption.org initiative used a wiki (see http://policyoptions.pbworks.com) where college students researched issue briefs as a start for their network of local community think tanks.

A stellar team of internet and education leaders recently asked CivicActions to provide strategy, development, and design for MyGovernment.org, an online "town hall forum" that activates the average citizen to engage with their own government leaders.

MeNotMeth.org is part of an $11-million California state campaign of billboards, bus wraps, cable TV ads and the website aimed at discouraging gay men from using methamphetamine. A statewide survey recently found that crystal meth use was 11 times more common among gay men than in the California population overall.