Areas of Focus

CivicLens is exploring digital solutions intended to make civic and public-interest information easier to locate, understand and navigate. 

CivicLens is exploring responsible uses of digital and emerging technologies, with attention to reliability, accountability, privacy, accessibility and public trust. 

CivicLens recognizes that public-interest information should be handled with care, supported by meaningful review, sound judgment, and clear accountability.  

 CivicLens supports clear, responsible, and transparent information practices that help users better understand public-interest information and form their own conclusions. 

Future CivicLens solutions may be designed to account for differences in laws, languages, institutions, electoral systems and public-information environments across jurisdictions.