Citizens out in force with CitySourced

Luke Fretwell
January 15th, 2010 · 5 Comments

CitySourced is a free iPhone application that lets citizens immediately report civic woes directly to their local government. Users take a photo, select report type, add comments and send. The incident is then directed to the appropriate department. You can download CitySourced here.

San Jose, CA, is the first city to adopt the program. Interested cities can sign up here.

From CitySourced:

CitySourced provides a free, simple, and intuitive tool empowering citizens to identify civil issues (potholes, graffiti, trash, snow removal, etc.) and report them to city hall for quick resolution; an opportunity for government to use technology to save money and improve accountability to those they govern; and a positive, collaborative platform for real action.

Founder and chief architect Jason Kiesel demos at TechCrunch50:

Posted in: Apps, Gov 2.0, Gov 2.0 Video, iPhone
Tags: CitySourced, iPhone, iTunes, Jason Kiesel, TechCrunch50

Luke Fretwell is founder of GovFresh and MilFresh. He grew up, worked and lived in the Washington, DC, area before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. Connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn or email luke [at] govfresh [dot] com.

5 comments

Kurt Dardics January 15th, 2010 at 5:00 pm

Thanks Luke for the [ost. Check out this video that was on Tribune this week – Digital Police Academy! http://bit.ly/8t408d
Luke Fretwell January 15th, 2010 at 5:23 pm

Thanks, Kurt. See Ellen’s question re: post:

http://twitter.com/EllnMllr/status/7809581585
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[...] Citizens out in force with CitySourced – Låter som en grymt bra app. Om man vill ha medborgarnas hjälp måste man göra det enkelt att rapportera fel och bidra med idéer. Det här vill jag ha hemma i Sverige också, för vem har inte sett skräp, trashade lekplatser, sönderslagna rutor eller andra mindre fel men inte haft möjlighet att rapportera in det just då? Spara / dela med dig [...]