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:
Thanks Luke for the [ost. Check out this video that was on Tribune this week – Digital Police Academy! http://bit.ly/8t408d
Thanks, Kurt. See Ellen’s question re: post:
http://twitter.com/EllnMllr/status/7809581585
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