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pimlottcyesterday at 8:45 PM0 repliesview on HN

This is great but confused me at first because it's slightly misusing the term "civic tech". It's generally used pretty broadly to include all government and gov-adjacent technology. Public monitoring and engagement tools are a part of it but that's just one piece. Civic tech includes actual government projects like Healthcare.gov and IRS Direct File (RIP); organizing platforms like MoveOn.org and ActBlue; and volunteer programs like Code for America and U.S. Digital Response.

The line at the bottom of the page does a better job of describing what specifically this project is:

"FireStriker is a free civic engagement and legislative intelligence platform for community organizations, unions, PACs, and activists."