Data Security

Independent policy research institute (est. 2017 at NYU) studying AI's social implications, power concentration, and government use of AI in benefits, hiring, and criminal justice. Publishes the…

Nonprofit strategic investment fund for frontier technologies (semiconductors, AI, quantum, advanced manufacturing) tied to US security and competitiveness. Led by Gilman Louie (former In-Q-Tel CEO),…

Statewide IT strategy and digital services division of the Arizona Department of Administration. Closed 90 on-premises data centers, migrated 2,900+ applications, and runs the Office of Digital…

City of Boston's enterprise technology organization (~150 staff) serving 18,000+ city employees. The City Council codified DoIT in May 2025, giving it formal authority over citywide technology…

Bipartisan national security think tank. Technology and National Security program researches AI, emerging tech, and defense innovation. [NOTE: Primarily defense-focused. State capacity relevance is…

Nonpartisan nonprofit (est. 1994) shaping technology policy around individual rights. Its AI Governance Lab (launched 2023) advises policymakers and agencies on AI auditing, documentation, and…

Princeton interdisciplinary research center on technology and public life, covering election security, AI regulation, algorithmic accountability, and digital rights. Alumni pipeline into USDS, FTC,…

First US center helping tribal governments build digital sovereignty plans, launched June 2024 by ASU Law's American Indian Policy Institute and the National Congress of American Indians. Provides…

State digital services team within Connecticut Department of Administrative Services. Operational since 2019 with 21-25 FTE.

Foundation of craigslist founder Craig Newmark. Major funder of Aspen Policy Academy since its founding; supports cybersecurity, trustworthy journalism, and the public interest technology pipeline.

Leading nonprofit defending civil liberties in the digital world through litigation, policy advocacy, and technology development. Shapes government surveillance law, AI policy, and digital rights…

Dedicated state AI office within the Georgia Technology Authority. Published the state AI Roadmap and Governance Framework and drives a cloud-first initiative with AI integration, backed by $15M in…

Illinois enterprise IT agency (est. 2018 by statute) serving 36 client agencies and 90+ government entities, including broadband to 610 school districts. Priorities include enterprise AI governance,…

Strategic investor for the US intelligence community, founded by the CIA in 1999. Invests in commercial AI, cybersecurity, data analytics, and quantum companies to bring their capabilities to…

Venture fund investing in software and technology for defense, national security, and other government customers. Also backs state and local govtech, including leading Holly's pre-seed round (Jan…

City of Los Angeles enterprise technology department (442 staff, 366 services, ~$90M operating budget), ranked a top-two Digital City in 2023 and 2024. Published the LA AI Roadmap (2024) and a…

Global foundation spun out of Omidyar Network in 2018, funding civic empowerment, data and digital rights, financial transparency, and independent media. Exited its domestic US grantmaking by the end…

Enterprise IT agency serving 70+ Minnesota executive agencies and 87 counties. Launched LoginMN single sign-on, hired the state's first AI Director, and migrated 50%+ of servers to cloud. Its…

Peer network, research body, and voice for state CIOs. Runs the annual State CIO Survey and State CIO Top 10 Priorities, plus research with McKinsey, EY, and Deloitte on GenAI, cybersecurity, and…

Centralized state IT agency led since 2015 by Commissioner and CIO Denis Goulet (in role as of 2026). Redesigned state websites and apps, launched a statewide business portal, and runs '.Gov In a…

NY Office of Information Technology Services. Among 17+ states with official digital service teams per Beeck Center. Partnership with InnovateUS rolling out AI to 100K+ city employees.

New York City's consolidated technology agency, formed in 2022 from DoITT, Cyber Command, MODA, and other offices. About 1,200 staff and a ~$350M operating budget; runs NYC311, MyCity, and open data.…

Philanthropic investment firm making grants and equity investments in responsible technology and governance, with $2B+ deployed to 700+ organizations. Funds TechCongress; spun out Luminate as a…

Washington DC-based VC investing in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection companies whose primary customers are government and defense, including DHS, DoD, and civilian agencies.

Free-market think tank producing research on limited, effective government, regulatory reform, and tech policy.

City of Seattle enterprise technology department (633+ staff, ~$280M operating budget). Its 2025-2027 Strategic Plan ties technology to public safety, housing, and health; launched Eproval permitting…

National association (founded 2001) of state and territorial education technology leaders, including state education agency CIOs. Publishes the annual State EdTech Trends report and procurement…

Federal revolving fund (Modernizing Government Technology Act, 2017) administered by GSA that provides milestone-based, repayable financing for agency IT modernization; GAO counts $1.03B across 68…

Federal digital services firm with strong portfolio including IRS Direct File, USWDS contributions, .gov registrar, and VA work. 8(a) SBA certified.

Two-year early-career federal fellowship (est. 2021) in software, data, product, design, and cybersecurity, run by GSA TTS. Paused: its largest cohort (2024) graduated in 2026, but no 2025 cohort was…

OPM cross-agency hiring program launched Dec 2025 to place up to 1,000 early-career technologists a year in federal agencies for 1-2 year terms in AI, cybersecurity, data, and software. About 200 had…

Utah's statewide digital government program. Launched a state digital ID (40K adopters in its first 3 months) and a personalized resident portal, and provides cybersecurity support to 100+ local…

Nonpartisan nonprofit building open-source, publicly owned voting machines and election auditing software. Only nonprofit building certified voting systems in the US. Deployed in multiple states.

Washington State's central IT agency. Leads the Digital Experience program (Resident Portal roadmap), an AI Community of Practice, the state's first Enterprise Privacy and Data Protection Policy, and…

Niskanen Center · Capacity Builder

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Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP, Princeton) · Researcher

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Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) · Researcher

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An interactive dashboard connecting where New York floods to where the city spends its flood-resilience capital dollars, down to the community-district level, plus a time-animated playback of the May 20 flash flood across the subway and bus network.

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server enabling live investigation of transit reliability. Already past 1,000 downloads since the event.

A website that indexes NYC's civic data, giving residents and builders one place to find the datasets the city publishes.

A map of the health of NYC businesses, surfacing where the local economy is thriving or under stress across the city.