Civilian

NOT A GOVERNMENT APP. Civilian is published by Civilian LLC, an independent company. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any government agency, and does not provide or facilitate any government service. Every piece of government information in the app is listed below with its official source. Most news tells you what happened. Civilian tells you what it means for your district, household and ballot. WHAT YOU GET • Top Story For You — one story a day, with a sentence on why it matters to you. • Personalized briefings — twice daily, two minutes of audio and text, grounded in your district and ballot. • Your representatives at every level — senators, House rep, governor, state legislators, mayor, council — with votes and donors. • Your ballot — the exact races and measures in front of you, in plain English, with who funds each side. • Bill tracker — legislation from introduction to the President's desk, with a line on how it affects you. Not red, not blue — just yours. No political donations, no ads, no data selling. CIVILIAN PRO Free includes top news, your representatives and your ballot. Pro adds briefings, impact analysis, scorecards, donor transparency and bill alerts. $4.99/month, renewing until canceled. Cancel in Account → Subscription or the Play Store. WHERE THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION COMES FROM Every piece of government information in Civilian comes from one of these official public sources, and no others: FEDERAL • Bills and laws — Congress.gov, Library of Congress — https://www.congress.gov • Senate roll-call votes — United States Senate — https://www.senate.gov • House roll-call votes — Office of the Clerk, U.S. House — https://clerk.house.gov • Campaign finance — Federal Election Commission — https://www.fec.gov • Districts, demographics, geocoding — Census Bureau — https://www.census.gov • Prices, wages, employment — Bureau of Labor Statistics — https://www.bls.gov • Corporate filings — Securities and Exchange Commission — https://www.sec.gov • Nonprofit Form 990 filings — Internal Revenue Service — https://www.irs.gov • School districts — National Center for Education Statistics — https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/ STATE • Sales and use tax rates — California Dept. of Tax and Fee Administration — https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov • Campaign finance — the official disclosure authority in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington, each named and linked at https://www.civilianos.com/sources • Candidate filings and certified race lists — each state's Secretary of State or Board of Elections LOCAL • Council agendas, minutes and ordinances — the official Legistar and Granicus portals each city publishes — https://webapi.legistar.com • County election and candidate filings — county registrars of voters, e.g. Alameda County — https://www.acvote.org • Local measure text and election notices — the city clerk in each city we cover NOT GOVERNMENT SOURCES These are independent organizations, not government entities, and Civilian is not affiliated with them: Open States (https://openstates.org), Ballotpedia (https://ballotpedia.org), the Google Civic Information API, Wikipedia and Wikidata, VoteHub polling averages, Polymarket prediction prices, Oyez, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Zillow home values, the Urban Institute Education Data API, the California Special Districts Association, Mobilize and Eventbrite, and news from independent outlets via their public RSS feeds, each attributed to its publisher. Summaries and analysis are written by Civilian, not by any government. Every source is listed in full at https://www.civilianos.com/sources PRIVACY We never sell your data and run no ads. Delete your account and everything tied to it any time from Account → Delete account. Privacy: https://www.civilianos.com/privacy Support: https://www.civilianos.com/support Delete account: https://www.civilianos.com/delete-account