Civibrief
A clear, sourced briefing on what your government is doing.
“Politics, briefly.”
A privacy-first civic-education dashboard. It surfaces what the U.S. government is actually doing — bills, votes, executive and regulatory actions, and the people who hold office — then localizes it to your area, ties it to the constitutional protections in play, and traces every claim back to an official source. No spin, no scores, no accounts required.
What you can do
Navigate every state by counties and congressional districts, and see who represents each one.
Live federal leadership — President, VP, Cabinet — plus any state's governor and statewide officials.
Track recent legislation from Congress with links to the official record.
Pick a region to see your representatives and the activity that touches your area.
Plain-language explanations of constitutional protections, tied to current activity.
A live stream of federal activity, each item linked to its primary government source.
What we stand for
Browsing civic information is a right, not a product. The full app works anonymously, forever — an account only adds convenience, never access. Civic data is never paywalled.
Guest mode stores nothing about you. We never keep your precise location — only the resolved jurisdiction you choose, and only if you ask us to.
Every fact links to an official record — Congress.gov, the Federal Register, the Census, and more. When sources disagree, we show both rather than pick a winner.
Party affiliation is stated once, plainly. There are no ratings, scores, rankings, or sentiment anywhere in the app.
Plain-language summaries and constitutional notes are editorial and clearly labeled — never machine-generated and never passed off as official text.
The goal is civic literacy: clear, calm, and approachable for someone opening it for the first time.
Where the data comes from
- Congress.gov — bills, sponsorships, and members of Congress.
- Federal Register — executive orders, presidential documents, and agency rules.
- U.S. Census Bureau — geocoding your address or ZIP to a congressional district.
- Wikidata — current holders of executive offices (President, Cabinet, governors, and statewide officials).
- OpenStreetMap — address suggestions as you type.
All sources are public and free. When a source is unavailable, we say so plainly instead of substituting placeholder data.
Accounts are optional
You never need an account. If you choose to create one, it lets you save items, remember your region and a default state, keep your theme, and set notification preferences. Accounts are stored locally, passwords are hashed (never kept in plain text), and you can export or permanently delete your data at any time from Account & Privacy.
This is an independent civic-education project for learning and transparency. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any government body, and nothing here is legal or voting advice.