Abstract
Establishing information environment to enrich civic life is a part of regional information systems. Local governments are working on these systems mainly, but are not able to meet various needs because of the reason such as budget constraint.
Now citizens with IT skill are starting to compensate for what local governments cannot do as a civic activity. The first act emerged in the United States. It is Code for America.
In Japan, Code for Japan was emerged a couple of years ago.
First, overview the summary of these activities, then, report the collaboration beginning between Code for Hachioji, emerging now, and the Tokyo University of Technology.
