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Welcome to UnGovr

UnGovr is a public map of government — who represents you, what they are responsible for, and how to reach them. We bring 320,000+ government bodies across 200+ countries into one place, so anyone can see, search, and hold them to account.

Open the Atlas → See what’s here

What’s here

Everything available on UnGovr

UnGovr is a family of free, public tools. Browsing and reading are open to everyone — no account needed.

Atlas The map of who governs you. Browse countries, states, counties, cities, and agencies down to the local level. Request Report a problem or ask your government for something — potholes, records, services — and track the reply. Law site Plain-language guides to public-records, open-meeting, and transparency laws — by country and state. Civil Grand Jury site Read California civil grand jury reports and the official responses, searchable by county and year. California Oversight site Track oversight of California’s state and local government, gathered in one place. Sheriff Oversight site Compare sheriff’s departments and their civilian oversight across California counties. Labs site Early experiments and new ideas we’re trying out in public. API & MCP site Build with our open data through the API and Model Context Protocol server.

Finding your way around

The interface, in four parts

Every UnGovr page shares the same header. Here is what each piece does — look up at the top of this page to find them.

The top bar

The UnGovr monogram at the top-left always takes you back to the Atlas. As you drill into a place, breadcrumbs show exactly where you are and let you step back up.

The waffle (app switcher)

When you are signed in, the grid icon at the top-right opens the app switcher — one click to jump between the Atlas, Request, Law, the oversight sites, and more.

Your account menu

Once signed in, your initial appears in the top-right corner. It opens your account: settings, the things you follow, and sign out. Signed out, you will see a Sign In button here instead.

Search is on every page. Type any place, agency, or official — like “Dublin”, “California”, or “Department of Finance” — to jump straight there.

Accounts

You don’t need an account to explore

Reading the Atlas, the law guides, and grand jury reports is free and open — no account, ever. An account only comes in when you do something that needs to remember you, and you’ll be invited right where that happens. Here’s what it adds when you’re ready:

Follow places, agencies, and grand juries — and hear when something changes.
Save the searches and entities you care about.
Submit a service request and follow every reply in one thread.
Choose a monthly digest and the alerts you want.
Unlock signed-in tools like People and Words.
Government staff can claim a verified account and respond to residents.

When the time comes — for example, submitting a request in UnGovr Request that you want to track — creating an account takes a moment. UnGovr is verified, not anonymous: accounts are tied to a real, verified identity so that requests and the responses to them stay accountable. We never sell your data.

Ready to start?

Pick your country and see who governs you.

Open the Atlas →