CIVIC PERMITREVIEW

The systems, rules, and operating record behind civic approvals.

Authority library

Codes, rules, and public-program record

Each record preserves the issuing authority, jurisdiction, instrument or authority type, legal or operating status, version and application dates, affected audience, workflow mapping, source link, and interpretation boundary.

U.S. state and local government web content and mobile applications within the rule's scope · Federal regulation and official guidance record

DOJ Title II web and mobile accessibility rule

The Title II rule establishes specific accessibility requirements for covered state and local government web content and mobile applications and identifies WCAG 2.1 Level AA as the technical standard subject to the rule's scope and exceptions.

Final rule with a 2026 interim extension of compliance datesU.S. Department of Justice

Web content and applications using the recommendation; legal adoption depends on the controlling authority · International web accessibility recommendation

WCAG 2.1

WCAG 2.1 provides testable success criteria organized around perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust digital content.

W3C RecommendationWorld Wide Web Consortium

Jurisdictions that adopt the code, often with amendments and specific effective dates · Model building code

2024 IBC

The IBC provides model provisions for buildings and structures, including administrative and technical content that jurisdictions may adopt and amend.

Published model codeInternational Code Council

Jurisdictions that adopt the code, often with amendments and distinct residential or commercial provisions · Model energy code

2024 IECC

The IECC provides model energy-efficiency provisions for buildings that jurisdictions may adopt and amend.

Published model codeInternational Code Council

Participating U.S. communities and development within applicable mapped flood-hazard areas, subject to controlling law and local ordinances · Federal program and official guidance

NFIP floodplain management record

FEMA explains that participating communities adopt and enforce floodplain management regulations and administer development permits in mapped hazard areas.

Current program guidanceFederal Emergency Management Agency

Construction activity where EPA is the permitting authority and the permit's eligibility conditions are met · Federal environmental permit

EPA 2022 CGP

EPA's CGP provides permit coverage and requirements for qualifying construction stormwater discharges in areas where EPA is the permitting authority.

Final modified permit in effect in EPA-administered areasU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. permit-issuing places and published residential construction authorization statistics · Official federal statistical program

U.S. Census Building Permits Survey

The Building Permits Survey publishes monthly, year-to-date, and annual statistics on new privately owned residential construction authorized by building or zoning permits.

Current monthly and annual statistical programU.S. Census Bureau

Implementations exposing or consuming geospatial feature data · Open geospatial interoperability standard

OGC API Features

OGC API Features specifies web API building blocks for discovering and querying geospatial features and collections.

Published standard with multiple partsOpen Geospatial Consortium

United States address data management and exchange contexts · Federal geospatial data standard

FGDC-STD-016-2011

The standard defines U.S. address elements, classification, quality, exchange, and address reference-system concepts.

FGDC-endorsed standardFederal Geographic Data Committee

Organizations managing cybersecurity risk, including government and technology providers · Voluntary cybersecurity risk framework

NIST CSF 2.0

CSF 2.0 organizes cybersecurity outcomes under Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover.

Published frameworkU.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology

Organizations managing privacy risk in systems, products, and services · Voluntary privacy risk-management framework

NIST Privacy Framework

The Privacy Framework supports identifying and managing privacy risk through organizational and system activities.

Published frameworkU.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology

Eligible U.S. state and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and multijurisdictional entities under each funding notice · Federal competitive grant program

HUD PRO Housing

PRO Housing funds eligible governments to identify and remove barriers to affordable housing production and preservation, including policy, land-use, infrastructure, process, and permitting barriers.

FY24 program award and activity recordU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Cities, municipalities, and local governments measuring city services and quality of life · International city-indicator standard

ISO 37120:2018

ISO 37120 defines methodologies for indicators used to measure city services and quality of life.

Published international standard; revision project notedInternational Organization for Standardization

Cities and local governments measuring smart-city service development · International smart-city indicator standard

ISO 37122:2019

ISO 37122 defines indicator methodologies intended to complement ISO 37120 in measuring smart-city progress.

Published and confirmed international standardInternational Organization for Standardization

Geographic datasets, services, series, features, and related resource descriptions · International geospatial metadata standard

ISO 19115-1:2014

ISO 19115-1 defines metadata for identifying, describing, finding, assessing, accessing, and using geographic information and services.

Published standard with amendments and revision workInternational Organization for Standardization

Implementations exchanging location-based non-emergency service requests · Open civic API specification

GeoReport v2

GeoReport v2 describes API services and fields for discovering service types and creating, querying, and tracking location-based requests.

Published open specificationOpen311 community

How to read the library

Binding requirements, official guidance, technical standards, implementation guides, program rules, and authority data are not interchangeable. Each page names the source class and states what it can and cannot establish about an organization or product.