PolicyConnect
Empowering user engagement and feedback in government policy-making through AI-driven insights.
Created on 15th September 2024
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PolicyConnect
Empowering user engagement and feedback in government policy-making through AI-driven insights.
The problem PolicyConnect solves
Our web app addresses the challenge of insufficient public feedback and low user engagement in the government policy-making process. PolicyConnect enables government officials to post new or existing policies, while citizens can engage by voting, commenting, and reading about them. The platform also allows knowledgeable users to propose their own policies, creating a two-way interaction. Through GenAI, the app simplifies complex policies for better public understanding, while a ranking algorithm helps the government prioritize policies based on user feedback, making the process more democratic, transparent, and data-driven.
Challenges we ran into
One of the main challenges we encountered was integrating real-time feedback and policy ranking based on user engagement while maintaining efficient performance. Initially, the ranking algorithm lagged due to large amounts of data, but we optimized it by using efficient query practices and caching user inputs. Another challenge was ensuring seamless interaction between the backend and frontend for file uploads and policy creation, which was resolved by improving our API structure and handling asynchronous requests more effectively.