The current government icon is a hand with a ballot paper. The current technology icon is a ballot box.
The government icon in 1.12.0 was different; I fished it out of git and attached it. It's a series of raised hands; not particularly American/USAn. Arguably the background is (blue background on the left of the icon) but shrug. Anyway, it's gone now; it was replaced in 2.1.0 (09d53a822d). I don't see any point keeping this bug open.
