Sunlight Foundation

9 Beliefs at the Heart of Open Government

As we begin to engage the public in a regular, and sustained campaign to bring about the full potential for accountability and economic opportunity that open government promises, it's important hat we have some common principles and assumptions about where we're coming from and where we stand. And it's time to start clearly defining what those things are.

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GovFresh

govfreshOver the weekend, GovFresh launched, a live feed of official news from U.S. Government via Twitter, YouTube, RSS, Facebook, Flickr accounts in one place. It provides live feeds from the White House, the Supreme Court, the House and Senate, seven departments and six agencies, and the Democratic and Republican National Committees, so far.

Luke Fretwell, a San Francisco-based Web designer and developer, created GovFresh on his own. New media technology specialist Steve Lunceford tweeted that it’s “neat,” and I would agree. In another tweet, Steve described it as “a Friendfeed-like mirror of #gov20 feeds.”

You can follow GovFresh via FriendFeed and Twitter as well.

This is indeed a neat idea. Congrats to Luke for creating this useful new tool.

Hat tip: Free Government Information.