Yesterday, we announced a campaign to pass S. 482, the Senate electronic filing bill. There are two tacks to this... View Article
Continue readingDo we need a GetSatisfaction for Congress?
On Sunlight's "twitter lobbying" efforts and building a more effective means for communicating to congress. Do we need a GetSatisfaction.com for Congress?
Continue readingHelp Lobby Congress on S. 482!
Update: Please send your thanks to @Barbara_Boxer and @clairecmc (Sen. Claire McCaskill) for agreeing to cosponsor S. 482. The legend... View Article
Continue readingNot going to SxSW? Tip: Here’s how to make twitter not annoying
A lot of folks from the Sunlight Foundation will be heading to SxSW Interactive and we hope members of the Sunlight Labs community will follow us on twitter and find us wherever we're at to meet up. It'd be great to put some faces to the names of the people in our community.
For those that aren't going to SxSW though, and do use twitter, SxSW represents an annual flood of conference information that pollutes your twitter stream with stuff you don't care about. Last year, my friend and neighbor Mike for instance, ended up unfollowing all his friends on Twitter that were at SxSW because it got so overwhelming.
This tip will only help out Mac users, but I've experimented with it and found it useful.
Continue readingTransparencyCamp Lives On
TransparencyCamp, the unconference event that iStrategyLabs and Sunlight co-sponsored two weekends ago, was a huge success. We made a highlight... View Article
Continue readingSocialGovernment.com and the States
Earlier this week, Alexander Muir at SocialGovernment.com wrote an interesting post about social media in the states; how they are... View Article
Continue readingWriteToReply.org
Last week, Stephen Carter, the U.K. government’s minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, released an interim report on the state... View Article
Continue readingGovTwit Directory
Enamored as I am by Twitter these days, here’s a useful item, a government twitter directory. BearingPoint, the McLean, Va.,... View Article
Continue readingFreshmen Lawmakers Have Wealth of Tech Experience
A number of newly elected lawmakers have serious experience with Internet technology and used the Internet in the campaign more... View Article
Continue readingKentucky Tweets
Kentucky is using twitter to share election day information to voters. So if you’re voting in Kentucky follow the assistant... View Article
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