Tag Archive: apps

OpenGov Voices: Making political information truly accessible with Countable

by Bart Myers Jul 13, 2015 12:01 am

Countable is a unique platform that is making political information truly understandable to all citizens.

Introducing Congress for iOS

by Nicko Margolies Jul 9, 2013 9:47 am

As Congress returns for their July session, the Sunlight Foundation is excited to announce our free Congress app for iOS devices that allows anyone to get the latest from Washington. Download it here.

Sitegeist: A Week After Launch

by Nicko Margolies Dec 20, 2012 10:00 am

Exactly one week ago we launched Sitegeist, an app to learn more about your surroundings through visualizations of publicly available data. We are immensely proud of Sitegeist and thrilled by the response!

Sitegeist: Uncover the Data Around You

by Nicko Margolies Dec 13, 2012 10:00 am

Today the Sunlight Foundation unveils our latest app to reinforce the power of the data around you. It's called Sitegeist, a simple iPhone and Android app that presents a huge amount of information from disparate sources in straight-forward infographics.

WhipCast – Promotion Isn’t Transparency

by Eric Mill

technology

Nov 18, 2011 1:41 pm

On Tuesday, the House Majority Whip's office released a "WhipCast" app through the iOS, Android, and Blackberry app stores.

It contains updates from the House floor, and various documents and publications from the Whip's office. It's being billed by the House Republican leadership team as "a step towards fulfilling the House Republican's commitment to transparency and accessibility". Unfortunately, there's nothing transparent or accessible about the app. Most of the information available through the app is extremely partisan, and serves to push House leadership's talking points.

Apps for THOMAS: 3 wishes

by Daniel Schuman Jul 29, 2010 12:07 pm

Last year I asked the internet gods for a URL shortener that created permanent links to legislation on THOMAS. Lo... View Article

Why You Need to Download the Real Time Congress App for iPhone now

by Brad Bauman Jan 13, 2010 11:27 am

As a former Capitol Hill Communications Director, I can tell you that access to real-time information on what is happening... View Article

Data.gov gets an update

by Clay Johnson

technology

Jun 19, 2009 9:53 am

For those of you keeping an eye on the ball, working hard on your Apps for America 2 entries, I've got some great news for you: Data.gov has given itself a slight upgrade, adding a bunch more feeds. To compensate, Data.gov has turned itself into three subcatalogs: A raw data catalog, a tool catalog and a geodata catalog.

By far and away, the Tool and Geodata catalogs exceed the Raw Data catalog, but we still don't have our 100,000 "feeds." We have 999 data sources in the Geodata Catalog, 999 data sources in the Tool Catalog, and 267 in the Raw Data Feeds catalog. These 999 numbers are troubling. Hopefully the software supports more than 1000 data feeds in each subcatalog.