In a foot race, there is always a starting point and an end point. There is no confusion or ambiguity... View Article
Continue readingNew From OpenCongress: Wiki, Video, Inline Commenting on Bills and More
Our colleagues behind OpenCongress are unveiling some significant new features to make it easier than ever to keep track of... View Article
Continue readingOur next big goal, The Fifty State Project
While no single developer has the time to volunteer writing a custom scraper for each state, the goal of having data for all fifty states is entirely attainable if we come together and share the workload. This is where you come in. We need your help databasing state legislation.
Continue readingPeek at Transparency Related Legislation
One week into the 111th Congress and lawmakers have already introduced hundreds of bills. Of those few hundred bills some... View Article
Continue readingOpenCongress’ Battle Royale
OpenCongress has just launched Battle Royale, their new feature that collects all the data about Congress generated by users of... View Article
Continue readingChange Congress Conducts a Survey
Our friends at Change Congress have asked their members and supporters to take a survey to help them decide what... View Article
Continue readingMy Political Notebook
The team from OpenCongress has done it again: added another really useful new feature “My Political Notebook” (MyPN) where, as... View Article
Continue readingThe Web 2.0 Election
Agence France-Presse (AFP), France’s largest news agency and the third largest agency in the world, published a great overview of... View Article
Continue readingOpenCongress Does Votes Comparisons
(cross posted from OHP) OpenCongress has just released a votes comparison tool. This strikes me as a big step forward.... View Article
Continue readingIn Broad Daylight: Cell, Cell, Cell…
Sen. McCain, can you hear me now? Sen. Stevens pays for his own lunch like a big boy. And Rep.... View Article
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