In some ways it is unbelievable to think that a candidate for the United States Senate, fresh off of seven... View Article
Continue readingTransparent Lawmakers Win
In January of 2007, freshman Democratic congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand became the first member of the House of Representatives to post... 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 readingCitizenship Doesn’t End at the Voting Booth
Election Day has to be one of my favorite days of the year. There is no other day where you... 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
Continue readingGoogle Elections
Politicalwire.com highlights how Google layered county voting results from the last seven presidential elections on to Google Maps and Google... 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 readingHome Loan Disclosures
Now that it is official that the Feds are investigating Countrywide’s “VIP” home loan program, it’s time to revisit one... View Article
Continue readingLocal Sunlight
Every week I climb into the depths of the local political blogosphere to find the Sunlight. I use this series... View Article
Continue readingIn Broad Daylight: FBI Peeks Into VIP
An investigation begins into the Friends of Angelo. Stevens’ conviction prompts reform group push. Some people don’t like transparency. That... View Article
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