Type in the name of a COMPANY, your LAWMAKER or a prominent INDIVIDUAL, and see how they're influencing the political system.

"Ask not what your country can code for you - ask what you can code for your country" says @CodeforAmerica #gov20

RT @laurelatoreilly Read @matthewburton's piece on @govfresh @AndrewPWilson Great idea: A Peace Corps for Programmers

In Manor, TX - crowdsourcing govt: "Welcome to Manor Labs! Manor Labs is an open innovation platform designed to allow you to help us solve problems that plague our local government agency. This is also a place for you to submit ideas on how we can do things better. For more information on how we are using open innovation in Manor, please e-mail innovations@cityofmanor.org."

anyone would think @timoreilly was serious about working on stuff that matters http://codeforamerica.org/ the revolution starts here.

Besides being vile and stupid, however, the editorial was beside the point. Investor’s Business Daily would like you to believe that Obamacare would turn America into Britain — or, rather, a dystopian fantasy version of Britain. The screamers on talk radio and Fox News would have you believe that the plan is to turn America into the Soviet Union. But the truth is that the plans on the table would, roughly speaking, turn America into Switzerland — which may be occupied by lederhosen-wearing holey-cheese eaters, but wasn’t a socialist hellhole the last time I looked.

You Don’t Know Jack is an interactive graphic illustrating the intricate web of special interests Rep. Jack Murtha (D-PA) has spun around him. For many years, Rep. Murtha has been treating our tax dollars like his own personal piggy bank, doling out funds to donors, friends, and family members who ingratiate themselves, currying his favor. In exchange, Rep. Murtha greedily demands and receives tribute in the form of generous campaign donations, employment for relatives, and charitable contributions. Move your cursor over the text below to learn how these individuals and businesses are connected to the congressman and how much that connection costs them — and us.

"this site will make a broad array of US Government data available in downloadable formats."

the new stimulus bill’s implementation instructions require that each government agency report the money it gives out in RSS:

Serious networked governance paper from Joe Trippi, David Weinberger, Britt Blaser