OpenCongress 3.0 empowers citizens to contact their legislators
Over the past 48 hours, the volume of citizens trying to contact Congress regarding the debt ceiling and budget debate has overwhelmed Congressional websites and Capital Hill switchboards. Citizens...
View ArticleNotes from the third White House Open Government Partnership consultation
In July 2011, the State Department hosted an historic gathering in Washington to announce an Open Government Partnership with Brazil and six other nations. For background on the initiative, read this...
View ArticleNew reports on citizen participation and rulemaking offer open government...
Earlier today, AmericaSpeaks released a new report, “Assessing Public Participation in an Open Government Era: A Review of Federal Agency Plans.” This represents the most comprehensive review of the...
View ArticleShould the White House be spending time making animated GIFs?
The White House wasn’t kidding about posting animated GIFs to its new Tumblr. Earlier today, however, a mechanical engineer named Claudio Ibarra commented on a Google+ thread that he thought that the...
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