Apr 01, 09
TweetCongress
Allows you to contact your government representative via Twitter and petition them. Phone numbers, fax numbers and websites are listed for each representative. You can also petition non-Twitter Congress representatives to join and have direct conversations with their constituents. (Link:
TweetCongress)
Jan 28, 09
Who Runs Gov
A Washington Post project profiles political figures in US government, along with their accomplishments, news stories, and donations. Currently only the editors can write or edit any of the profiles; there are plans to open up the wiki to moderated editing later this year, along with allowing registered users to contribute to and create new profiles. (Link:
Who Runs Gov)
Jan 20, 09
Whitehouse.gov
The new website of the U.S. President Barack Obama and his administration. (Link:
Whitehouse.gov)
Nov 17, 08
OpenCongress
A free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to make the U.S. Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement. Brings together official government data with news coverage, blog posts, comments, and more to give you the real story behind what's happening in Congress. (Link:
OpenCongress)
Nov 07, 08
Change.gov
The new website of the Office of the President-Elect, Barack Obama. Stay up to date with news, submit your ideas, even apply for a job in his administration. (Link:
Change.gov)
Nov 04, 08
Take Part in Citizen Journalism for the 2008 U.S. Elections
If you're taking part in the American elections today, please consider using citizen journalism to make sure your vote counts. Here are a few ways to get involved using Twitter, video, photography, and more. (Link:
Take Part in Citizen Journalism for the 2008 U.S. Elections)
Oct 31, 08
Twitter Vote Report
Millions of Americans will be voting this Election Day on November 4, 2008. Twitter Vote Report is an all-volunteer network of software developers, designers, and other collaborators have teamed up to help provide a way for citizens to report their voting experience. You can do this by 1) sending a text message starting with #votereport to 66937, 2)
download the free iPhone app or grab the "votereport" app from the Google Android marketplace, or 3) if you're already on Twitter, just include #votereport in your tweets to have it show up on the site. (Link:
Twitter Vote Report)
Oct 15, 08
BiggerVoices
A political social news network where people can submit the latest political news, vote on the politicians in the news, and choose other people to represent their point of view. There's also an article widget for political bloggers to put on their blogs that allows their readers to vote positive or negative on the politicians in the article directly. (Link:
BiggerVoices)
Sep 13, 08
Protect the Human
Find out what is really happening in the world and find like-minded souls ready to do something positive about it. Protect The Human beta is brought to you by human rights activists Amnesty International UK. Amnesty International is a movement of people from around the world standing up for humanity and human rights. The site is designed to make it easy to find human rights videos, links and images from around the web and to share your finds with the community of users here. (Link:
Protect the Human)
Jul 15, 08
Govit
A non-partisan site built by a regular citizen to help you interact with the government and each other. You can find all the legislation, including the Net Neutrality, Climate Change, and FISA Bill. You can vote on legislation, and have your vote sent directly to you reps. Compare your votes to your reps to see if they've earned your vote. (Link:
Govit)
Dec 21, 07
Why08
A "conversation community" built around the U.S. 2008 elections that features community voting around user's political opinions, profiles to track user commentary and ratings, and more. (Link:
Why08)
Oct 29, 06
NOI
The New Organizing Institute is a unique grassroots program that trains young, technology-enabled political organizers to work for progressive campaigns and organizations. (Link:
NOI)