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Links

• Open Government Partnership  

• The Open Government Partnership is a multilateral initiative that aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. In the spirit of multi-stakeholder collaboration, OGP is overseen by a Steering Committee including representatives of governments and civil society organizations.

• Diigo Tags: Government, opengov, transparency, open government, partnership, open data, community empowerment, governance

• Advancing Open and Citizen-Centered Government | whitehouse.gov

• In the third Open Government National Action Plan, the Administration both broadens and deepens efforts to help government become more open and more citizen-centered. The plan includes new and impactful steps the Administration is taking to openly and collaboratively deliver government services and to support open government efforts across the country. These efforts prioritize a citizen-centric approach to government, including improved access to publicly available data to provide everyday Americans with the knowledge and tools necessary to make informed decisions.

• Diigo Tags: whitehouse, Blog, Open Data, Open Gov, citizen engagement, citizen governance, governance, community empowerment

• Sketch City: Civic Hacking and Open Data in Houston, Texas

• We work together to advance technology and data in public decision making. Our community of 2,700+ people work on projects, attend events, help shape public policy, and produce the annual City of Houston Hackathon in May.

Tags: hacking, data, Code for America, community empowerment, technology, innovation, collaboration

Watchdog Sites

• Sunlight Foundation

• The Sunlight Foundation is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization that uses the power of the Internet to catalyze greater government openness and transparency, and provides new tools and resources for media and citizens, alike. We are committed to improving access to government information by making it available online, indeed redefining “public” information as meaning “online,” and by creating new tools and websites to enable individuals and communities to better access that information and put it to use.

• Diigo Tags: government, politics, transparency, activism, web2.0, democracy, technology, reference 

• Franklin Center 

• Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity was founded in 2009 to address falling standards in the media as well as a steep falloff in reporting on state government and provides professional training; research, editorial, multimedia and technical support; and assistance with marketing and promoting the work of a nationwide network of nonprofit reporters. Supplementing these efforts is our newly launched Citizen Watchdog program that trains ordinary citizens to report from local communities.
• Diigo Tags: transparency accountability fiscal responsibility media state government Citizen Watchdog 

• OpenSecrets.org Center for Responsive Politics

• In short, the Center's mission is to:
• Inform citizens about how money in politics affects their lives
• Empower voters and activists by providing unbiased information
• Advocate for a transparent and responsive government

California Open Government

• California Open Government  

• Data.CA.Gov Updated

• California piloted the first statewide open data portal, GreenGov.data.ca.gov, with data sets and results from the GreenGov Challenge, a code-a-thon built around sustainability data sets hosted on the pilot site. GovOps is now moving the open data portal to an open source platform (DKAN) to ensure the longevity of continuous efforts to make government more open and efficient.

• Diigo Tags: data, gov, open data, technology, innovation, community empowerment

• Open Government League of California Cities 

• California - Open Government Guide for Reporters

   

   

Federal Open Data and Transparency

• Data.gov 

• Data.gov is the home of the US government’s open data.

  You can find Federal, state and local data, tools, and resources to conduct research, build apps, design data visualizations, and more.

  The Data.gov team works at the U.S. General Services Administration, but the site itself is open source, and we’d love your help making it even better.

    

• Open Congress 

• About Congress.gov | Congress.gov | Library of Congress

• Congress.gov is in an initial beta phase with plans to transform the Library of Congress's existing congressional information system into a modern, durable and user-friendly resource. Eventually, it will incorporate all of the information available on THOMAS.gov. (To compare the scope of legislative information on THOMAS.gov versus the scope of legislative information on the beta site, see Coverage Dates for Legislative Information.)

• Diigo Tags: governance, government, federal, political, politics, Congress 

• GovTrack

• Vital Statistics on Congress

• Data on the U.S. Congress – A Joint Effort from Brookings and the American Enterprise Institute

• By: Norman J. Ornstein, Thomas E. Mann, Michael J. Malbin and Andrew Rugg 

• Chapter 1: Demographics of Members of Congress

• Chapter 2: Congressional Elections

• Chapter 3: Campaign Finance in Congressional Elections

• Chapter 4: Congressional Committee Data

• Chapter 5: Congressional Staff and Operating Expenses

• Chapter 6: Legislative Productivity in Congress & Workload

• Chapter 7: Congressional Action on the Federal Budget

• Chapter 8: Political Polarization in Congress and Changing Voting Alignments 

• Find out how you can submit your own Vital Stats analyses » 

• How Big Money Created the Most Polarized Congress in a Century: 5 Charts

Related wiki pages  

• Beyond Transparency - Code for America      

• Data Journalism and Community Information    

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• Maplight 

Wiki Bridge Page

• Advocacy By and For Community

• National and State Movements  

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