Open Congress

OpenCongress is a free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to help make Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement.

URL = http://www.opencongress.org ( writeus@opencongress.org )

Description

"The Participatory Politics Foundation builds software tools and websites that create new opportunities for continual engagement with government. Voting is important, but we have a chance to go further and create a political process that is meritocratic, creative, and participatory."

• OpenCongress is Participatory Politics' first project to be launched.

• Participatory politics sees the need for citizens to get involved in politics and make their voices heard in order to make a difference, and with today's technology (specifically the internet) they believe that this is possible

• "create new opportunities for engagement with government. Voting is important, but we have a chance to go further and create a political process that is meritocratic, creative, and participatory."

(http://www.eu.socialtext.net/wiki-government-and-democracy/index.cgi?action=weblog_display)

More Information

David Moore Executive Director, Participatory Politics Foundation E-mail: david |at| ppolitics org