Potential groups to collaborate with:

• Project of Governmental Oversight
• IBM's Many Eyes project static connect the dots
• The Whip Pack "The Whip Pack is a resource intended to inform you about legislation that the House will consider that week. The Whip Pack contains detailed accurate information from various authoritative sources about the contents, background, effects, and history of the bills to be considered. "
• Data Sharing Summit they are working on an open standard
• Change.org Facebook application
• Dan Ancona they have some seriously similar concepts
• maplight.org "MAPLight.org brings together campaign contributions and how legislators vote, providing an unprecedented window into the connections between money and politics. We currently cover the California Legislature and U.S. Congress."
• let's talk america dialog group
• Reuniting America Dialog group