Potential groups to collaborate with:

• Coburn/Obama good article here http://www.examiner.com/a-585831~Mark_Tapscott__They_aren_t_laughing_now_about_the_Internet_and_government_transparency.html

• 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
• they rule sent numerous emails no response
• debatepedia
• Center for Public Integrity journalists
• Fed Spending
• Open house Project
• Federal Spending
• Washington Watch tracks bill and allows comments
• Farm Subsidy.org
• They Work for You
• Follow the money does state level talking Open APIs!
• Group that does Open Congress
• Sunlight Foundation
• Gateway to Gov Online Civic Platform, enhancing communication between constituents and their elected representatives.
• open hearings a live listing of committee hearing on a federal level
•  Louis Library Of Unified Information Sources
• politicopia  a bit vague? I think they launched in jul 07

--- hmm i'm thinking we should do a spreadsheet here for

potential data brokers

tech

policy

maybe a check list of features?