The White House developed Project Open Data -- this collection of code, tools, and case studies -- to help agencies adopt the Open Data Policy and unlock the potential of government data. Project Open Data will evolve over time as a community resource to facilitate broader adoption of open data practices in government. Anyone – government employees, contractors, developers, the general public – can view and contribute.
here's a lot of great information out there about politics — votes, lobbying records, campaign finance reports. Unfortunately, it's split across a dozen different web sites and often hidden behind confusing interfaces. We're pulling all of that together and letting you explore it in one elegant, unified interface. (Plus, we're sharing all the results so you can come up with new ways to explore it.)
Bay Area Rapid Transit. Raw feed of real time estimated arrivals for every station. BART has official schedules, fares and other data in the open Google Transit™ Feed Specification (GTFS). Service Advisories and more in the ubiquitous RSS format. more...
The OpenCongress Wiki is a collaboratively written "citizens' encyclopedia on Congress," designed to shine more light on the workings of the U.S. Congress. Congresspedia is a collaborative project of the Participatory Politics Foundation (PPF) and the Sunlight Foundation. bills, senators, representatives, comittees, industries, issues, elections, more
You'll find here the status of U.S. federal legislation, voting records in the Senate and House of Representatives, and information on Members of Congress, congressional committees and the Congressional Record. Pick up Trackers throughout the site to make a personalized feed or get email updates. You can also embed a few widgets on your own webpage to keep your visitors up to date about legislation. created by and is primarily run by Joshua Tauberer.