Online radio for bureaucrats. Federal News Radio covers both the Federal Government and those who do business with the government concentrating on management, procurement, technology, security, policy and pay & benefits.
a "ning" community designed strictly for the media, open government communities, journalists, non-profits, and others seeking transparency in our government.
monthly up-to-date news on higher education legislation and policy discussions, familiarize you with friends of higher education on the Hill. American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
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.)
designed to provide quick and easy access to a wide range of data on tax rates, collections and overall tax burdens. All data are posted in Excel when available.
Torture Documents Released Under FOIA. The ACLU filed a request on Oct. 7, 2003, under the Freedom of Information Act demanding the release of information about detainees held overseas by the United States. While many documents have been released, many vital records are still being withheld by the government.
iSolon.org is a policy institute committed to exploring and advancing opportunities for democratic reform brought about by new information technologies. It focuses on the most difficult areas of democratic reform─where elected officials have a conflict of interest in bringing about reforms that might reduce their own power. Home of Citizens Assembly News Digest.
iSolon.org's Citizens Assembly Project also reports on citizens assembly developments throughout the world. Reporting on such developments is a joint project with iSolon.org's readers. iSolon.org carefully monitors the print press and blogosphere for reports on citizen assemblies, but it also gets much of its most valuable information from its readers.
NDIIPP Project. The Minnesota Historical Society is working with representatives from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the California Digital Library (CDL), as well as representatives from the states of California, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Vermont who are involved in preserving and providing access to government information. The goal of working with these partners is to address common concerns in preserving state government digital information. The All Partners Meeting held in December 2008 was the first time that all of the representatives were brought together.
WashingtonWatch.com delivers the numbers behind proposed legislation and regulation. It is important to understand where these numbers come from and what they mean. WashingtonWatch.com starts with government predictions about the costs or savings from proposed changes to government spending, taxation, and regulation.
Understanding Government is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to improving the performance of the executive branch by helping journalists do a better job of covering it.