... I still think we need a PUBLIC OPEN DATA set on all elected and appointed officials in the United States, but this is good news:
http://techpresident.com/news/25105/democracycom-shines-searchlight-candidates-and-elected-officials On a related note, if you want to bring data standards/sharing to this crucial realm, join this technical effort: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/open-civic-data http://opencivicdata.org/ Also note: http://popoloproject.com/ And lots of past work: http://democracymap.org http://opengov.newschallenge.org/open/open-government/submission/democracymap/ (top applauded idea, but alas not a winner) http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/democracymap - Email list Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072 ᐧ ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/1AohX8w42TWvgakjFE3sW1 For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
