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Congressional Transparency Starts With Web Sites

Why congressional Web sites are the building blocks to legislative branch transparenchy.


Becoming a Better Citizen

A positive review of the OpenCongress.org Web site.


The FDA’s Use of Widgets and Why Other Agencies Should Follow

While the Food and Drug Administration may have many internal issues, one thing they get right is how to use widgets effectively. The recent salmonella outbreak in peanut products has prompted the FDA to create a widget that has been embedded across the internet.

The approximately 250 by 425 pixel widget conains a plethora of information [...]


Introducing CNN.com’s “Freshman Year”

Wow. That was my reaction after watching CNN.com’s first installment of Freshman Year, a new Web video series that follows two freshman House members.
While the members, Reps. Jared Polis, D-Colo., and Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, are ideological opposites, they seem to have a lot in common as freshman members of the House.
CNN.com issued both of the [...]