For the Good of the State

check out "oovoo"....very useful tool

This program allows for 6 person video conference at once...we've been testing it all evening and it works very well...as good or better than Skype.

Check it out at:  www.oovoo.com

The Ultimate Guide to Tracking Your Congressman

The Ultimate Guide to Tracking Your Congressman...or any Congressman!

http://www.capitalviewpoint.com/ultimate_guide_tracking_your_congressperson_pics_373

One of our bloggers from the left, wrote a great piece on "how to" track your Congressman and variuos legislation.  It's a very well done tutorial that allows anyone who wants to to get more involved.  Thanks and kudos to Nirmal for a job well done!

A New Resource: www.opencongress.org

OpenCongress brings together official government data with news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind what's happening in Congress.  We’ll see if it’s balanced, liberal or conservative….but either way, it appears to be a good source for citizens activist to get more information.

OpenCongress is a free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to make Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement. OpenCongress is a joint project of the Sunlight Foundation and the Participatory Politics Foundation. For details about their data sources and more about our approach, see About OpenCongress.

http://www.opencongress.org/