What We Do
Each day, our lives abound in political feelings and opinions. Not just on Election Day.
The Participatory Politics Foundation develops websites that create new opportunities for engagement with government. Voting is important, but we have a chance to go further and create a political process that is meritocratic, creative, and participatory. We believe that the internet opens an unprecedented opportunity to extend and amplify political voices and actions.
For our democratic political system to work effectively, it is essential that we have the ability to see what's happening in government and communicate our ideas to people in power. PPF seeks to build tools that facilitate greater citizen engagement, with a focus on usable design and clear presentation. OpenCongress is our first effort in this direction. Stay tuned for more.
Board of Directors
Tiffiniy Cheng
Nicholas Nassar
Nicholas Reville
Holmes Wilson
Staff
David Moore, Executive Director
Andrew Packer, Project Coordinator
Andy Ross, Software Developer
Donny Shaw, Researcher / Blogger
David Shettler, Software Developer
Contact
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OpenCongress
Our first public project, OpenCongress, lets you research, track, and understand legislation in Congress. It presents data, news, and collaborative analysis in a way that's never been done before. And we're just getting started: future versions will greatly expand the collaborative elements of the site.
The central belief that drives OpenCongress is this: everyone should have the knowledge of a political insider and power to influence government. In the internet era, everyone can be an insider.
OpenCongress has been a long road for us-- we first started the site 3 years ago, but didn't have funds to finish. Then, in the summer of 2006, we teamed up with the incredible Sunlight Foundation. We are extremely grateful to Sunlight for the financial and organizational support that makes OpenCongress possible.
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