Where are They Now?
Very cool: The Sunlight Foundation uses wiki-style, distributed research tactics to shed light on the internal workings of government. For example, if you want to know which congressional staffers go on to work for lobbying groups, and how quickly, you can check this site:
The data is researched (and then confirmed) by people like you and me. Anyone can participate. It’s cool that we can check this. It’s even more important that reporters, bloggers, and independent data hounds have access to it so that they can break stories that need to be talked about.
I read about this on Lessig’s blog. The Sunlight Foundation is one of the concrete examples that he has given of a technological/cultural solution to corruption in government.
January 4th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Thanks for the post! I’m Gabriela Schneider, Sunlight’s Communications Director. In record time, citizens like you finished the first round of research, but your investigative skills are still needed to complete this project. So far, only a few of these potential revolvers have been verified. If you want to participate, go to http://wherearetheynow.sunlightprojects.org/need_verification/
Thanks again!