Action: OpenCongress.org

The Sunlight Foundation has a new project: "OpenCongress.org....[a] joint effort with the amazing team from the Participatory Politics Foundation -- a group based in Worcester, Mass. that builds open-source software and web tools for civic engagement. Think of this as a user-friendly Thomas, on steroids. We've brought together critically important information about what is happening in Congress -- legislation and issue focused -- and combined that with what bloggers and the mainstream media are most talking about. We've added a component of social wisdom tracking what's hot and what's most-viewed on the site itself, along with what others are writing about. There are lots of links to other Sunlight projects like Congresspedia and Sunlight grantees like OpenSecrets.org. We are aiming to to offer a comprehensive, understandable, user-friendly snapshot of every bill and Member of Congress." -- from the website. <http://www.opencongress.org/>