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The following is a list of websites, apps, and data sources intended to inform and engage citizens.

Contents 1 Engagement 1.1 Legislative Engagement 1.2 Civic Engagement 1.3 Investigative Engagement 1.3.1 Bribe Reporting 1.4 Regulatory Engagement 2 Information 2.1 NGO Websites for Accessing Government Data 2.1.1 Legislative 2.1.2 Regulatory 2.1.3 Judiciary 2.1.4 Sunlight Projects 2.2 PUBLIC APPS USING GOVERNMENT DATA 2.3 NON-GOVERNMENT DATA SOURCES 2.4 GOVERNMENT DATA SOURCES 2.5 GOVERNMENT-CREATED APPS 2.6 SIMILAR RESOURCES 2.6.1 Similar Resource Lists from Sunlight 2.6.2 Resources compiled by other groups (Government and NGO)

Engagement

Innovative websites that help people engage with government data:

Legislative Engagement

• OpenCongress.org (this wiki is contained within OpenCongress.org; the site features a variety of interactive features to empower participation)
• PopVox: https://www.popvox.com/ - US legislation tracking site that encourages structured feedback to legislators.
• ParliamentWatch: http://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/ German parliamentary website that allows citizens to ask legislators questions, with extraordinarily high response rate.
• MADISON Rep. Issa's platform for public input and edits to pending legislation http://keepthewebopen.com/
• PublicMarkup.org Sunlight's platform for public review and input on legisative drafts: http://publicmarkup.org/

Civic Engagement

• MySociety: http://www.mysociety.org/ British NGO has a variety of websites that are re-inventing how citizens engage with government.
• Open311: "A collaborative model and open standard for civic issue tracking." http://open311.org/
• SeeClickFix: "Report neighborhood issues and see them get fixed." http://seeclickfix.com/
• DistrictBuilder: Software for collaborative redistricting. http://www.publicmapping.org/resources/software/demo

Investigative Engagement

• NYT's document cloud
• Ad Sleuth Project
• Alaveteli - FOI software
• What Do They Know - FOI request submission and tracking
• Muck Rock - FOI request submission and tracking (US)

Bribe Reporting

• I Paid A Bribe
• Hatari - Kenya

Regulatory Engagement

• Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
• The Peer to Patent Project
• Comment on Proposed Regulations
• Search the Federal Register

Information

NGO Websites for Accessing Government Data

Legislative

International Parliamentary Tracking Website Lists:

http://www.ndi.org/files/governance-parliamentary-monitoring-organizations-survey-september-2011.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_informatics#Around_the_world http://www.openingparliament.org/

State-Level Legislative Websites

http://openstates.org/

Regulatory

Judiciary

Sunlight Projects

A broad list of Sunlight resources can be found here: http://sunlightfoundation.com/projects/

Influence:

• http://politicaladsleuth.sunlightfoundation.com/
• https://checking.influenceexplorer.com/
• http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/outside-spending/
• http://foreignlobbying.org/
• http://inbox.influenceexplorer.com/
• http://influenceexplorer.com/
• http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/lobbying
• http://politicalpartytime.org/
• http://poligraft.com/
• http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/

Congress and Public Policy:

http://calloncongress.sunlightfoundation.com/ http://politwoops.sunlightfoundation.com/ https://scout.sunlightfoundation.com/ http://capitolwords.org/ http://sunlightfoundation.com/projects/expenditures/ http://staffers.sunlightfoundation.com/ http://www.opencongress.org/ https://scout.sunlightfoundation.com/ http://openstates.org/ http://sunlightfoundation.com/clearspending/ http://www.opencongress.org/ http://publicmarkup.org/ http://sunlightfoundation.com/projects/roku/ http://sunlightfoundation.com/live/

Mobile:

http://sunlightfoundation.com/projects/congress-for-android/ http://www.appsfuze.com/applications/windowsphone.tools/congress,4 http://itunes.apple.com/app/open-states/id500672932?mt=8 http://realtimecongress.org/ http://sunlightfoundation.com/health/ http://upwardly.us/

PUBLIC APPS USING GOVERNMENT DATA

1. Code for America produces a number of apps utilizing pre-existing and new government data. Examples include: 
   • Open311 Dashboard
   • Councilmatic (for Philadelphia, PA)
   • Open211
2. Code for America Commons (formerly, Civic Commons) also develops a wide range of government & civic software. Examples include:
   • Open Data Catalog
   • DistrictBuilder
   • IT Dashboard
   • Enterprise Addressing System
3. Apps for America contest winners:
   • DataMasher
   • govpulse
   • This We Know
4. Examples of from municipal-level civic hacking communities: 
   • Projects by Open City:*ChicagoLobbyists.org
     • Look at Cook
     • Vacant and Abandoned Building Finder
     • Clear Streets
   • CivicApps for Greater Portland:
     • Survive Portland
     • AllSchedules
     • Restaurant Inspections Nearby
   • Baltimore, MD Civic Hacking Community:
     • Stumble Bravely Baltimore

NON-GOVERNMENT DATA SOURCES

• National Institute for Money in State Politics
• OpenSecrets.org
• Taxpayers for Common Sense
• Project on Government Oversight
• Follow the Unlimited Money (Sunlight Foundation)

GOVERNMENT DATA SOURCES

• Data.gov
• USASpending.gov
• EPA Enforcement and Compliance History Online

GOVERNMENT-CREATED APPS

• Food and Drug Administration Recalls
• Federal Logistics Information System Web Search
• Latest Volumes of Foreign Relations of the United States
• Available Technologies
• Child-Related Product Recalls
• American Housing Survey
• TSCA Inventory Data Extraction Tool
• 50th Percentile Rent Estimates
• USA Spending Contracts and Purchases
• DataFerrett

SIMILAR RESOURCES

Similar Resource Lists from Sunlight

• Legislative Apps
• Congressional New Media Projects
• Executive Branch Ethics Information Sources 
• Lobbying Disclosure Resources
• UK Data Resources
• International Data Portals

add insanely useful websites

Resources compiled by other groups (Government and NGO)

• List of Russian gov 2.0 projects from Alena Popova: http://gov2people.ru/index.php/katalog-proektov
• Code for America Commons (formerly, Civic Commons)
  • Open Source Apps- Civic Software
  • Civic Technology Organizations
• Publicly editable list of national-level transparency projects: http://goo.gl/9zwrx]