What Is OpenCongress? - David Moore

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/27/NetSquared_Freecycle_OneWorld_OpenCongress

David Moore philosophizes on the ideals of OpenCongress.org, an open-source site which synthesizes official Congressional data with news coverage, blog posts, user comments, and "social wisdom of all sorts."

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Collaborating for (a) Change: The Wikipedia Model featuring panelists from Freecycle, OneWorld, OpenCongress. This event was moderated by Sharon Burns of the MacArthur Foundation.

This year's NetSquared Conference, a Mashup Challenge, brings together a unique mix of people from the public and private sectors to develop and release Mashups designed to provide deeper insight into the social issues affecting communities around the globe.

David Moore is the Executive Director of the Participatory Politics Foundation.

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[marissacalderon]

I think we should rid ourselves of the house and senate and the American people should be able to vote for Bills publicly and unbiasedly. Just like an election, go to your voting station and either vote in favor or not. Now that is a democracy!

[sruti4u]

This is a great idea!

[lsl70]

Congress is becoming more and more ceremonial as the Executive Bureaucracy takes more and more power for itself.  When the Federal bureaucracy doesn't get it's way in Congress it just passes it's own unconstitutional laws in the form of so called regulations and executive orders.

[neotoy]

Good idea, but only if voting is mandatory!

[winterwinwin]

I think it is very important to have this kind of insight.