Project:OpenGovernment/Community Portal

This community portal for the Project:OpenGovernment serves to coordinate efforts among transparency and open government data advocates at the state legislature level.

News
Update Sept. 13, 2010:

Alpha versions of the OG sites for several states are now live! Take a look:


 * California
 * Texas
 * Louisiana
 * Wisconsin
 * Maryland

We're now adding information to state pages for resources on open government and data. Check them out and add what you know:



Ways to join the conversation

 * Start a conversation in the OG discussion group
 * Send an email to [mailto:david@ppolitics.org Participatory Politics Foundation Executive Director David Moore] (about OpenGovernment.org generally) or [mailto:conor@opencongress.org OC Wiki Editor Conor Kenny] (about this wiki project).
 * Check out the progress on the OG Lighthouse project management site

Upcoming open government events

 * OpenGov hackathon at RubyConf 2010, sponsored by Sunlight Labs. New Orleans, LA, Nov. 11-13, 2010.

Related links

 * Sunlight Labs' OpenStates project, whose data OG uses.
 * Sunlight Labs' discussion group
 * Civic Commons' Data standards wiki page