OpenParl, political and social networking and legislative process watching ?

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OpenParl and FaceBook social network ? No OpenCongress, but not European Parliament

Have a look on the OpenCongress’s tools which allow everybody to watch the legislative process and to insert in their own websites the relevant information to do it.

Have a look on the FaceBook social network linked to OpenCongress to try to build communities around a legislative process:

The tools of OpenCongress

• OpenCongress Facebook Application
• "Congress, I'm Watching" Widget
• Congress Trends Widget
• Bill Status Widget
• Issue Area Widget

References and sources:

http://www.opencongress.org/

“OpenCongress is an open-source, non-profit, non-partisan website that brings together official government information with news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind what's happening in Congress. OpenCongress is a joint project of the Sunlight Foundation and the Participatory Politics Foundation”.

A mail received from OpenCongress
On 2007-12-16, David Moore from OpenCongress (an open-source, non-profit, non-partisan website) wrote :
”We're excited to announce the release of our new OpenCongress Facebook application. Now you can track and share the bills you care about about with your Facebook community.
The app lets you post bills to your profile, show your support or opposition, and comment on why they're important to you. And of course, each bill links back to OpenCongress, so your friends can get all the info they need in order to get involved with the issues themselves.

To add the app to your Facebook profile, please visit ::
http://www.opencongress.org/facebook/intro

To join the OpenCongress Users group, please visit ::
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15201705550

One last thing: we're seeking beta-testers for a major set of new features getting ready to launch. If you'd like to volunteer to help us beta-test, just reply to this e-mail address ([email protected]).
Hope you'll use our new Facebook app to help build public knowledge about Congress!
Thanks,
David & the OpenCongress team”

http://www.govtrack.us/

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SocialNetworks

See a study on http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_networks_study_fabernovel.php

and the whole presentation on http://www.slideshare.net/faberNovel/social-network-websites-best-practices-from-leading-services

FaceBook and social networking: a new fad for enterprises?

See articles of Atelier Paribas (french language)

Facebook : Danette unique de l'Internet participatif ?

"Nous sommes encore au début de l'histoire des réseaux sociaux"

See article of Atelier Paris (english version)

Facebook- "You have a friend request", again.

Screen copies extracted from OpenCongress (click on it to enlarge it)

 

Comments

[OCLC WorldCat and Facebook]

Worldcat in Facebook
December 22, 2007 • Categories: OCLC , Social networking
It is nice to see the Worldcat application for Facebook. Look out for additional features over time.

[PEW: Teens and Social Media]

PEW
dec 2007
The use of social media gains a greater foothold in teen life as they embrace the conversational nature of interactive online media.