31. High Quality Raw Data
✴ First: Raw data in XML, JSON, or CSV
✴ Second: RESTful APIs in JSON/XML
✴ Third: Nothing really...
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38. APIs about Congress
✴ Sunlight Labs API - Bio and contact info
✴ OpenSecrets.org - Contributions
✴ GovTrack.us - Bills and Vote Records
✴ MAPLight.org - Vote Influence
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55. U.S. Courts System
✴ 1 Supreme Court
✴ 12 Courts of Appeals
✴ 94 District Courts
✴ Courts for Patents, International Trade,
Bankruptcy
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64. Other State Efforts
✴ FollowTheMoney.org
✴ 50 State Project - transform legislative data
for all 50 states into a common format
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65. Cities
✴ Washington, D.C.
✴ New York City
✴ San Francisco
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79. Getting Involved
✴ groups.google.com/group/sunlightlabs
✴ #transparency on Freenode
✴ github.com/sunlightlabs
✴ @sunlightlabs on Twitter
✴ SunlightLabs.com
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83. Consider Civic Hacking
✴ Enhance your skillset
✴ Low risk, high reward
✴ Another testing framework? Really?
✴ Local/state govts. an untapped market
✴ Solve a hard problem
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85. Ask not what your
country can do for you.
Ask what you can do for
your country.
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