@Congressedits Hopes to See More Wikipedians in Congress
BY Miranda Neubauer | Monday, July 14 2014
In the future, could members of Congress list their Wikipedia edits on their homepage along with their voting records and constituent services? That is the vision of Congressedits, a Twitter feed that within only the past few days has helped popularize the idea of anonymously tracking government and instutional edits to Wikipedia pages around the world. Read More
On Tweeting in a Tornado
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, May 5 2011
Federal Emergency Management Administration Administrator Craig Fugate is now discussing social media and disaster response with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs. C-SPAN is offering ... Read More
From the Greatly Exaggerated Senate Email Files
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, July 7 2010
Capitol Police are looking into email spoofs engineered to look like they were coming from the offices of Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) that announced their respective ... Read More
The 15,000
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, February 10 2010
Credit: GRITtv Yesterday's episode of Laura Flanders' daily GRITtv program was on the topic of whether or not the United States Senate ha Read More
Massachusetts Special: The State of the Brown vs. Coakley (Online) Race
BY Nancy Scola | Tuesday, January 19 2010
As we reach the very end of the Massachusetts special election, we're seeing a ramping up of folks working to extract what the race means for the state of online politics. Read More
Rebuilding Through Bombs: Scott Brown's One-Day, One Million Dollar (Plus) Haul
BY Nancy Scola | Tuesday, January 12 2010
The Massachusetts Senate seat up for grabs in next week's suddenly very exciting special election has leading Republicans gearing up their online operations on behalf of Republican candidate Scott Brown, who is ... Read More
OFA's Ready with Tweets to Send Your Senator
BY Nancy Scola | Monday, July 27 2009
Throughout the past several months of the health reform debate, the theme that significant health reform can't wait has been one of the most consistent themes in the approach of President Obama and other strong advocates ... Read More
Aneesh Chopra's Not-So-Grueling Day on Capitol Hill
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, May 20 2009
NextGov's Aliya Sternstein has really been doing some tremendous reporting about the nitty-gritty of the DC tech and policy scene. In her latest report, Sternstein tells of a rather airy Senate confirmation hearing for ... Read More