True Fact: Congress' Websites Don't Have to Stink
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, April 22 2010
This is what a congressional website should look like, says the Congressional Management Foundation; credit: Murkowski.Senate.gov Read More
Minnesota's First District Has a Homework Assignment: Judging Earmarks
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, March 10 2010
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
Could Twitter Change the Math of a Senate Hold?
BY Nancy Scola | Friday, February 5 2010
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Hill Sites Hacked During SOTU
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, January 28 2010
Several House websites were hacked during last night's State of the Union, replacing the congresspeople's home pages with anti-Obama screeds. A Hill contact points out that among the targets was Joe "You Lie" ... Read More
Danny Glover's New Gig: Editor of Capitol Hill Tweet Watch Report
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, January 7 2010
The word came via email on Monday that Danny Glover, a veteran editor with National Journal and other publications, had taken over the editor's role at Capitol Hill Tweet Watch Report. Read More
Are Congressional "New Media" Clubs Missing the Point?
BY Nancy Scola | Wednesday, August 26 2009
My Own Private SocNet: Defense Dept and Hill Get Customized Networks
BY Nancy Scola | Monday, July 20 2009
At Beth Noveck's event for her new book "Wiki Government" this afternoon in Rockefeller Plaza (write-up forthcoming), the deputy U.S. CTO for open government touched on an intriguing project called Aristotle, a ... Read More
Stop the Presses! Congress Has a Case of the Twitters
BY Nancy Scola | Thursday, February 12 2009
Are we quickly nearing the day when reporting on technology and politics becomes simply, you know, reporting on politics? The horror! But you can't open a newspaper know without reading about how Congressman Jones going ... Read More