Episode 7: Participatory Politics Foundation () with David Moore - Open Data, Accountability, Transparency and Organizing [ 1:03:31 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Here it is! – OK Cast Episode 7. We discuss the work of the Participatory Politics Foundation with David Moore. You can reach him on Twitter . The Participatory Politics Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan, open source organization that’s mission is to increase civic engagement using web-based technologies. These projects include OpenCongress.org, OpenGovernment.org, and AskThem.io. David is the Executive Director of PPF and is currently managing the development of AskThem.io. You can find out more about him and the Participatory Politics Foundation on their website at participatoryPolitics.org and on Twitter.
Show Notes:
- OpenCongress.org – Flagship PPF project
- Move of OpenCongress to Sunlight Foundation
- OpenSecrets.org – Tracking money’s influence on politics
- Participatory Budgeting Project
- ParliamentWatch – Germany’s inspiration for OpenCongress
- MySociety – UK’s inspiration for OpenCongress
- Councilmatic – For managing / tracking local city council legislation
- AskThem.io About Page (Staff, APIs, etc.)
- OpenPlans – Community engagement, participatory planning
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Professor Yochai Benkler – Blueprint for Democratic Participation
- Social Mobilization and the Network Public Sphere – Paper by Benkler, et al. (and Publication Announcement and a live graphic)
Alex Fink
Editor & Host at The OKCast
In addition to hosting the OKCast, I am a Ph.D. student in Youth Studies at the University of Minnesota. I study methods of making research to document injustice and resistance available to young people to create social change. My particular focus is on the political economy and ecology of data, including data collection, data use, data access/sharing, data economics, and the ideologies surrounding it.
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