Tracking $$

[sd_matt]

What are your favorite sites for tracking money involved with the government?

I looked a while back but found nothing that was easy to use.I was daydreaming one day about what it would take to make such a site easy to use.

What are some features you folks would want on such a site?

[Hobie]

So many government agencies, where to start!

1. At every elected position, what they said and what they did table. To clearly illustrate campaign promises and how they are performing.

2. Lobbyist contributions to specific congressmen. All on an easy to view map. Then voting results correlated to specific lobbyed bill. ie. Stimulus funds.

3. Graphical displays with mouse over details.

4. Show new government positions with titles and job descriptions. State, Local, National levels.

Could go on forever..

[Hobie]

So many government agencies, where to start!

1. At every elected position, what they said and what they did table. To clearly illustrate campaign promises and how they are performing.

2. Lobbyist contributions to specific congressmen. All on an easy to view map. Then voting results correlated to specific lobbyed bill. ie. Stimulus funds.

3. Graphical displays with mouse over details.

4. Show new government positions with titles and job descriptions. State, Local, National levels.

Could go on forever..

[Hobie]

So many government agencies, where to start!

1. At every elected position, what they said and what they did table. To clearly illustrate campaign promises and how they are performing.

2. Lobbyist contributions to specific congressmen. All on an easy to view map. Then voting results correlated to specific lobbyed bill. ie. Stimulus funds.

3. Graphical displays with mouse over details.

4. Show new government positions with titles and job descriptions. State, Local, National levels.

Could go on forever..

[Hobie]

So many government agencies, where to start!

1. At every elected position, what they said and what they did table. To clearly illustrate campaign promises and how they are performing.

2. Lobbyist contributions to specific congressmen. All on an easy to view map. Then voting results correlated to specific lobbyed bill. ie. Stimulus funds.

3. Graphical displays with mouse over details.

4. Show new government positions with titles and job descriptions. State, Local, National levels.

Could go on forever..

[Hobie]

So many government agencies, where to start!

1. At every elected position, what they said and what they did table. To clearly illustrate campaign promises and how they are performing.

2. Lobbyist contributions to specific congressmen. All on an easy to view map. Then voting results correlated to specific lobbyed bill. ie. Stimulus funds.

3. Graphical displays with mouse over details.

4. Show new government positions with titles and job descriptions. State, Local, National levels.

Could go on forever..

[patb]

salaries and expense reports per individual
and

resumes

and

contracts vs contributions

[patb]

salaries and expense reports per individual
and

resumes

and

contracts vs contributions

[patb]

salaries and expense reports per individual
and

resumes

and

contracts vs contributions

[patb]

salaries and expense reports per individual
and

resumes

and

contracts vs contributions

[patb]

salaries and expense reports per individual
and

resumes

and

contracts vs contributions

[sd_matt]

I would like to put all this in.

I want to do it as graphically as possible.

My first thought involves a Monopoly-like game board as the standard controls and background.

Color coded arrows indicate to where and from where money would go. ie if you searched a senator then his pic would pop up in the middle of the screen surrounded by inward and outward pointing arrows. To each arrow you can attach a thread among the other usual ways to find a thread topic.
This would also be done with agencies, grants, programs ect…

I would add a section that allows viewers to suggest and vote on ideas to develop it (idea stolen from Ubuntu Brainstorm)

The biggie is how to get people to participate in adding new arrows (money paths). Get the community involved in developing the site so that my role is verifying info more so than finding it.

[sd_matt]

I would like to put all this in.

I want to do it as graphically as possible.

My first thought involves a Monopoly-like game board as the standard controls and background.

Color coded arrows indicate to where and from where money would go. ie if you searched a senator then his pic would pop up in the middle of the screen surrounded by inward and outward pointing arrows. To each arrow you can attach a thread among the other usual ways to find a thread topic.
This would also be done with agencies, grants, programs ect…

I would add a section that allows viewers to suggest and vote on ideas to develop it (idea stolen from Ubuntu Brainstorm)

The biggie is how to get people to participate in adding new arrows (money paths). Get the community involved in developing the site so that my role is verifying info more so than finding it.

[sd_matt]

I would like to put all this in.

I want to do it as graphically as possible.

My first thought involves a Monopoly-like game board as the standard controls and background.

Color coded arrows indicate to where and from where money would go. ie if you searched a senator then his pic would pop up in the middle of the screen surrounded by inward and outward pointing arrows. To each arrow you can attach a thread among the other usual ways to find a thread topic.
This would also be done with agencies, grants, programs ect…

I would add a section that allows viewers to suggest and vote on ideas to develop it (idea stolen from Ubuntu Brainstorm)

The biggie is how to get people to participate in adding new arrows (money paths). Get the community involved in developing the site so that my role is verifying info more so than finding it.

[sd_matt]

I would like to put all this in.

I want to do it as graphically as possible.

My first thought involves a Monopoly-like game board as the standard controls and background.

Color coded arrows indicate to where and from where money would go. ie if you searched a senator then his pic would pop up in the middle of the screen surrounded by inward and outward pointing arrows. To each arrow you can attach a thread among the other usual ways to find a thread topic.
This would also be done with agencies, grants, programs ect…

I would add a section that allows viewers to suggest and vote on ideas to develop it (idea stolen from Ubuntu Brainstorm)

The biggie is how to get people to participate in adding new arrows (money paths). Get the community involved in developing the site so that my role is verifying info more so than finding it.

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