Media Coverage and Related Press Releases

Media Coverage, Noteworthy Reviews, and Related Press

6/3/2008. Ars Technica: Study: .gov web sites should focus on RSS, XML—not redesigns, by Timothy B. Lee

June 2008. Robinson, David, Yu, Harlan, Zeller, William P and Felten, Edward W, "Government Data and the Invisible Hand" (2008). Yale Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 11, 2008

1/23/2008. National Journal: Technology Daily:Lawmakers favor outside access to legislative data, by Aliya Sternstein

8/9/2007. Sunlight Foundation: Insanely Useful Websites (by John Wonderlich and Paul Blumenthal, with an audio-intro by GovTrack's Josh Tauberer)

3/2007. Searcher: Mashups, Blogs, Wikis Go Federal (subscribers only) (by Laura Gordon-Murnane)

2/13/2007. The American (online): Legislators Should Live in a Glass House (by GovTrack's creator Josh Tauberer)

2/9/2007. Sunlight Foundation Announces Open House Project

5/9/2006. Webby Award 2006 Nominee - Politics

5/6/2006. Voice of America: Our World: Web Site of the Week

4/3/2006. The Daily Pennsylvanian: Grad student's site helps track new laws (by Katie Vasserman)

3/1/2006: The Washington Post: Think Your Lawmakers Don't Read Bills? Do It Yourself. (by Zachary A. Goldfarb)

2/21/2005. Accounting Today: "Government Resources"

3/3/2005: The Daily Princetonian: Tauberer '04 takes Govtrack to Capitol Hill (by Kavita Saini)

2/8/2005: BusinessWeek Online: All Your Info in One Place (by Olga Kharif)

1/27/2005: The New York Times: How Did They Vote? Updates by E-Mail of Congressional Ayes and Nays (by Daniel Terdiman)

1/13/2005: The Guardian (London): "Life: online: Blog Watch: Bill of progress"

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Column by Rep. Chris Smith in The Times of Trenton, June 30, 2008

Fallibility, Wise Men and Politics, The New York Times, May 20, 2008

On the Road Again, NYTimes Caucus blog