Capital Words tells you what Congress is talking about

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Capitol Words Gives Glimpse of What Congress is Discussing

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Sunlight Foundation launched a new site, “Capitol Words” to provide an at-a-glance view into the daily proceedings of the United States Congress through the simplest lens available — a single word. For every day that Congress is in session, Capitol Words displays the most frequently used word in the
Congressional Record.

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ProgrammableWeb launches insanely useful hub of open source government data and APIs

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Tech Talk: Track Congressional spending via Google Earth

I thought I’d try and revive my Tech Talk column I did for the WDL. I haven’t heard back from them yet, but as I understand it, The Belton Journal is picking it up and I’m working on a couple other papers. If you’re interested in picking it up for your blog, newspaper or column just let me know. Or if you’ve got a tech product/software you’d like me to review let me know as well.
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