Below is a list of websites that relate to what we're trying to accomplish with the PolicyOptions.org Initiative. Please add to this list if you have other suggestions.

Top 100 list
Government-sponsored
- whitehouse.gov
- regulations.gov — offers the public the opportunity to participate in the Federal decision-making process
- data.gov
- usaspending.gov
Politician/Elected Official platforms
- Facebook: example of Cory Booker
- Young Elected Leaders Network
Policy information - user generated platforms
- PolicyOptions.pbwiki.com: our own wiki being used by campuses to generate their issue briefs
- ballotpedia.org:
- washingtonwatch.org
- theyworkforyou.com — a non-partisan website run by a charity which aims to make it easy for people to keep tabs on their elected and unelected representatives in Parliament and other assemblies.
- scoop08.com — scoop44.com
- placeblogger.com — Placeblogger is a site where you can search for local sources of news, information, and community near where you live, work and travel.
- politicoTracker.com

PolicyInformation - organizationally generated
- publicagenda.org
- congress.org
- Congresspedia — The citizen's encyclopedia on Congress
- SourceWatch — SourceWatch is a collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy to produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda.
- GovTrack — GovTrack.us is a tool for you to keep tabs on the U.S. Congress. Use our feeds or research pending and past legislation. GovTrack is a community & open source project.
- OpenCongress.org and their tools & widgets
  - http://transparencycorps.org
- OpenSecrets.org and their tools & widgets
- PolitiFact
- Sunlight Labs Sunlight Labs is a Sunlight Foundation pilot project to prototype tech ideas to improve government transparency and political influence disclosure. We also provide technical support to Sunlight Foundation sponsored projects.
- The Sunlight Labs API provides methods for obtaining basic information on Members of Congress, legislator IDs used by various websites, and lookups between places and the politicians that represent them. The primary purpose of the API is to facilitate mashups involving politicians and the various other APIs that are out there.
- MapLight and their widgets —
- OpenMass — OpenMass.org brings together official government data, news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind what is going on in Beacon Hill, Massachusetts.
Local non-profit web newspapers

Tools provided by web development companies
- Blue State Digital: they're the company behind my.barackobama.com and change.gov
Action focus
- change.org —
- change-congress.org —
- digiactive.org — DigiActive is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to helping grassroots activists around the world use the Internet and mobile phones to increase their impact. Our goal is a world of activists made more powerful and more effective through the use of digital technology.
- projectyouthanize.org —
Dialog focus
- obamacto.org — (built on www.uservoice.com) — voice ideas for Obama's Chief Technology Officer
- bigdialog.com — ask the President-Elect sponsored by eCitizenFoundation.org
- forums.e-democracy.org — example online issue forum in Minneapolis, MN
- generationengage.org — GenerationEngage provides access to fun and informative civic engagement opportunities like iChats, Community Forums, Engagement Screenings, volunteer and networking opportunities. Join GenerationEngage by choosing your community (Charlotte | Raleigh | New York | Miami | Silicon Valley | Other ) and filling out our quick 7-question survey to confirm membership.
- Google Moderator — <http://moderator.appspot.com/> enables non-profits to run Q&A sessions efficiently by allowing audiences to submit
  questions to a common forum and then vote on which ones they think should be answered. In this way, the most representative questions bubble up to the top, helping you make the most of your Q&A time.

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