Sunlight Labs

GovStats.org helps normal people (i.e. people that don't want to dig through huge spreadsheets of data) learn about complicated economic statistics and trends through easy-to-understand interactive charts.

It also provides a platform for people to discuss what they're learning and offers links to other places where ...

Eureka is a web-based application that generates inventions. It is essentially a frontend for a Markov processor that analyzes US patent application abstracts and spits out random text based on word frequencies of the source material.

Data.gov provides weekly XML files of patent application bibliographic data. Bundled with Eureka ...

We are building an Application to support Citizen Oversight of Legislative Efforts for Congress. A working Proto-type since March of 2008, it's time for the next round of Enhancements to make this application much better. http://www.My-Representative.org Designers and developers with great ideas and energy are welcome ...

CDT is actively hiring a web programmer to help complete this exciting social web project.

To help ensure that consumers have efficient and effective means of voicing and publicizing their online privacy concerns, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has joined with the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic ...