Mashup: Hello, Congress
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Winner of 3rd place in Apps for America contest, Hello Congress lets every Senator and Representative get their own site where their staff can request research, search its briefing room of over 2000 documents and talking points, and track in a dashboard.
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Opens up the conversation between you and your representative in Congress by posting your voice message on our website for anyone to listen to and comment on.
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Fedtastic is a dynamic portal to government information that features a unique menu structure which facilitates visual access to the data. It is also modular and expandable. Menus are external to the...
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