GovTrack
Encyclopedia
GovTrack.us is a website
developed by then-student Joshua Tauberer
who launched it as a hobby. It enables its users to track the bills
and members of the United States Congress
. Users can add trackers to certain bills. The website collects data on Congress members, allowing the users to check voting records and attendance relative to peers. It was cited by Clyde Haberman in the New York Times, and was mentioned as striving to to help educate voters about legislation by The San Francisco Chronicle, and the student wire service University Wire said it was making it easy for people to learn about the government.
Tauberer won a contest from Technorati
for using it to link bills to the blog posts discussing them.
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
developed by then-student Joshua Tauberer
Joshua Tauberer
Joshua Tauberer is an open government activist. He is the creator and maintainer of GovTrack and a primary contributor to the .Joshua is currently employed at LARSA, Inc where he works on structural engineering software...
who launched it as a hobby. It enables its users to track the bills
Bill (proposed law)
A bill is a proposed law under consideration by a legislature. A bill does not become law until it is passed by the legislature and, in most cases, approved by the executive. Once a bill has been enacted into law, it is called an act or a statute....
and members of the United States Congress
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
. Users can add trackers to certain bills. The website collects data on Congress members, allowing the users to check voting records and attendance relative to peers. It was cited by Clyde Haberman in the New York Times, and was mentioned as striving to to help educate voters about legislation by The San Francisco Chronicle, and the student wire service University Wire said it was making it easy for people to learn about the government.
Tauberer won a contest from Technorati
Technorati
Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs. By June 2008, Technorati was indexing 112.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media...
for using it to link bills to the blog posts discussing them.