Political e-identity: campaign funding data and beyond

ABSTRACT

This paper describes a joint university-government effort to develop software that helps journalists, voters, and watchdog organizations visualize campaign funding data in San Francisco. The paper also presents broader plans for constructing comprehensive electronic identities for politicians, and describes how emerging trends in on-line information systems can be leveraged. The newest version of the software is at http://www.whosfundingwhom.org.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
      K.4.1 Public Policy Issues

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors, Standardization

Keywords:
campaigns, public participation, semantic web, visualization