Public Equals Online

Welcome to the Public=Online campaign wiki. This space is set up so we can share our ideas, resources, and opinions on the transparency campaign and its components. Don't know where to start reading and contributing? Take a look at the following pages, add comments, and share resources or ideas. This is our space.

Public=Online is a national, non-partisan campaign seeking to create a transparent government built on open data and information. Between now and November 2010, we are ensuring government transparency is a major issue in the mid-term elections by building a grassroots movement of citizens demanding that government information be made available online and in real-time.

As citizens, we need online, real-time access to government information so that we can be better informed voters and more ably hold government accountable.

But government is not going to give us the data and become more transparent on its own. We must engage with it to make it so. That is the mission of the Public=Online campaign.

This campaign is focused on getting government to pass the transparency laws we need - laws that put government data online in real-time - by building a demand for transparency that is so large it cannot be ignored. Ultimately, we are ensuring public officials answer to us for making government transparent by telling them how important it is for hundreds of thousands of us.

And we are not stopping at simply building numbers. Our campaign will catalyze citizen action to make public officials more transparent wherever they may be - in Washington, in their districts, in their state houses or in town halls. Government accountability does not end in November.

• Goals and Vision
• What We Hope to Accomplish
• Legislation and News in Your Area
• Educate Yourself
• Learn Definitions
• Events Near You
• Resources and Tools
• Transparency Directory

• Join the Super PACs Sleuth Project to expose the operatives behind the outside groups that spent hundreds of millions of dollars to influence the midterm elections
• Join the Citizens for Open Government Google Group
• Join the Sunlight Foundation on Facebook
• Tell us what you think of our blog posts on SunlightFoundation.com
• Follow us on Twitter
• Let us know you are on Twitter by using the #opengov hash tag
• Edit your state page and add information about your county
• Comment on news sites or community sites that are talking about transparency
• Tell us your transparency story
• Look at the Participation Profiles for ideas on how you can best use your specific skills and interests in this campaign