Crushing failure for lobbyists (The Hill)
Despite all the hard work of lobbyists in the past week to pass a bailout bill in Congress, yesterday’s vote that defeated the proposed legislation shows that politicians are actually listening to their constituents.
Commenting 2.0 (Community Guy)
New technology promises to create a global blog commenting system that will “revolutionize” the way that blog readers will provide feedback to engage in the conversation.
Congressional offices this past week reported getting swamped by emails and calls from constituents who are angry about the $700 billion bailout that Congress will vote on this week. Congress.org, which offers a free service allowing constituents to e-mail and write their Member of Congress, sent over 100,000 communications last week on the topic – one of the biggest turnouts for a topic in the last few years. But what is really driving that outrage? READ MORE »
Congress Should Harness Social Medial Amid Bailout (PR Week)
In the wake of the bailout controversy, PR Week examines the need for further transparency in the government and how social media can help provide the means to achieving it.
Google Maps: Elections ‘08 Map Gallery
The internet continues to make this election easier for voters: Google Maps has introduced a way to track candidates and their campaigns.
Suite Talk (Politco)
Politico alerted its readers about K Street Cafe’s launch, writing that readers should check it out ”just in case you want to learn a bit more from the lobbyists and PR gurus themselves” in the newspaper’s Suite Talk column.
Will Obama’s Transparent Gov’t Make Advocacy Org’s Obsolete?
Tweeting for Dollars: A New Way for Nonprofits to Raise Money Online?
K Street Café is a blog where experts from a variety of backgrounds share new and novel ways technology, the Internet and social media are being used to shape public policies.
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