Stay Politically Aware
They say knowledge is power. For the politcally aware, knowledge gives you the power to question political issues, shine a spotlight on wasteful spending and hold politicians accountable for their claims and their records. So if you're looking to become more politically aware and a better informed citizen, you can find all the knowledge you need with quick and easy access to a host of the Web's best sites for clear and accurate information on elected officials, federal spending, government policies and legislative processes.
You'll get a connection to FedSpending.org, which features a searchable database of federal government spending. You can search the database for information about contracts that the federal government gives to private companies, and grants and financial assistance awards made by Federal agencies. The information on FedSpending.org is updated every six months. You'll also get access to OpenCongress, which brings together official government information with news and blog coverage to give citizens a clear picture of what's happening in Congress. The site allows anyone to easily track a bill, a Member of Congress, a Congressional committee or an issue area. You'll get full official details of every bill including the text of the bill itself, its status in Congress and its voting results, plus recent news analyses of it, what its buzz is on blogs and what industries gave campaign contributions to the bill's sponsors. And for each member of Congress you can view his or her official Congressional record, read news and blog coverage, study campaign contributions and more. In addition, you can get help separating facts from falsehoods in politics with a link to PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter. The Truth-O-Meter analyzes and rates the accuracy of any claims made in speeches, statements, interviews or announcements by the President, members of his administration, the Congress, lobbyists, special interest groups and anyone else who speaks up in Washington. Journalists and researchers from the St. Petersburg Times of Florida and Congressional Quarterly of Washington, D.C., fact-check the accuracy of any claims and declare whether they are True, Mostly True, Half True, Barely True or False. Plus, you can find an abundance of information on political candidates and elected officials with access to Vote Smart. The site collects information on where candidates stand on a wide variety of issues and makes th information readily available to the public. You can search for political candidates and elected officials to find their voting records, campaign contributions, public statements, biographical data (including their work history) and evaluations of them generated by over 100 competing special interest groups.
So if you're looking to become more politically aware and a better informed citizen you can find all the information you need with your connection to a host of the Web's best sites for clear and accurate inside information on government officials, policies and processes.