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November 22, 2008

Obama CTO and Civic Software

Front Seat Software has released a community website called Obama CTO.

The goal of the site is to provide an example of how software and the Internet can be used to make it easier for citizens to participate in government.

The site allows citizens to vote and comment on issues related to President-elect Obama's technology and general agenda.

Front Seat calls their category "civic software", which they describe as software that connects people to the places we live, resources we consume and our communities.

Blending social service with software, they have a number of projects including the popular Walkscore site that grades neighborhoods on walkability.

Posted by Steve on November 22, 2008 at 01:03 AM in social entrepreneurship | Permalink

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