Community involvement USA

“Apps for Democracy produced more savings for the D.C. government than any other initiative.” − Vivek Kundra, former CTO of Washington, DC and current Federal CIO. Apps for democracy, May 4, 2009 
=== Articles ===
*OpenPlans
OSCON 2010: Mayor Sam Adams. 23 July 2010 
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=== Resources ===
*Planning for Stronger Local Democracy: A Field Guide for Local Officials, National League of Cities 
=== Related topics ===
*Portland
*Neighborland
*CityGroups, searchable public directory that allows community organizers and residents to find community groups by location and topic. New open source Drupal product for cities, built by Code for America fellow Chach Sikes initially for Seattle and Boston.
*We the People, petitions site on WhiteHouse.gov
*Give a Minute!, currently (Nov 2010) for Chicago
*Challenge.gov, a place where the public and government can solve problems together
*Apps for democracy, Washington DC and beyond
*Transparency and Open Government, The White House - Blog post
*Open Govermnent Innovation Gallery
*Center for Wise Democracy
*Imagine Chicago Imagine projects and networks in the UK, Europe and Australia have been modelled on Imagine Chicago.
Blogs
*Fund traditional community development… or empower citizens to step up? at Ghost of Midnight
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