Mr. Hacker Goes To Washington

Clay Johnson wants web developers to run for Congress:

Great developers are systems fixers and systems hackers. There is nosystem more ripe for elegant process hacks than the United States Houseof Representatives. Put a developer in Congress, and they'll startexposing data on their own. They'll build systems to make it so theycan hear from their constituents better. Just as Ted Kennedy had hisstaff make the first Congressional website, a developer in Congress will seek to use new technology...