It's hard to drag us out of Washington, but here we are at Cisco Systems in San Jose, CA -- demonstrating Ask Your Lawmaker, and the exciting plans we have to improve this site and its widgets with enhanced customization options and social networking functionality.

We are one of 21 finalists in Tech Soup's third annual Netsquared Mashup Challenge Conference along with some great projects like www.Maplight.org, www.Metavid.org and www.OpenCongress.org - and today the leading lights of web 2.0 vote for the best. Competition is tough - and we are being judged on our chances of success and making the greatest impact. Winners get some cash and development support from the best of Drupal and open source coders and designers.  read more »

One of the best things about starting your own company is being able to choose the people you work with every day. At CNC we have been blessed with the best and the brightest, and you can hear that every day in the radio news reporting from Congress our talented team provides some 200 stations. But finding the money to hire everyone you need isn't easy for a nonprofit like CNC.  read more »