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        <title>Under The Influence: Sunlight Launches &quot;Transparency Corps&quot;</title>
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            <title>Sunlight Launches &quot;Transparency Corps&quot;</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<p>In an effort to make civic engagement easier by leveraging technology, the Sunlight Foundation announced the creation of <a href="http://transparencycorps.org/">Transparency Corps</a> today, a Web service that allows citizens to perform small tasks as part of a group effort to illuminate government data. <br />
</p><p>Sunlight encourages other organizations to use the open-source code behind Transparency Corps, "Sunlight and future partners can provide micro-tasks that when aggregated, help solve research and data analysis problems when computers alone cannot properly scrutinize government information," said <b>Ellen Miller</b>, executive director and co-founder of the organization. <br />
</p><p>Presently, Transparency Corps allows interested citizens to participate in two campaigns organized by Sunlight. One is simply to upload a photo of yourself with a sign showing your support for Congress to post bills online before consideration, a long-time goal of Sunlight's. The other campaign asks volunteers to read earmark requests and fill out a form with key information to contribute to the group's earmark database.<br />
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