Related websites
From OpenEGov
Sites not specifically concerned with free software, but relevant in some way.
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Government news
They Work For You is a non-partisan, volunteer-run website which aims to make it easy for people to keep tabs on their elected representatives. TheyWorkForYou is not free software.
Public whip shows how your MP votes (Public Whip is free software)
Wired gov - latest news from selected UK government departments (at a price, unless you work in the government)
TheGovernmentSays aggregates news about the UK government
Participative democracy
The Ideal Government project
Write to Them helps you write to your elected representatives (this site is free software)
Hear from your MP: get email from your MP. Discuss it with your MP and other local people.
e-democracy are trying to encourage local e-democracy using forums based on the free software groupserver
Civil Rights
European
CRIS - Communication rights in the information society
European Digital Rights defends civil rights in the information society. Currently 17 privacy and civil rights organisations from 11 different countries in Europe have EDRI membership.
UK
NO2ID is the non-partisan UK-wide campaign opposing the government's planned ID card and National Identity Register.
The Open Rights Group's goals are to raise awareness in the media of digital rights abuses; provide a media clearinghouse, connecting journalists with experts and activistsl; preserve and extend traditional civil liberties in the digital world; collaborate with other digital rights and related organisations; and nurture a community of campaigning volunteers, from grassroots activists to technical and legal experts. Much of the ORG's activity is visible on the ORG wiki.
Common Information Environment is concerned with UK citizens retaining the right to access information of all kinds.
Stand.org.uk is a group of volunteers who originally came together in 1998 in a vain attempt to fix the worst aspects of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act. Backed up by a list of over 3000 supporters, Stand disseminate information and motivate the interested about issues around privacy and censorship, particularly with respect to the Internet.
ID corner - digital identity management blog
Other
Directionless compares google with DirectGov (DirectGov is NOT free software)
UKFSN provide free hosting for free software project
