[LINK] Government Lobbyist Analysis Tool

[Tom Worthington]

Birch, Jim wrote:
> TomW wrote:
>> ... shows the relationships between lobbyists ...
> 
> Web 3.0 version: Any lobbyist whose name gets larger than 12 point is
> automatically declared an Enemy of Democracy ...

Perhaps top lobbyists could be automatically identified as influential
people and invited to dinner with the nations leaders. ;-)

More seriously, LobbyClue seems to have been enhanced and renamed
LobbyLens: <http://team7.govhack.net.tmp.anchor.net.au/about.php>.

The most impressive diagram is for the Defence Material Organisation,
where I used to work (notice how many digits there are in the contract
dollar amounts and the range of items from pillows to submarines):
<http://team7.govhack.net.tmp.anchor.net.au/index.php?node_id=agency-Defence%20Materiel%20Organisation>.

The LobbyLens team do not appear to have taken up my suggestions about
making it lightweight, less dependent on Flash and suitable for portable
devices. When I load one of the Flash diagrams the fan in my netbook
starts up, indicating it is having to do a lot of work. Also the home
page is in Flash which is not a good idea.

ps: Speaking of submarines:
<http://www.tomw.net.au/blog/2009/11/strategic-and-technical-options-for-new.html>.


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