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PolitiFact PolitiFact- Project of the Tampa Bay Times to help people find the truth in Washington and the Obama presidency. Bridge Project Bridge Project- "Dedicated to exposing the conservative movement's dishonest tactics, dismantling its extreme ideology, and shining light on the moneyed special interests that fun… The White House - Open Government Initiative The White House - Open Government Initiative- Official government site for open government, working to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public parti… Socrata Socrata- Helping government and public sector organizations provide data to citizens, employees and developers to improve transparency, citizen service and fact-based decision-mak… ProPublica - Free the Files ProPublica - Free the Files- Project to identify secret donors who are funding outside groups to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to influence elections. NYTimes.com - What Percent Are You? NYTimes.com - What Percent Are You?- Interactive feature showing how household income ranks in 344 zones across the United States. NYTimes.com - Where Americans Most Depend on Government Benefits NYTimes.com - Where Americans Most Depend on Government Benefits- Interactive map showing, by county, the share of Americans’ income that comes from government benefit programs br… MapLight MapLight- Combines data sets to illuminate the connections between campaign contributions, legislative votes, and support and opposition to key bills by interest groups and compan… Code for America Code for America- Non-profit enlists the talent of the web industry into public service to use their skills to solve core problems facing our communities. Includes blog, issues, p… CREW Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington CREW Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington- Watchdog group uses legal actions to target government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests. 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Pennsylvania Dutch Family History and Genealogy Pennsylvania Dutch Family History and Genealogy- A listing of Pennsylvania Dutch Genealogical, Historical and Cultural resources. Pennsylvania German Pioneers Passenger Lists Pennsylvania German Pioneers Passenger Lists- Links to online trancscriptions of passenger lists for ships that brought Palatine German immigrants to Philadelphia 1727-1808. Mon Valley History and Genealogy Mon Valley History and Genealogy- History and genealogy resources for the Mid Monongahela Valley to include census, biographies, history, obituaries, vital statistics and other re… Rootsweb - PA Records Database Rootsweb - PA Records Database- Databases of biographies, military records, and passenger lists with guides to online census, maps, local genealogy and historical societies, and v… The PAGenWeb Project The PAGenWeb Project- A not-for-profit volunteer genealogical organization dedicated to the free access of Pennsylvania genealogical information by anyone in the world. Links to a… PA-Roots.com PA-Roots.com- Host of several USGenweb projects provides a pointer to state and county resources.