earmark seeker gameplan
Aaron Swartz
earmark seeker and begin beta testing of the write-your-rep
functionality. In case folks are interested, here's the todo list
we've agreed to (I also made a Gantt chart if you really care):
Pages for earmarks 1w 4d
Earmark import from bigkahuna 3d
Earmark web pages 3d
Earmark web design 3d
Pages for FEC 12w
Import FEC data 4w
FEC electronic filings going back to 2001 4w
Build donor pages 2w
Build corporation pages 2w
Design donor pages 2w
Design corporation pages 2w
Improved lawmaker view 2w 4d
Add ranking numbers to sparklines 2d
Ranking number design 1d
Ranking number implementation 1d
Calculate earmark dollars per capita 1d
New FEC data 1w
Calculate existing stuff from new FEC data 2d
Calculate % money within-state 1d
Calculate % money from small donors 1d
Calculate % from business versus labor PACs 1d
Congressional words (when ready) 1d
Votes received in previous election 1d
Votes opponents received in previous elections 1d
Clean up new lawmaker design 3d
Money from lobbyists 1w 2d
Import lobbyist data 1w
Calculate amt each pol has received from lobbyists 1d
List biggest lobbyist contributors to each pol 1d
wyr (write your representative) 12w
Test existing representative database 4w
Beta test with selected partners 4w
Open to the public and respond to feedback 4w
Handshake seeker 4w
Handshake code 1w
Handshake UI 1w
Refine handshake code 1w
Handshake design 1w
improve front page 1w
I think I've entered all this in the bug tracker, but just wanted to
let everyone know what's ahead. I hope we can get all the current
stuff finished up this week so we can begin on Monday.