please forward my comments to Melinda, i will find you the participation stuff from italy later tonight. Thanks for the added info. It sounds like the start of a good effort that can be expanded into a citizen / civil servant network. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Deborah Elizabeth Finn <deborah_elizabeth_finn@post.harvard.edu> wrote:

Dear Murrary, Steve, Tom, and other AIR Colleagues,

Thanks for your thought-provoking reflections!

I do want to clarify a point: the "Ask Your Lawmaker" widget is not a tool that I developed and launched. Capitol News Connection is the nonprofit, nonpartisan news agency that is responsible for it, and Melinda Wittstock is the driving force behind it.

Melinda Wittstock Bureau Chief / Founder / Executive Director Capitol New Connection Email: <mwittstock@cncnews.org> Phone: 202.546.8650 Fax: 202.546.0283

I'd like to encourage you to be in touch with her with your ideas.

Best regards from Deborah

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