Does the thought of “hacking Congress” entice you? I don’t mean breaking in to U.S. Capitol servers, of course, but putting your l33t hacking skillz to use to improve government transparency and civic engagement. The Sunlight Foundation (I have no affiliation) is a mentoring organization in Google Summer of Code 2009. Check it out.
Shameless plug: HackingCongress.org
Not everything need to be made transparent I believe. I heard a lot about the Sunlight Foundation and some of my colleagues actively support the foundation. However, the thought of “hacking congress” does entice me in case it is constructive and well structured.