In a nutshell:
"Researchers at the MIT Media Lab unveiled the Government Information Awareness, or GIA, website Friday. Using applications developed at the Media Lab, GIA collects and collates information about government programs, plans and politicians from the general public and numerous online sources. Currently the database contains information on more than 3,000 public figures.
The premise of GIA is that if the government has a right to know personal details about citizens, then citizens have a right to similar information about the government. "
I think that's really coool
It goes on to say that the site uses open source licences. Neat stuff. I dunno, just thought it was an interesting counterpoint to all the latest patriot act bullshit.