Avelino Maestas
Avelino Maestas, the Assistant Managing Editor for Congresspedia, is a former journalist who reported on politics in southern New Mexico. For the past four years, Avelino covered local news in Silver City, New Mexico. Most recently, he was a Staff Writer for the Silver City Daily Press, one of the last independent newspaper operations in New Mexico. Previous to that, Avelino was the News Director for KNFT-AM/FM, heard throughout southwest New Mexico. In 2004, he interned in the office of Senator Jeff Bingaman.
Recent Sunlight Foundation Projects
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Transparency Jobs
Bringing Transparency to Government, One Job at a Time -
The Open Senate Project
A bipartisan, collaborative initiative to study the Senate's current information-sharing practices -
FARAdb
A proof of concept site based on Foreign Agent Registration Act data -
Read The Bill First
Sign the petition! Demand they take at least 72 hours to read the bailout bill! -
Pass S.223
We need your help to pass S.223. -
Party Time!
Documenting the Political Partying Circuit. -
Capitol Words
Fresh from the US Congressional Record to Your Screen. -
Public Markup
An experiment to open bills to online, public review. -
EarmarkWatch
Bringing Citizen Oversight to Congressional Spending. -
Visualizing Earmarks
Select Visualizations of 2005 OMB Earmark Data. -
Where Are They Now?
Former Congressional Staffers head through the Revolving Door
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