Congressman Mike Honda, 15th District of California Representative, recently announced the Rep. Mike Honda Websitelaunch of his new initiative to crowdsource the redesign of his website.  His goal of this project is to move America closer to Government 2.0, where Rep. Honda’s constituents can play a role in the creation of a site that will better serve them. This is a unique opportunity for the public to give input into the design of a government website serving hundreds of thousands of people.

Entries will be accepted via Crowdsource.  The final design will be chosen based on votes, design functionality, usability, and other criteria and will be award $1000.  The deadline for entries is June 10th so, there’s about a week to get your entry in.  Interestingly enough, there are no entries as of posting time.

Rep. Honda hopes this initiative will make his website easier to use and more accessible through the use of new online technologies. Since the Congressman is active on Twitter, Facebook, and his blog, he intends to incorporate these technologies to make his new site be an example for other member sites to follow.



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