1. We have something similar in Slovenia - Supervizor (http://supervizor.kpk-rs.si/). It's a tool that publicly displays how much government spending and of what sort goes into different corporations.
This is really cool. I have often toyed, as a hacker that is, with making a website that tracks all the campaign contributions of every local, state, and federal candidate/delegate. The information is out there. Unfortunately, I haven't had the time, or the energy to divine the correct business model for such an endeavor. (and I don't mean one that works, I mean one that works for me ;-) )
