A politically informed citizenry is imperative for a welldeveloped democracy. While the US government has pursued policies for open data, these efforts have been insufficient in achieving an open government because only people with technical and domain knowledge can access information in the data. In this work, we conduct user interviews to identify wants and needs among stakeholders. We further use this information to sketch out the foundational requirements for a functional political information technical system.

翻译：政治知情的公民是发展完善的民主国家所必不可少的条件。 虽然美国政府推行开放数据的政策,但这些努力不足以实现开放政府,因为只有拥有技术和领域知识的人才能获得数据中的信息。 在这项工作中,我们进行用户访谈,以确定利益攸关方之间的需求和需求。 我们进一步利用这些信息来勾画功能性政治信息技术系统的基本要求。