Crothian said:
Wow, that was like way too easy or something.....
So, what exactly is it you do?
I work for a company called Democracy, Data, and Communications (DDC). We organize and execute grass roots campaigns for clients ranging from WalMart, AARP, to Verizon for various purposes. The specifics are sort of lost on me since I am at the very bottom of the DDC chain.
The whole company employs a little over 150 people (growing very, very quickly)... there are some of us lucky enough to be called "Legislative Researchers".
Part of running and organizing the campaigns is having contact information for officials serving the public in the US government in one way or another. So, we have a large database of information about all individuals holding federal office - as well as most state officials (this is where I do most of my work).
Once every three months, every state in the union needs to be updated - the capitol and district offices for each federal and state representative and senator need to be confirmed - we need to search for "district" websites (not run by the government, but by the representative themselves). Once a month, we have the joy of calling every federal office of the senate and house to confirm all of their contact information via the phone!
It's pretty tedious - but as a young woman that is still working on her schooling, I couldn't dream of anything better. I pretty much get to set my own schedule (during the school year, I go into the office twice a week). And, in addition, I can work from home pretty much whenever I want because nearly all my work is done via the 'net.
It's - to bring back one of my favorite phrases from the 70's - totally cosmic, man.