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Need To Know | Fixing Government: Anil Dash on a social media revolution for Congress | PBS

Duration: 01:05
Program: Need to Know #212
Broadcast Date: Dec. 6, 2011

Entrepreneur Anil Dash proposes that policymakers use social media to find out what their constituents want.

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Post Date: December 6, 2011