http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/12/12/lieberman-addresses-putting-senate-votes-in-xml/ Recommendations, Resources, and Reform Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:53:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/12/12/lieberman-addresses-putting-senate-votes-in-xml/comment-page-1/#comment-15985 Amorrow: 2007 Message To Senator Lieberman Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:42:07 +0000 http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/12/12/lieberman-addresses-putting-senate-votes-in-xml/#comment-15985 [...] web page is here. See the 7:00 mark in this video (now returns "Not found") See also here for a blog entry of that [...] [...] web page is here. See the 7:00 mark in this video (now returns “Not found”) See also here for a blog entry of that [...]

]]> http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/12/12/lieberman-addresses-putting-senate-votes-in-xml/comment-page-1/#comment-3491 Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » Obama’s Digital Policy Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:20:51 +0000 http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/12/12/lieberman-addresses-putting-senate-votes-in-xml/#comment-3491 [...] My favorite part of the document, by far, is the section on government transparency. (I’d be remiss were I not to shamelessly plug the panel on exactly this topic at CITP’s upcoming January workshop.) The web is enabling amazing new levels, and even new kinds, of sunlight to accompany the exercise of public power. If you haven’t experienced MAPlight, which pairs campaign contribution data with legislators’ votes, then you should spend the next five minutes watching this video. Josh Tauberer, who launched Govtrack.us, has pointed out that one major impediment to making these tools even better is the reluctance of government bodies to adopt convenient formats for the data they publish. A plain text page (typical fare on existing government sites like THOMAS) meets the letter of the law, but an open format with rich metadata would see the same information put to more and better use. [...] [...] My favorite part of the document, by far, is the section on government transparency. (I’d be remiss were I not to shamelessly plug the panel on exactly this topic at CITP’s upcoming January workshop.) The web is enabling amazing new levels, and even new kinds, of sunlight to accompany the exercise of public power. If you haven’t experienced MAPlight, which pairs campaign contribution data with legislators’ votes, then you should spend the next five minutes watching this video. Josh Tauberer, who launched Govtrack.us, has pointed out that one major impediment to making these tools even better is the reluctance of government bodies to adopt convenient formats for the data they publish. A plain text page (typical fare on existing government sites like THOMAS) meets the letter of the law, but an open format with rich metadata would see the same information put to more and better use. [...]

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