Comments on: 7. Member Web-Use Restrictions

By: Member Web Use Reconsidered | The Open House Project

Member Web Use Reconsidered | The Open House Project — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:59:30 +0000

[...] Web use restrictions are among the main Open House Project priorities, and one of the chapters of the report is about the restrictions set by the Franking Commission, which operates under the [...]

By: The Foundry » Blog Archive » Congressional Earmark Reform Website Comes Under Fire

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:09:57 +0000

[...] Aside from the partisan fighting over earmark reform, the conflict also focuses attention once again on Congress’ outdated policies on technology. Last year The Heritage Foundation, as well as Pelosi and Boehner, supported the Open House Project, which noted in its report: Regulations governing membersâ€™ use of Web sites and e-mail should be updated to reflect the current nature of Internet use, taking into account the differences between old and new forms of communication, not just their similarities. The Committee on House Administration should convene a special, bipartisan task force composed of members of Congress, congressional staff on the Committee on House Administration and citizens, to better identify the intent of rules and regulations that are effectively prohibiting smarter use of technology on Capitol Hill. They should establish a new process, specific rules and new standards governing membersâ€™ use of the Internet. [...]

By: S.Pub 102-20 | The Open House Project

S.Pub 102-20 | The Open House Project — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:30:43 +0000

[...] This is clearly changing, as new staffers expect to represent their members of Congress online without encountering arcane restrictions, as citizens expect to encounter government information and services through the same search engines they use for research and shopping, and a new brand of journalism is springing up that depends not on cultivating trusted sources through personal relationships, but on careful consideration of primary sources–exactly those “archival sources” this document so comprehensively describes. [...]

By: The Speech and Debate Clause: Can Congress Confidently Serve the Public Online? | The Open House Project

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:59:09 +0000

[...] The first of these potential consequences comes from the application of standards of the Franking Commission to the venues of digital information, as covered in detail by David All and Paul Blumenthal in the Open House Project report’s chapter on Member Web Use Restrictions. [...]