Vote for Democracy.Gov in the Open Government Brainstorm
Steven Clift
http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/4772-4049 )
I've stuck in a last minute idea into the White House's Open
Government brainstorm. This part of their consultation ends tomorrow,
so if you like the idea please vote here (registration not required):
http://opengov.ideascale.com/akira/dtd/4764-4049
The text:
Create "Democracy.Gov" as a citizen-centric starting point to navigate
the official opportunities for executive and legislative branch
participation with geographical personalization right down to the
local level. The core of the system would be government submission of
data on all elected officials at all levels - local, state, and
federal. The site should also provide the main directory for
government-hosted/sponsored online consultations like this one as well
as cost-effective facilities (and links to those supported by third
parties) to host such online public hearings.
...
For you data hounds, one key output could be a public domain directory
of all elected officials - the problem is that right now people can't
easily look up their most local officials in national databases. This
prejudices input to federal and state officials away from local
democracy.
Cheers,
Steven Clift
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Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com
Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.Org
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