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Tue Dec 1- Thu Dec 3: Gov Video Tech. Expo

poetspi...@gmail.com (AllThingsReform) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:34:40 UT

Government Video Technology Expo 2009
Tue, December 1, 9:00am – Thu, December 3, 4:30pm
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
* Event date and time confirmed
* [link]po.com/
* [link]
* Now in it's 12th year, the Government Video Technology Expo has

Re: [openhouseproject] Lawmaker investments and disclosure

johnwonderl...@gmail.com (John Wonderlich) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:59:19 UT

my favorite lines from this story:

The congressional financial disclosure system, an annual form filled out and
policed by members of Congress, is supposed to help keep lawmakers honest
and reassure the public by making stock holdings transparent. But the
reporting is delayed, information is limited and the paper forms prevent the

Re: [openhouseproject] Lawmaker investments and disclosure

johnwonderl...@gmail.com (John Wonderlich) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:40:47 UT

this may be it:

[link]

Abstract The actions of the federal government can have a profound impact on
financial markets. As prominent participants in the government decision
making process, U.S. Senators are likely to have knowledge of forthcoming
government actions before the information becomes public. This could provide

Re: [openhouseproject] Lawmaker investments and disclosure

soren.day...@gmail.com (Soren Dayton) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:33:33 UT

Didn't someone find several years ago that members of congress had stock
portfolios that did substantially better than the major index funds over the
last several years. Like 15-20% better or something comparable?

Re: [openhouseproject] Lawmaker investments and disclosure

tenk...@pacbell.net (Gregory Slater) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:54:21 UT

jeez... insider trading in congress... sunlight, sunlight, and yet more sunlight... i don't care what lawrence lessing says. - greg slater
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Lawmaker investments and disclosure

pblument...@sunlightfoundation.com (Paul Blumenthal) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:37:27 UT

[link]

Lawmaker Investments and
Disclosure<[link]>

According to an article in today’s Washington
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Automatic captioning now available from YouTube -- congressional implications?

dschu...@sunlightfoundation.com (Daniel Schuman) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:29:32 UT

Google has unveiled a new tool that would allow videos to be automatically
captioned. It would listen to the text and automatically transcribe the
contents using the same technology it uses for Google voice. (Which works
decently, but not perfectly.)

Would auto-captioning of videos work for Congress too? Some implications:

Re: [openhouseproject] Mighty Tiny Thomas

dschu...@sunlightfoundation.com (Daniel Schuman) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:13:55 UT

I wonder how common this problem is with state legislative tools, like the
one you identified in California.

Daniel

Daniel Schuman
Policy Counsel | Sunlight Foundation
Twitter: danielschuman | 202-713-5795

Re: [openhouseproject] Mighty Tiny Thomas

joeh...@gmail.com (Joseph Lorenzo Hall) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:47:32 UT

That is cool! The search for California law here:

[link]

Does the same thing with session-based URIs. Boo. ::) best, Joe

--
Joseph Lorenzo Hall
ACCURATE Postdoctoral Research Associate
UC Berkeley School of Information
Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy

Mighty Tiny Thomas

dschu...@sunlightfoundation.com (Daniel Schuman) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:43:18 UT

Mighty Tiny Thomas
Written byClay Johnson <[link]>Date11/19/2009
4:21 p.m.

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*This post is from Sunlight's Policy Counsel, Daniel
Schuman<[link]>who normally
blogs on the Sunlight
Foundation Blog <[link]>.*

1991 onward versions of the U.S. Code now available from OLRC

dschu...@sunlightfoundation.com (Daniel Schuman) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:31:48 UT

The U.S. House's Office of Law Revision Counsel has collected bulk text data
from the United States Code dating back to 1991 and posted it here:
[link]

More info:

This is the data in the "pls" format (plain text). There is a ZIP file for
each year that contains the entire USC....

Re: Workshop at Princeton, 1/21-22, "Defining, Designing and Sustaining Transparency"

joeh...@gmail.com (Joseph Lorenzo Hall) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:12:45 UT

There are two sessions we are planning for this event that I left out
of this "save the date" email:

* Law.gov convening: I believe that this will be the first convening
of the Law.gov effort ( [link] )

* Engaging Academia: There will be a session on how better to plug

Workshop at Princeton, 1/21-22, "Defining, Designing and Sustaining Transparency"

joeh...@gmail.com (Joseph Lorenzo Hall) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:08:51 UT

Drat... I had meant to get this workshop we're planning on everyone's
radar about three weeks ago. Alas, I sent from my Princeton address
and the bounce must have been silent.

Short version: we're running a workshop on open government and
transparency on 1/21-22 here at Princeton. The format will be

Stimulus Watch 2.0 is live

je...@brito.com (Jerry Brito) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:44:16 UT

Friends,

Just wanted to let you know that this morning we soft-launched the new
version of Stimulus Watch and we'll have an "official" launch
tomorrow. Basically we took all the recipient reporting data on
Recovery.gov and created what we think is a cleaner and more intuitive
interface than Recovery.gov. We also allow users to vote on their

Cosponsor These Bills

taube...@govtrack.us (Josh Tauberer) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:44:12 UT

([link])

Lots of bills have come up on this list that we'd label "a good thing".
There are also a few other great ones coming from
[link]. Here's the roster
of bills I've jotted down. (If you're a staffer who's annoyed I left out