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Good news.

Congratulations to The Open House Project team that made these =20
recommendations and helped pave the way in the Committee for action.

However, I believe it took the Senate's leadership on this issue to =20
move the ball forward in the House.

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On Oct 2, 2008, at 2:15 PM, John Wonderlich wrote:

> Looks like the Committee on House Administration has come a long way =20
> since the recent Roll Call article citing discord:
>
> Sounds like a great step forward!  Can't wait to find more =20
> specifics...
>
>  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 2, 2008   FOR MORE =20
> INFORMATION, Contact
> Salley Collins, Press Secretary
>
> (202) 225-8281 E-mail: salley.coll...@mail.house.gov
>   Press Release: Committee Adopts New Web Regulations Committee on =20
> House Administration Adopts Proposal Permitting Members to Utilize =20
> Outside Websites to Communicate with Constituents WASHINGTON =96 The =20
> Committee on House Administration adopted new web regulations that =20
> will permit Members to use outside websites like YouTube to =20
> communicate with constituents.  The new regulations, which are based =20
> upon a proposal presented in June by GOP Members of the Committee, =20
> represent a vital step to providing new, uncensored channels of =20
> communication between Members of Congress and their constituents. =20
> The new web regulations, which were adopted via Committee poll, =20
> permit Members to post content on outside websites so long as the =20
> content is for "official purposes," and not personal, commercial or =20
> campaign related. Ranking Republican Vern Ehlers, R-Mich., applauded =20
> Committee Chairman Robert Brady, D-Pa., for his leadership and =20
> ability to achieve policy agreements in a nonpartisan fashion. "Mr. =20
> Brady recognized the need to allow enhanced constituent =20
> communication, and demonstrated outstanding leadership that enabled =20
> this Committee to adopt a long-overdue change," Ehlers stated.  "It =20
> is imperative that Members have the ability to use whichever web =20
> services they feel will best inform their constituents about the =20
> important issues facing this country." For more information, please =20
> contact the Committee press office at (202) 225-8281.
>
>
>
> >


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br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=
=3D"ltr">Looks like the Committee on House Administration has come a long w=
ay since the recent Roll Call article citing discord:<br><br>Sounds like a =
great step forward!&nbsp; Can't wait to find more specifics...<br><br><p al=
ign=3D"right"> <font face=3D"Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style=3D"font=
-size: 12px;"> &nbsp;<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</b> Thursday, October 2, 2008=
 &nbsp;&nbsp;<b>FOR MORE INFORMATION, Contact<br> </b> Salley Collins, Pres=
s Secretary </span></font> </p><p align=3D"center"> <font face=3D"Verdana, =
Helvetica, Arial"><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;"> (202) 225-8281 E-mail: =
<a href=3D"mailto:salley.coll...@mail.house.gov" target=3D"_blank">salley.c=
oll...@mail.house.gov</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><font size=3D=
"6"><span style=3D"font-size: 24px;"><b><i><u>Press Release:</u></i></b></s=
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<b><i> </i></b></span></font><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;"> </span><font=
 size=3D"7"><span style=3D"font-size: 37px;"><b>Committee Adopts New Web Re=
gulations </b></span></font><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;"> </span><font =
size=3D"5"><span style=3D"font-size: 18px;"><b> </b></span></font><span sty=
le=3D"font-size: 12px;"> </span><font size=3D"5"><span style=3D"font-size: =
18px;"><b><i>Committee on House Administration Adopts Proposal Permitting M=
embers to Utilize </i></b></span></font><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;"> <=
/span><font size=3D"5"><span style=3D"font-size: 18px;"><b><i>Outside Websi=
tes to Communicate with Constituents </i></b></span></font><span style=3D"f=
ont-size: 12px;"> </span><font size=3D"6"><span style=3D"font-size: 21px;">=
<b> </b></span></font><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;"> </span><font size=
=3D"5"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px;"><b>WASHINGTON =96 </b>The Committee=
 on House Administration adopted new web regulations that will permit Membe=
rs to use outside websites like YouTube to communicate with constituents. &=
nbsp;The new regulations, which are based upon a proposal presented in June=
 by GOP Members of the Committee, represent a vital step to providing new, =
uncensored channels of communication between Members of Congress and their =
constituents. </span></font><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;"> </span><font =
size=3D"5"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px;"> </span></font><span style=3D"f=
ont-size: 12px;"> </span><font size=3D"5"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px;">=
The new web regulations, which were adopted via Committee poll, permit Memb=
ers to post content on outside websites so long as the content is for "offi=
cial purposes," and not personal, commercial or campaign related. </span></=
font><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;"> </span><font size=3D"5"><span style=
=3D"font-size: 16px;"> </span></font><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;"> </sp=
an><font size=3D"5"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px;">Ranking Republican Ver=
n Ehlers, R-Mich., applauded Committee Chairman Robert Brady, D-Pa., for hi=
s leadership and ability to achieve policy agreements in a nonpartisan fash=
ion. "Mr. Brady recognized the need to allow enhanced constituent communica=
tion, and demonstrated outstanding leadership that enabled this Committee t=
o adopt a long-overdue change," Ehlers stated. &nbsp;"It is imperative that=
 Members have the ability to use whichever web services they feel will best=
 inform their constituents about the important issues facing this country."=
 </span></font><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;"> <i> </i> </span><font size=
=3D"5"><span style=3D"font-size: 16px;">For more information, please contac=
t the Committee press office at (202) 225-8281.</span></font><span style=3D=
"font-size: 12px;"> <i> </i> </span><font size=3D"5"><span style=3D"font-si=
ze: 16px;"> </span></font><span style=3D"font-size: 12px;"> &nbsp; </span><=
/font> </p><br></div><br> <br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></bod=
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