Gannon Dick Query

[Owen Ambur]

Gannon, a full-text search of the StratML query service Naval is developing for me turns up 1,076 hits on your name.  Most of them, of course, are the FACA files that you converted but which the Ximdex folks left out of their faceted StratML search service prototype because of the information you defaulted into those files doesn't make much sense, at least not to me and I suspect to most people.

A "FACA" query retrieves 1,093 files and the descriptions for those that you did not convert are more meaningful for the purpose of enabling users to determine which they may wish to view.  On the other hand, just the names of the committees themselves are quite useful and I am happy to have the files you converted available in the query service even though I wish they did not contain the confusing and apparently useless information.  Of course, I am also open to learning whether and, if so, how the information you defaulted into those files might actually be useful.

At the time you performed the conversion, I very much appreciated your effort because it doubled the number of files in the collection.  I was also hoping that we could entice some of the FACA committees to start publishing their performance reports in StratML format.  While they have not yet begun to do so, the need/opportunity still exists and it still would be good if we could do a better job of helping them do that.  

As you know, the same is also true of the data tax-exempt nonprofits are reporting on IRS Form 990, of which there are about a million and a half in the U.S. (among about 10 million nonprofits worldwide).

If you haven't already done so, I invite you to check out the query service at http://198.38.86.242/  When its basic features are in relatively good shape, it will be featured at https://aboutthem.info/ and we can move on to consider other value-added features as we continue adding files to the collection.

BTW, Pradeep, a query on your first and last name pulls up 2 hits.

Russ a query on your last name also retrieves 2 documents but one of them involves your "cousin" Jim.  The one that is valid for you prompts me to copy Dan Strongin and Matthew Harang as well.

Owen Ambur

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