U.S. House of Representatives publishes U.S. Code as open government data
Three years on, Republicans in Congress continue to follow through on promises to embrace innovation and transparency in the legislative process. Today, the United States House of Representatives has...
View ArticleBerkman Center maps networked public sphere’s role in SOPA/PIPA debate
A new paper from Yochai Benkler and co-authors at the Berkman Center maps how the networked public sphere led to the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act being defeated in the U.S. Congress....
View ArticleRepresentative Quigley introduces updated Transparency in Government Act (TGA)
Earlier today, Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) introduced a comprehensive open government transparency bill on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. The aptly titled “Transparency in...
View ArticleWith hours of sunshine left, passage of FOIA reform in the U.S. House hangs...
Update: The House Majority Leader didn’t put S.2520 on Thursday’s legislative calendar (PDF). Per Congress.gov, it was “held at the desk.” We can’t pronounce it dead until 3:30 PM, as the Speaker of...
View ArticleCongress releases open data on bill status
Imagine searching Facebook, Google or Twitter for the status of a bill before Congress and getting an instant result. That future is now here, but it’s not evenly implemented yet. When the Library of...
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