Before 2008, it was against the rules for Congress to use Twitter. Today, nearly every member is on Twitter, and they can all be tracked on Politwoops.
Continue readingHouse Holding Wonk-a-thon on Public Access to Congressional Info This Wednesday
This Wednesday, the House of Representatives will host an unprecedented public meeting from 3:30-7:30 to discuss how the public can... View Article
Continue readingNew Transparency in the New House Rules
Now that we’ve seen the final Rules package that the House will pass later today, we can talk about what’s... View Article
Continue readingNew Bill to Make CRS Reports Widely Available
Yesterday, Sen. Joe Lieberman introduced a resolution (S. Res. 118), with a bipartisan cast of cosponsors, to allow for the... View Article
Continue readingOpen House Project Poetry Slam
Here’s a little fun for your weekend. Yesterday, the Open House Google Group turned into an outright poetry slam. David... View Article
Continue readingYouTube Congress Channel Launches
Today, YouTube announced the creation of two channels made specifically to accomodate videos posted by congressional lawmakers. The channels have... View Article
Continue readingHelp Sunlight Open Up the Senate
Building on the achievements of the Open House Project, today we are launching a parallel initiative, the Open Senate Project.... View Article
Continue readingCongress can Tweet, Follow Them with Capitol Tweets Widget
On Friday, we told you about the happy ending to months of negotiations to modernize the Franking rules that govern... View Article
Continue readingLet Our Congress Tweet
Shouldn’t members of Congress be able to connect with all of us freely and easily online? I’d guess most of... View Article
Continue readingS1 Implementation in the Senate Finance Committee
Over the last few days, there's been a good deal of talk about the ethics requirements going into effect for Senate Committees. Later today, the Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to reconcile the rules of their committee with the requirements of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, often referred informally as "the ethics reform bill". (Sean Moulton of OMBWatch tipped us off to this fact first in this OHP Google Group Thread.) (more)
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