Two of the world’s shortest congressional business meetings took place today between 11:37 and 11:41am. The Joint Committee on the... View Article
Continue readingJCP directs enhanced access to 3 of “our nation’s vital legislative and legal documents”
I’m rather late in sharing the news, but “enhanced access” to three of “our nation’s vital legislative and legal documents”... View Article
Continue readingRead the Bill 2.0
People have become increasingly aware that their elected representatives often do not read the legislation they vote upon. Sometimes there’s... View Article
Continue reading20+ Orgs Ask For Better Access to the “Constitution Annotated”
Today, on the birthday of the Constitution, more than 20 organizations and individuals called for better public access to the... View Article
Continue readingWhere’s CONAN? 6 months later, still no sign of legal treatise
On the 220th birthday of the Constitution, Sunlight made a simple request: the fantastic legal treatise known as the Constitution... View Article
Continue readingMalamud on the Government Printing Office’s “Radical Ethic”
“Rogue librarian” Carl Malamud, scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill tomorrow about the mission of the National Archives, gave this... View Article
Continue readingCRS On Making the Constitution Annotated Available in XML
Last week, the Sunlight Foundation urged the Government Printing Office to publish the legal treatise Constitution Annotated (a.k.a. CONAN) online... View Article
Continue reading220+ Years Later, It’s Time to Publish the Constitution Annotated Online in XML
Today, the Sunlight Foundation called upon the Government Printing Office to publish the legal treatise The Constitution Annotated online in... View Article
Continue readingCarl Malamud and Change.gov
Open government ally Carl Malamud has posted a brilliant agenda on public.resource.org, a five point technology plan he has presented... View Article
Continue readingGovOS 09 – Let’s Start Coordinating Release Schedules
My Sunlight colleague, John Wonderlich, has a gift for finding interesting government web pages. This week he found the schedule... View Article
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