Open House Project from Sunlight Foundation
The Sunlight Foundation has just issued a press release about its new Open House Project. The goal of the project is to explore ways that the workings of the U.S. House of Representatives can be made more transparent using the Internet. The most encouraging news: the project has the support of Speaker Pelosi. The initial list of participants includes high-profile names such as Markos Moulitsas-Zuniga of Daily Kos and my favorite masher of congressional info, Josh Tauberer of Govtrack.us. The group intends to make a report to Congress in March 2007. Continue reading
Feb. 6 Hearing on EPA issues
From the Feb. 1 Congressional Record Daily Digest, page D130:
Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 6, to hold an oversight hearing to examine recent Environmental Protection Agency decisions, focusing on EPA actions and documents, including monitoring regulations related to perchlorate, the process for setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), the lead NAAQS process, air toxics control (the once in always in policy), the Toxic Release Inventory, and EPA library closures, 10 a.m., SD-406.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearings are webcast; see the hearings section of their site at http://epw.senate.gov/ . Continue reading
Review of THOMAS beta
My first take on the THOMAS beta is now available online at LLRX.com -- specifically at http://www.llrx.com/columns/govdomain23.htm. (The full January issue of LLRX is not up yet, so you have to go directly to this URL.) The Library of Congress is looking for feedback, so be sure to use the THOMAS beta comment page if you have something to say. Continue reading
New THOMAS Beta Features
The THOMAS legislative information system from the Library of Congress has posted a beta version of several new features. The direct link to the features being tested is thomas.loc.gov/beta/ -- or you can click on the Explore new features link on the main page to check it out. New capabilities being tested include:
- Search all THOMAS databases for all congresses with one search.
- Sort search results by document type (bills, committee reports, etc), relevance, or date.
- Navigate and refine searches with new options on the search results and document display screens.
Congressional Staff Salaries Site
LegiStorm -- a new, free website -- has put the congressional pay data from the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate reports online in an easy to use format. Check it out at http://www.legistorm.com . The new site has been blogged by POGO and many other bloggers are taking delight in new access to the data. Continue reading
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