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Library of Congress to receive entire Twitter archive
Library of Congress to receive entire Twitter archive, By Michael O'Connell, Federal News Radio, (Dec. 7, 2011).
The Library of Congress and Twitter have signed an agreement that will see an archive of every public Tweet ever sent handed over to the library's repository of historical documents. ...Researchers will be able to look at the Twitter archive as a complete set of data, which they could then data-mine for interesting information.Continue reading
Review of states’ election websites
Being Online Is Still Not Enough, Pew Center on the States.
Reviews and Recommendations for State Election Websites 2010 Millions are turning to official state election websites to find the information they need to cast a ballot. Being Online Is Still Not Enough provides state-by-state reviews and analysis based on detailed criteria of election websites for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It also includes recommendations for improving each site to better inform voters, and provides a list of best practices adopted by many states to maximize their election office's online presence. This report follows Pew's initial 2008 study, Being Online Is Not Enough. Assessments were based on three categories: content, lookup tools, and usability. Roll your cursor over the map below to see each state's overall score, and scores broken down by category.Continue reading
Secrecy in Making Laws
CRS has a new report that outlines the historical tension between secrecy and transparency in the congressional process and identifies various closed door lawmaking activities and more.
- Congressional Lawmaking: A Perspective On Secrecy and Transparency, by Walter J. Oleszek, Congressional Research Service, R42108 (November 30, 2011).
Open Source Data.gov code
White House Begins Open Sourcing Data.gov, By J. Nicholas Hoover, Information Week (December 05, 2011).
The Obama administration has begun to open source pieces of the Data.gov platform and plans to launch a full-scale open source project early next year. This open data platform--called Data.gov-in-a-box--will allow other governments to easily stand up their own versions of Data.gov. Data.gov developer and General Services Administration software architect Chris Musialek last Wednesday posted to open source development site Github some early test code for what appears to be a database management system and Web app that will serve as key pieces of Data.gov-in-a-box....Continue reading
The Future of the FDLP: From Conversation to Confrontation. link and comments
December 14, 2011 / Leave a comment
The Future of the FDLP: From Conversation to Confrontation, By Jim Jacobs and Melody Kelly Library Journal "Backtalk" (Dec 13, 2011).
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