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On February 2, 2012 the House of Representatives Committee on House Administration, chaired by Dan Lungren, convened a full-day conference entitled Legislative Data and Transparency Conference. Check it out. looks like a great list of experts. It's great that the House is talking about public data, XML standards and easy public access to the legislative process. I haven't watched all the video, but I hope they also talk about *preservation* of the legislative process as well.

The Committee on House Administration held a Legislative Data and Transparency Conference on February 2, 2012, from 9AM to 6PM in Cannon Caucus Room, 345 Cannon HOB. Conference Agenda Remarks from Representative Daniel E. Lungren [Video] Chairman, Committee on House Administration Panel 1: Legislative Branch Initiatives [Video] Legislative Branch Agencies that create information Kirsten Gullickson, The Office of the Clerk Panelists: Bob Reeves, Office of the Clerk Sandra Strokoff, House Office of Legislative Counsel Hugh Halpern, House Rules Committee Panel 2: Legislative Branch Initiatives [Video] Legislative Branch Agencies that disseminate information Panelists: Ralph Seep, Law Revision Counsel Robert Gee, Library of Congress Ric Davis, Government Printing Office Panel 3: What is data and what is available? [Video] The impact and understandability of current data use Moderator: Jeff Griffith, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament Panelists: Josh Tauberer, GovTrack Eric Mill, Sunlight Foundation Derek Willis, New York Times Panel 4: Extending XML and Metadata Standards [Video] Moderator: Anne Washington, George Mason University Panelists: Sandra Strokoff, House Office of Legislative Counsel Ralph Seep, Law Revision Counsel Tom Bruce, Cornell Legal Institute Cindy Leach, Office of the Clerk Panel 5: Integrating Video and Metadata [Video] Moderator: Robert Reeves, Deputy Clerk Panelists: Tab Butler, Major League Baseball Network Javier Muniz, Granicus Daniel Bennett, e-Citizen Foundation Panel 6: Defining Transparency Success Measures [Video] Knowing how far we’ve come... Moderators: Matt Lira, Office of the Majority Leader Steve Dwyer, Office of the Minority Whip Panelists: Daniel Schuman, Sunlight Foundation Maurice McTigue, Mercatus Center Jim Harper, The Cato Institute

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