Parliament 2.0

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= a number of projects to ensure the open, transparent, and participative functioning of democratic parliaments.

Commentary by Steven Clift at http://www.dowire.org/notes/?p=352


Example

The Open House project in the U.S., with its ten recommendations.

URL = http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/report/openhouseproject_may8_07.pdf

1. Legislation Database-publish legislative data in structured formats

2. Preserving Congressional Information -protect congressional information through archiving and distribution

3. Congressional Committees -recognize committees as a public resource by making committee information available online

4. Congressional Research Service-share non-partisan research beyond Congress

5. Member Web-Use Restrictions -permit members to take full advantage of internet resources

6. Citizen Journalism Access -grant House access to non-traditional journalists

7. The Office of the Clerk of the House - serve as a source for digital disclosure information

8. The Congressional Record - maintain the veracity of a historical document

9. Congressional Video - create open video access to House proceedings

10. Coordinating Web Standards -commit to technology reform as an administrative priority


More Information

Micah Sifry and Andrew Raieji highlight a number of contrasting UK initiatives led by mySociety including TheyWorkforYou which demonstrates the power of reusing parliamentary data with an interactive and e-mail alert layer.

URL = http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/3810.html


  1. UK Parliament for the future, at http://www.p4tf.org.uk/
  2. ICT Parliament for the United Nations, http://ictparliaments.org/