Public access to law-related data is likely to be addressed at Kick-starting the 113th Congress, an event of the Advisory Committee on Transparency, to be held 28 January 2013 at the U.S. Congress’s Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC.
Public access to legal data is likely to be addressed by at least two speakers at the conference:
- Jeremy Miller, Esq., of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics: [video of presentation:] Expanding Access to OLC
- Jeremy Miller, Esq., of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics: [video of presentation:] Make CRS Reports Public
- Stephen J. Schultze of Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy: [video of presentation:] Open PACER
- Dr. Joshua Tauberer of GovTrack: [video of presentation:] Hire a Transparency Director
- Dr. Harlan Yu of Robinson + Yu LLC: [video of presentation:] Making Law Easier to Understand
Click here for videos of many of the presentations at the conference.
Click here for more information on speakers, or to RSVP.
For videos of presentations and reports on the conference, please see the comments to this post.
HT @govtrack
[NOTE: Updated 2 February 2013 to list Jeremy Miller's and Harlan Yu's presentations and to link to video.]
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January 28, 2013 at 11:46 am |
MT @danielschuman All are welcome. RSVP if you can https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHRZQzgyX1ppQWhEQTRvWWNINUg1dEE6MQ but show up anyway
January 30, 2013 at 3:03 pm |
Report on the conference: RT @Joseph_Marks_ Just putting bills online doesn’t tell you what they mean http://shar.es/CiCk3 via @Nextgov #opengov #gov20 @harlanyu @opengavin
February 1, 2013 at 1:00 pm |
Daniel Schuman has posted video of Stephen Schultze’s presentation at the Kick-starting the 113th Congress Conference, Open Public Access to Court Records, For Aaron #FreePACER: http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/02/01/open-public-access-to-court-records-for-aaron-freepacer/ (shortlink: http://bit.ly/14v5UdN )
HT @danielschuman https://twitter.com/danielschuman/status/297366431023124480
February 2, 2013 at 12:46 pm |
Videos now available of many presos at Kick-starting the 113th Congress Conference http://bit.ly/12gvMeK HT @danielschuman
February 2, 2013 at 12:46 pm |
video of @harlanyu ‘s Kick-starting 113th Congress Conference preso, “Making Law Easier to Understand” http://bit.ly/VAnlJC
February 2, 2013 at 12:46 pm |
video now available of @joshdata ‘s Kick-starting 113th Congress Conference preso, “Hire a Transparency Director” http://bit.ly/WkwFzN