My 5-minute "flash talk" for the House of Representatives' 2014 Legislative Data and Transparency Conference.
- Introduction
- Can't not talk about GitHub
- https://github.com/unitedstates
people
- http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/mem_contact_info.aspx?statdis=FL13
- https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators/commit/194e284629a95398702f71498d45426cdb5b02e7
- https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
- http://congress.sunlightfoundation.com/static/img/iphone_legislator.jpg
bills
- http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php
- http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=BILLS
- https://github.com/unitedstates/congress
- https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/
photos
- https://github.com/unitedstates/congress/issues?state=open
- propublica/sunlight-congress#432 (comment)
- https://github.com/unitedstates/images
- http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412326_Mark_Begich
citations
- https://github.com/unitedstates/citation#use
- https://scout.sunlightfoundation.com/search/all/5%20usc%20552
- http://dccode.org/simple/sections/50-1603.html
- http://www.cato.org/resources/data
committees
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http://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByWeek.aspx?WeekOf=05252014_05312014
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http://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=102286
- Doesn't have to be this particular project, but it's here.
- This doesn't have to be a one way street, or even a two way street.
- Feedback potential is enormous.
- Let staff be here, this is where it's happening.
- Contribute your tools. They are reusable.