I found some great material to use during the presentation. Amy Gahran at Poynter Online ran a great column last year about the importance of linking to full text copies of legislation. Her argument was:
The reason we report on the legislative process is to empower citizens to more easily follow what their government is doing. That makes it easier for citizens to get involved in the legislative process.
She also had a follow up column with some reaction.
Also, yet another map/wiki idea in action: Placeopedia. I'm increasingly happy that Brian had the balls intelligence to challenge that idea.
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Chris:
These are things we definitely need to emphasize in the presentation, as it seems like our strongest argument for the existence of our project. Good find.
Posted by Chris | July 25, 2007 9:59 PM
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Posted on July 25, 2007 21:59